HOW TO PRONOUNCE
azure
/ˈæʒɚ/
Press play to hear how to pronounce azure.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:59
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does azure mean?
noun
- The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
- A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
- The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
More meanings (8)
noun
- Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina.
- Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris.
- Lapis lazuli.
adjective
- Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
- Cloudless.
- In blazon, of the colour blue.
verb
- To colour blue.
proper noun
- A surname.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˈæʒɚ/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
And yet it has not the blue devils, but the blue angels in it, in the azure tint of its waters.
What idle, lilting verse can tell Of giant fluted towers, O'er-canopied with immemorial snow And riven by a glacier's azure flow?
More book examples (3)
All the hairdressers’ shops, hoping for powder and the return of the royal bird, were besmeared with azure and decked with fleurs-de-lys.
As he crossed the courtyard his glance chanced to wander to the great east tower looming high against the azure of the sky.
And among the oaks the bluebells stood in pools of azure, under the new green hazels, upon a pale fawn floor of oak-leaves.