Adjective: bleu
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | bleu |
| Singular f. | bleue |
| Plural m. | bleus |
| Plural f. | bleues |
Sample Sentences
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Le ciel est bleu. (The sky is blue.)
Adjectives inflected like bleu
indifférent,
cohérent,
aspérifolié,
serein,
seyant,
second,
babillard,
savant,
satané,
satiné,
saturé,
défraîchi,
spaghettifié,
saoudi,
salaud,
salant,
sciant,
schleu,
évanescent,
écartelé, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef, bleu (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰlh₁-, *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue. See: German Adjectives '
blau', Dutch Adjectives '
blauw'.
Verbs referencing "bleu"
English Adjectives
blue, Romanian Adjectives
bleu, Italian Adjectives
blu.
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