From French bleu, Italian blu, and English blue, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. Compare German blau, Dutch blauw, Yiddish בלוי (bloy), Swedish blå, Greek μπλε (ble).

• IPA^(key): /ˈblua/

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• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: blu‧a

blua (accusative singular bluan, plural bluaj, accusative plural bluajn)

1. blue
   blue:

• blua baleno (“blue whale”)
• blue (“bluely”)
• blui (“to be blue (in color)”)
• bluo (“the color blue”)

• bluso (“blues (music)”)

Borrowed from Esperanto blua, English blue, French bleu, German blau, Italian blu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblu.a/

blua

1. blue

• bluatra (“bluish”)
• blueskar (“to turn blue”)