adj
Meaning 1
Of the color of the pigment zaffre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
cobalt blue
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noun
Meaning 2
A deep blue pigment derived from cobalt; zaffre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a shade of blue tinged with green
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, peacock blue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blue, blueness
noun
Meaning 4
greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cobalt ultramarine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pigment
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: koboltblå — colour
- Dutch: kobaltblauw — colour
- Finnish: koboltinsininen — colour
- Georgian: კობალტისფერი (ḳobalṭisperi) — colour
- German: kobaltblau — colour
- Hungarian: kobaltkék — colour
- Latin: cobaltinus — colour
- Norwegian Bokmål: koboltblå — colour
- Norwegian Nynorsk: koboltblå — colour
- Romanian: albastru de cobalt — colour
- Swedish: koboltblå — colour
- Catalan: blau de cobalt — colour
- Danish: koboltblåt — colour
- Dutch: kobaltblauw — colour
- French: bleu de cobalt — colour
- German: Kobaltblau — colour
- Greek: βαθυκύανο (vathykýano) — colour
- Irish: gorm cóbaltach — colour
- Irish: gorm cóbailt — colour
- Japanese: コバルトブルー (kobarutoburū) — colour
- Navajo: dootłʼizh — colour
- Norwegian Bokmål: koboltblått — colour
- Norwegian Nynorsk: koboltblått — colour
- Portuguese: azul-cobalto — colour