blue
adjective
/bljuː/
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/bluː/
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/blɪʊ̯/
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- (particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.
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blu,
azzurro
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- (informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
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a luci rosse
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- (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
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depresso,
malinconico,
triste
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blue
noun
/bljuː/
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/bluː/
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/blɪʊ̯/
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- Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
- A blue dye or pigment.
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blu,
azzurro
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- (uncountable) Blue clothing.
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blu
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blue
verb
/bljuː/
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/bluː/
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/blɪʊ̯/
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- (ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.
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azzurrare
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blues
noun
/bluːz/
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- (usually, in the plural, informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.
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malinconia,
paturnie
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- (music genre) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
- (music, always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.
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blues
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blueing
noun
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- Synonym of blue (“blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing”)
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turchinetto
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