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azulejo

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌɑzuˈleɪ(ˌ)hoʊ/ General American, common spelling-influenced pronunciation
  • General American, common spelling-influenced pronunciation
  • General-American, derived: /ˌɑθuˈleɪ(ˌ)hoʊ/ from the Iberian Spanish pronunciation
  • General-American, derived: /ˌɑsuˈleɪ(ˌ)hoʊ/ from the Latin American Spanish pronunciation
  • UK, derived: /aθuːˈleɪhəʊ/ from the Iberian Spanish pronunciation
  • UK: /ˌazjʊˈleɪhəʊ/
  • derived: /ˌɑzuˈleɪ(ˌ)ʒu/ from the (Brazilian) Portuguese pronunciation
  • derived: from the (Brazilian) Portuguese pronunciation

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noun

Meaning 1

A painted tin-glazed ceramic tile of a kind found in Spain and Portugal, often arranged to form geometric patterns.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhelh3-der.? Classical Persian لاژورد (Lāžvard) Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward)bor. Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward) Andalusian Arabic [Term?]bor. Old Spanish azur Spanish azul Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Spanish -ejo Spanish azulejobor. English azulejo Borrowed from Spanish azulejo. or Borrowed from Portuguese azulejo.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زُلَيْج (zulayj) — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
  • Arabic: زليج (zulēj) — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
  • Catalan: maniseta — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
  • Esperanto: azuleĥo — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
  • Esperanto: azuleho — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
  • French: azulejo — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
  • French: azuléjo — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
  • German: Azulejo — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
  • Greek: αζουλέχο (azoulécho) — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
  • Japanese: アズレージョ — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
  • Korean: 아줄레주 (ajulleju) — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
  • Portuguese: azulejo — painted tin-glazed ceramic tile