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blue-gray

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a bluish grey color.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

of grey tinged with blue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blue-grey, bluish-grey, bluish-gray

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From blue + gray.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: аҡбуҙ (aqbuź) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Bashkir: күк (kük) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Dutch: blauwgrijs — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Faroese: blágráur — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Finnish: siniharmaa — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • German: blaugrau — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • German: graublau — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • German: taubenblau — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Ancient Greek: γλαυκός (glaukós) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Irish: glas — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Japanese: ブルーグレー (burū gurē) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Japanese: 鳩羽色 (hatobairo) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Latin: caesius — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Latin: glaucus — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Latvian: pelēkzilā — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Lithuanian: šėmas — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Manchu: ᡴᡠᡴᡠ (kuku) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Ossetian: ӕхси́н (æxsín) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Persian: کبود (kabôd) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Persian: خشین (xašin) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Middle Persian: kpwt' (kabōd) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Polish: siny — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Russian: си́зый (sízyj) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Russian: се́ро-голубо́й (séro-golubój) — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Scots: blae — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Serbo-Croatian: си̑њӣ — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȋnjī — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Turkish: çakır — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Uzbek: shahlo — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Welsh: glaslwyd — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
  • Welsh: glas — color — see also the hyponyms listed above
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