# blues
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: blo͞oz, IPA: /bluːz/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːz

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

blues
* plural of blue

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

blues (countable and uncountable, plural blues)
* (usually in the plural, informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.
    Synonyms: blueness; see also Thesaurus:sadness
    I've got the blues today.
    The blues have hit her hard, and she won't get out of bed.
** 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:If we had been allowed to sit idle we should all have fallen in the blues […]
** (informal, in the singular or in the plural) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
    Your blues is just like mine.
    Your blues are just like mine.
** (informal, in the singular or in the plural) The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience, or idea.
    I've got the lonely man's blues.
    If you work here long enough, you'll have the butcher's blues just like me.
* (music) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
    Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.
    A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues.
** (music, in the singular) A musical composition following blues forms.
    My next number is a blues in G.
* A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored.
    Coordinate terms: camos, fatigues, greens, khakis
    They marched in their dress blues.
** 2007, Jason Isbell, Dress Blues:You never planned on the bombs in the sand Or sleeping in your dress blues.
* (drugs, slang) Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription pain killer tablets.

##### Derived terms

* Arctic blues
* baby blues
* blue note
* blues and twos
* blueshead
* bluesify
* bluesish
* blueslike
* bluesman
* blues-rock
* blues scale
* bluester
* blueswoman
* bluesy
* Chicago blues
* classic female blues
* club blues
* corona blues
* country blues
* country-blues
* cry the blues
* Delta blues
* delta blues
* eight-bar blues
* electric blues
* folk blues
* folk-blues
* gospel-blues
* gospel blues
* have the blues
* hill country blues
* jump blues
* Piedmont blues
* preblues
* punk-blues
* rhythm and blues
* soul blues
* soul-blues
* summer blues
* swamp blues
* talking blues
* tease and blues
* tees and blues
* Texas blues
* theatre blues
* Ts and blues
* twelve-bar blues
* twelve bar blues
* vaudeville blues
* winter blues

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: blues
* → Danish: blues
* → Finnish: blues
* → French: blues
* → Hungarian: blues
* → Icelandic: blús
* → Italian: blues
* → Portuguese: blues
* → Spanish: blues
* → Swedish: blues

##### Translations
### Etymology 3
#### Verb

blues
* third-person singular simple present indicative of blue

### Further reading

* blues on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Buels, bulse, lubes

## Catalan
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈblus]

### Noun

blues m (uncountable)
* (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)

### Further reading

* “blues” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Danish
### Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bluːs/, [b̥lʊəs]
* Rhymes: -ʊəs

### Noun

blues c (singular definite bluesen, not used in plural form)
* (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
* (music) blues (a blues composition)

### Etymology 2

From Old Danish blyghæs, from Old Norse blýgjask.

### Verb

blues (past tense bluedes, past participle bluedes)
* (deponent, archaic) to be or feel ashamed or embarrassed or shy

#### Conjugation

activepassive
present
blues
past
bluedes
infinitive
blues
imperative
participle
present
past
bluedes (auxiliary verb have)
gerund

#### Related terms

* blu
* blusel

### Further reading

* “blues” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbluːs/, [ˈbluːs̠]
* IPA: /ˈblyːs/, [ˈblyːs̠]
* Rhymes: -uːs
* Hyphenation: blues

