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cerulean en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /səˈɹuːli.ən/
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Etymology

From Latin caeruleus (“blue”) + -an, from caelum (“sky, heaven”) + -uleus (diminutive suffix).

Meanings

1. Sky-blue.
   • But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets? 2006, Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, spoken by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep):
   • Oh Ramona, if there was only some kind of future / And these cerulean skies / Something in our skies, something in our skies 1995, “The Hearts Filthy Lesson”, in 1. Outside, performed by David Bowie:
   • As far to the west as Monica could see, her world was a sea of fog, […]. Above it arched a cerulean sky; as the sun climbed to the zenith, […], the fog gradually took on a bluish tinge. 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter II, in The Understanding Heart:

Forms

Deriveds

cerulean warbler · cerulean blue

Relateds

cerulescent · cerulescence · cerule

Translations (14)

fi taivaansininen (sky blue — see also sky blue) · sv himmelsblå (sky blue — see also sky blue) · tt шямяхя (sky blue — see also sky blue) · es cerúleo (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ru лазу́рный (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ru лазо́ревый (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ga ceiriúlach (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ca ceruli (sky blue — see also sky blue) · bg небесно син (sky blue — see also sky blue) · it ceruleo (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ru небе́сно-голубо́й (sky blue — see also sky blue) · fr céruléen (sky blue — see also sky blue) · pl modry (sky blue — see also sky blue) · de himmelblau (sky blue — see also sky blue)

cerulean en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /səˈɹuːli.ən/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Latin caeruleus (“blue”) + -an, from caelum (“sky, heaven”) + -uleus (diminutive suffix).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A greenish-blue color.
   • For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine […] 2014, William H. Gass, On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry, page 59:
2. (countable) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Jamides.

Forms

Synonyms

cerulean blue · coelin

Translations (20)

fi taivaansini (sky blue — see also sky blue) · de Himmelblau (sky blue — see also sky blue) · cmn 青 (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ga ceiriúlach (sky blue — see also sky blue) · sv himmelsblå (sky blue — see also sky blue) · tl serulyo (sky blue — see also sky blue) · eo ĉielbluo (sky blue — see also sky blue) · bg лазурен (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ru лазу́рный (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ru лазо́ревый (sky blue — see also sky blue) · bg небесносин (sky blue — see also sky blue) · pl modry (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ca ceruli (sky blue — see also sky blue) · fr bleu céruléen (sky blue — see also sky blue) · pt cerúleo (sky blue — see also sky blue) · it ceruleo (sky blue — see also sky blue) · es cerúleo (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ru небе́сно-голубо́й (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ro albastru (sky blue — see also sky blue) · ja セルリアンブルー (sky blue — see also sky blue)