adj
Meaning 1
Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
lapis lazuli
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlaz.jʊ.li/
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General-American: lăp'ĭs lăzʹ(y)ə-lē
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General-American: lăzʹ(y)ə-lī
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General-American: lăzhʹə-lē
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General-American: lăzhʹə-lī
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General-American: /ˌlæp.ɪs ˈlæz.(j)ə.li/
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General-American: /ˈlæz.(j)ə.laɪ/
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General-American: /ˈlæʒ.ə.li/
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General-American: /ˈlæʒ.ə.laɪ/
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General-American: /ləˈzu.li/
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noun
Meaning 2
A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lapis, lazuli, lazurite
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an azure blue semiprecious stone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lazuli
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opaque gem
History
Etymology
From Middle English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī, genitive singular of lazulum (“lapis lazuli, azure, the sky”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli, azure”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard). Compare azure, of the same origin.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward) — precious blue stone
- Armenian: լաջվարդ (laǰvard) — precious blue stone
- Azerbaijani: lacivərd — precious blue stone
- Catalan: lapislàtzuli — precious blue stone
- Chinese Mandarin: 青金石 (qīngjīnshí) — precious blue stone
- Czech: lazurit — precious blue stone
- Dutch: lapis lazuli — precious blue stone
- Dutch: lazuriet — precious blue stone
- Egyptian: x-s-b-D-N33C:Z2ss (ḫsbḏ) — precious blue stone
- Esperanto: lazurito — precious blue stone
- Finnish: lapis lazuli — precious blue stone
- Finnish: lapislatsuli — precious blue stone
- French: lapis-lazuli — precious blue stone
- Galician: asur — precious blue stone
- Georgian: ლაჟვარდი (lažvardi) — precious blue stone
- German: Lapislazuli — precious blue stone
- German: Lapis Lazuli — precious blue stone
- German: Lasurstein — precious blue stone
- German: Lazurit — precious blue stone
- Greek: λαζουρίτης (lazourítis) — precious blue stone
- Hindi: लाजवर्द (lājvard) — precious blue stone
- Hindi: रावटी (rāvṭī) — precious blue stone
- Hindi: वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya) — precious blue stone
- Hindi: वैदूर्य (vaidūrya) — precious blue stone
- Hungarian: lapis lazuli — precious blue stone
- Hungarian: lazúrkő — precious blue stone
- Ido: lapislazulo — precious blue stone
- Indonesian: lazuardi — precious blue stone
- Irish: lapis lazuli — precious blue stone
- Italian: lapislazzuli — precious blue stone
- Japanese: 瑠璃 (ruri) — precious blue stone
- Japanese: 琉璃 (ruri) — precious blue stone
- Japanese: 青金石 (seikinseki) — precious blue stone
- Japanese: ラピスラズリ (rapisu razuri) — precious blue stone
- Korean: 청금석 (cheonggeumseok) — precious blue stone
- Latin: sappīrus — precious blue stone
- Latin: lapis lazuli — precious blue stone
- Malay: lazuardi — precious blue stone
- Old Uyghur: 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (razavart) — precious blue stone
- Pali: veḷuriya — precious blue stone
- Persian: لاجورد (lâjvard) — precious blue stone
- Polish: lapis lazuli — precious blue stone
- Polish: lapis-lazuli — precious blue stone
- Polish: lazuryt — precious blue stone
- Portuguese: lápis-lazúli — precious blue stone
- Punjabi: ਲਾਜਵਰਦ (lājvarad) — precious blue stone
- Romanian: lapislazuli — precious blue stone
- Romanian: lazurit — precious blue stone
- Russian: лазури́т (lazurít) — precious blue stone
- Russian: ля́пис-лазу́рь (ljápis-lazúrʹ) — precious blue stone
- Sanskrit: वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya) — precious blue stone
- Sanskrit: राजावर्त (rājāvarta) — precious blue stone
- Scottish Gaelic: clach-chopair — precious blue stone
- Spanish: lapislázuli — precious blue stone
- Spanish: cianea — precious blue stone
- Swedish: lapis lazuli — precious blue stone
- Swedish: lasursten — precious blue stone
- Thai: แลพิสแลซูลี (lɛɛ-pí-lɛɛ-sui-lîi) — precious blue stone
- Turkish: lazur taşı — precious blue stone
- Ottoman Turkish: لاجورد (laciverd) — precious blue stone
- Ugaritic: 𐎛𐎖𐎐𐎜 (ỉqnủ) — precious blue stone
- Ukrainian: лазури́т (lazurýt) — precious blue stone
- Ukrainian: ля́піс-лазу́р (ljápis-lazúr) — precious blue stone
- Urdu: لاجورد (lājvard) — precious blue stone
- Uyghur: لاجىۋەرد (lajiwerd) — precious blue stone
- Uzbek: lojuvard — precious blue stone
- Vietnamese: đá da trời — precious blue stone
- Vietnamese: ngọc lưu ly — precious blue stone
- Welsh: asur — precious blue stone