### Noun

blues
* (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
* (music) blues (a blues composition)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of blues (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bluesini
bluesini
accusative
nom.
bluesini
bluesini
gen.
bluesini
genitive
bluesini
bluesieni
partitive
bluesiani
bluesejani
inessive
bluesissani
blueseissani
elative
bluesistani
blueseistani
illative
bluesiini
blueseihini
adessive
bluesillani
blueseillani
ablative
bluesiltani
blueseiltani
allative
bluesilleni
blueseilleni
essive
bluesinani
blueseinani
translative
bluesikseni
blueseikseni
abessive
bluesittani
blueseittani
instructive
comitative
—blueseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bluesisi
bluesisi
accusative
nom.
bluesisi
bluesisi
gen.
bluesisi
genitive
bluesisi
bluesiesi
partitive
bluesiasi
bluesejasi
inessive
bluesissasi
blueseissasi
elative
bluesistasi
blueseistasi
illative
bluesiisi
blueseihisi
adessive
bluesillasi
blueseillasi
ablative
bluesiltasi
blueseiltasi
allative
bluesillesi
blueseillesi
essive
bluesinasi
blueseinasi
translative
bluesiksesi
blueseiksesi
abessive
bluesittasi
blueseittasi
instructive
comitative
—blueseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bluesimme
bluesimme
accusative
nom.
bluesimme
bluesimme
gen.
bluesimme
genitive
bluesimme
bluesiemme
partitive
bluesiamme
bluesejamme
inessive
bluesissamme
blueseissamme
elative
bluesistamme
blueseistamme
illative
bluesiimme
blueseihimme
adessive
bluesillamme
blueseillamme
ablative
bluesiltamme
blueseiltamme
allative
bluesillemme
blueseillemme
essive
bluesinamme
blueseinamme
translative
bluesiksemme
blueseiksemme
abessive
bluesittamme
blueseittamme
instructive
comitative
—blueseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bluesinne
bluesinne
accusative
nom.
bluesinne
bluesinne
gen.
bluesinne
genitive
bluesinne
bluesienne
partitive
bluesianne
bluesejanne
inessive
bluesissanne
blueseissanne
elative
bluesistanne
blueseistanne
illative
bluesiinne
blueseihinne
adessive
bluesillanne
blueseillanne
ablative
bluesiltanne
blueseiltanne
allative
bluesillenne
blueseillenne
essive
bluesinanne
blueseinanne
translative
bluesiksenne
blueseiksenne
abessive
bluesittanne
blueseittanne
instructive
comitative
—blueseinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bluesinsa
bluesinsa
accusative
nom.
bluesinsa
bluesinsa
gen.
bluesinsa
genitive
bluesinsa
bluesiensa
partitive
bluesiaan bluesiansa
bluesejaan bluesejansa
inessive
bluesissaan bluesissansa
blueseissaan blueseissansa
elative
bluesistaan bluesistansa
blueseistaan blueseistansa
illative
bluesiinsa
blueseihinsa
adessive
bluesillaan bluesillansa
blueseillaan blueseillansa
ablative
bluesiltaan bluesiltansa
blueseiltaan blueseiltansa
allative
bluesilleen bluesillensa
blueseilleen blueseillensa
essive
bluesinaan bluesinansa
blueseinaan blueseinansa
translative
bluesikseen bluesiksensa
blueseikseen blueseiksensa
abessive
bluesittaan bluesittansa
blueseittaan blueseittansa
instructive
comitative
—blueseineen blueseinensa :

#### Derived terms

* blueskappale
* blueslaulaja
* bluesmusiikki

### Further reading

* “blues”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bluz/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uz
* Homophones: blouse, blousent, blouses

### Noun

blues m (plural blues)
* blues (depression)
* (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
* (music) blues (a blues composition)

#### Derived terms

* coup de blues

### Further reading

* “blues”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* bleus

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blues.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbluːz]
* Hyphenation: blues
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: blúz
* Rhymes: -uːz

### Noun

blues (plural bluesok)
* (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
* (music) blues (a blues composition)

#### Derived terms

* blueszene
* blueszenekar

### Further reading

* blues in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbluz/
* Rhymes: -uz
* Hyphenation: blùes

### Noun

blues m (invariable)
* (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
* (music) blues (a blues composition)

### References

* ↑ blues in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Further reading

* blues in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* bluse

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblus/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -us
* Syllabification: blues
* Homophone: bluz

### Noun

blues m inan
* (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
* (music) blues (a blues composition)

#### Derived terms

* bluesowy

#### Related terms

* bluesman
* bluesmanka
* czuć bluesa impf
* poczuć bluesa pf

### Further reading

* blues in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* blues in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈblus/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈblus/

### Noun

blues m pl (plural only)
* (music) blues (a musical genre of African American origin)
* (music) blues (a blues composition)

#### Derived terms

* blueseiro, bluseiro

#### Related terms

* bluesman

### Further reading

* “blues”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “blues”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
* “blues”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “blues”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “blues”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

### Noun

blues n (plural bluesuri)
* (music) blues (a musical genre of African American origin)
* (music) blues (a blues composition)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblus/ [ˈblus]
* Rhymes: -us

### Noun

blues m pl (plural only) or blues m (uncountable)
* (music) blues (a musical genre of African American origin)
* (music) blues (a blues composition)

### Further reading

* “blues”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

### Noun

blues c
* (music) blues (a musical genre of African American origin)
* (music) blues (a blues composition)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* blues in Svensk ordbok.