# bleu
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle French bleu. Doublet of blauw.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

bleu (comparative bleuer, superlative bleust)
* timid, shy
    Synonyms: beschroomd, bedeesd, schroomvallig, schuchter, schuw, timide, verlegen

#### Derived terms

* bleuheid

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef, bleu (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰlh₁-, *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blø/
* Audio; “un bleu”:(file)
* Audio; “du bleu”:(file)
* Audio (Belgium); “le bleu”:(file)
* Homophones: bleue, bleus, bleues

### Adjective

bleu (feminine bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)
* blue
    Le ciel est bleu. ― The sky is blue.
* (of meat) very rare, underdone

### Noun

bleu m (plural bleus)
* the color blue
* blue cheese
    Le bleu ressemble au roquefort ― Blue cheese looks like Roquefort
* rookie, new recruit, raw recruit
    Ce soldat est un vrai bleu ― This soldier is a real rookie
* bruise
    Synonyms: ecchymose, contusion
    Il est tombé, et maintenant il a un bleu ― He fell over and now he has a bruise
* (billiards, snooker) billiard chalk
    Synonym: craie
* (Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party
* (US) a supporter of the Democratic Party

#### Derived terms

* baleine bleue
* bleu canard
* bleu ciel
* bleu de Chartres
* bleu électrique
* bleu marine
* bleu nuit
* bleu pétrole
* bleu roi
* bleu verdâtre
* bleu, blanc et rouge
* bleu-vert
* bleuâtre
* bleuet
* bleuir
* bleuissement
* bleusaille
* bleuté
* carte bleue
* casque bleu
* chardon bleu des Pyrénées
* cordon bleu
* fleur bleue
* fleuve Bleu
* géante bleue
* Grande Bleue
* gros bleu
* nom de bleu
* petit bleu
* peur bleue
* requin bleu
* rorqual bleu
* sacrebleu
* sang bleu
* supergéante bleue
* vin bleu

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: ble
* → Greek: μπλε (ble)
* → Italian: blu
* → Ladino: blu
* Louisiana Creole: blé, ble

### See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text) :
| blanc | gris | noir |
| rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
| lime | vert | menthe |
| cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
| violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
* turquoise
* outremer

### Further reading

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

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bleu (“blue”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blø/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -øː

### Adjective

bleu (indeclinable)
* light blue

## Ligurian
### Etymology

From Frankish *blāu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bløː/

### Noun

bleu m (invariable)
* blue (color)

### Adjective

bleu
* blue
    No gh'ò ciù de lâpi bleu. ― I don't have any more blue pencils.

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.

### Adjective

bleu m (feminine singular bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)
* blue

### Noun

bleu m (plural bleus)
* blue

#### Descendants

* French: bleu
** Haitian Creole: ble
** → Greek: μπλε (ble)
** → Italian: blu
** → Ladino: blu
** Louisiana Creole: blé, ble
* → Dutch: bleu

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bleu (“blue”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blø/

### Adjective

bleu m or f or n (indeclinable)
* light blue

#### Declension
### Noun

bleu n (plural bleu-uri)
* light blue

#### Declension
### See also

* albastru

### See also

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text) :
| alb | gri | negru |
| roșu; carmin | portocaliu; maro | galben; crem |
| | verde | verde mentă |
| cyan | bleu | albastru |
| violet; indigo | mov; purpură | roz |