adj
Meaning 1
Of a rich blue colour, tinted with green.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Phrase guide
Prussian blue
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noun
Meaning 2
An insoluble dark, bright blue pigment, ferric ferrocyanide (equivalent to ferrous ferricyanide), used in painting and dyeing, and as an antidote for certain kinds of heavy metal poisoning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A moderate to rich blue colour, tinted with deep greenish blue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
a dark greenish-blue color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: blue, blueness
noun
Meaning 5
any of various blue pigments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: iron blue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pigment
History
Etymology
The pigment was discovered circa 1700 in the German state of Prussia by a paint-maker named Diesbach.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: berlinerblå — colour (tinted with green)
- Finnish: preussinsininen — colour (tinted with green)
- Hungarian: poroszkék — colour (tinted with green)
- Hungarian: berlini kék — colour (tinted with green)
- Hungarian: párizsi kék — colour (tinted with green)
- Japanese: 紺青 (konjyō) — colour (tinted with green)
- Japanese: ベレンス (berensu) — colour (tinted with green)
- Swedish: berlinerblå — colour (tinted with green)
- Turkish: prusya mavisi — colour (tinted with green)
- Bulgarian: берлинско синьо (berlinsko sinjo) — pigment
- Catalan: blau de Prússia — pigment
- Chinese Cantonese: 普魯士藍 /普鲁士蓝 (pou2 lou5 si6 laam4) — pigment
- Chinese Mandarin: 普魯士藍 /普鲁士蓝 (pǔlǔshìlán) — pigment
- Czech: berlínská modř (pruská) — pigment
- Danish: berlinerblåt — pigment
- Finnish: preussinsininen — pigment
- Finnish: berliininsininen — pigment
- German: Berliner Blau — pigment
- German: Preußisch Blau — pigment
- Irish: gorm phrúiseach — pigment
- Latin: caeruleus berolinensis — pigment
- Macedonian: пруско сино (prusko sino) — pigment
- Polish: błękit pruski — pigment
- Portuguese: azul da prússia — pigment
- Portuguese: azul prussiano — pigment
- Romanian: albastru de Prusia — pigment
- Romanian: albastru de Berlin — pigment
- Russian: берли́нская лазу́рь (berlínskaja lazúrʹ) — pigment
- Spanish: azul de Prusia — pigment
- Swedish: berlinerblått — pigment
- Catalan: blau de Prússia — colour
- Danish: berlinerblåt — colour
- Finnish: preussinsininen — colour
- Finnish: berliininsininen — colour
- French: bleu de Prusse — colour
- German: Berliner Blau — colour
- German: Preußischblau — colour
- Hindi: प्रशियाई नीला (praśiyāī nīlā) — colour
- Indonesian: biru berlin — colour
- Irish: gorm phrúiseach — colour
- Japanese: 紺青 (konjyō) — colour
- Japanese: ベレンス (berensu) — colour
- Latin: caeruleus berolinensis — colour
- Romanian: albastru de Prusia — colour
- Romanian: albastru de Berlin — colour
- Turkish: prusya mavisi — colour