# blu
## English
### Alternative forms

* blu. (abbreviation)

### Noun

blu (plural blus)
* Abbreviation of blue.

### Adjective

blu (not comparable)
* Abbreviation of blue.

## Bahnar
### Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *bluː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bluuʔ (“thigh”); cognate with Khmer ភ្លៅ (phlɨw), Pacoh pilau and Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] pulô.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bluː/

### Noun

blu
* upper leg, thigh

## Bislama
### Etymology

From English blue.

### Adjective

blu
* blue (color/colour)

## Danish
### Etymology

A back-formation of blues.

### Noun

blu (uncountable)
* (archaic) ashamedness, embarrassment or shyness
    Synonym: blusel

### Further reading

* “blu” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* blù (misspelling)

### Etymology

Borrowed from French bleu (“blue”) from Middle French bleu, from Old French blou, bleve (“pallid, wan, discoloured/discolored, blue”), from Frankish *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, yellowish-gray”). Doublet of biavo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblu/$^*$
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: blù

### Adjective

blu (invariable)
* blue (color/colour)

### Noun

blu m (invariable)
* blue (color/colour)

#### Quotations

* 1958, Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci, Volare:Nel blu dipinto di blu, felice di stare lassùIn the blue (sky) painted blue, happy to stay up there

#### Derived terms

* bluastro

### See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text) :
| bianco | argento; grigio | nero |
| rosso; cremisi | arancione; marrone; bronzo | giallo; oro; crema |
| verde chiaro; limetta | verde | verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro |
| ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di tè | azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro | blu; blu scuro |
| violetto; indaco | magenta; viola | rosa; fucsia; porpora |

## Ladino
### Adjective

blu
* blue (color/colour)

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Sicilian and/or Italian blu, from Old French bloe, from Frankish *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bluː/

### Adjective

blu (invariable)
* blue (color/colour)

#### Usage notes

* Maltese originally distinguished two shades of blue: iżraq (from medium blue towards turquoise) and ikħal (from medium blue towards black). Now both of them are rare, having widely been replaced with the borrowing blu, which covers all shades. Though the word ikħal is sometimes used as a native Maltese alternative for blu in puristic style, it did not originally cover light tones.

#### See also

Colors in Maltese · kuluri/lwien (layout · text) :
| abjad | griż, rmiedi, ixheb | iswed |
| aħmar; krimżi | oranġjo; kannella (ismar); kafelatte; ixqar | isfar; krema |
| limetti | aħdar | |
| turkin, turkważ | iżraq, ċelesti (smewwi) | blu (ikħal) |
| vjola; indigo, nir | maġenta; vjola | roża (wardi) |

## Nafaanra
### Verb

blu
* to swim
    Kofi blu mu lɔɔ kre kun.Kofi swam across the river.

## Norwegian
### Adjective

blu
* (obsolete) shy, unassuming
    Synonyms: blyg, sjenert, unnselig

#### Derived terms

* bluferdig
* ublu

## Pnar
### Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *bluː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bluuʔ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blu/

### Noun

blu
* thigh

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English blue.

### Adjective

blu
* blue (color/colour)

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* bờ lu
* bờ-lu

### Etymology

From French blouse, short for blu trắng.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓəː˨˩ lu˧˧], [ʔɓlu˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓəː˦˩ lʊw˧˧], [ʔɓlʊw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓəː˨˩ lʊw˧˧], [ʔɓlʊw˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: bờ lu, blu

### Noun

blu
* (garment) white coat
    Synonym: blu trắng

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /blɨː/
* (South Wales) IPA: /bliː/

### Noun

blu
* Soft mutation of plu.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.