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lapis lazuli en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • lăzʹ(y)ə-lī (General-American)
  • /ˈlaz.jʊ.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈlæʒ.ə.laɪ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈlæʒ.ə.li/ (General-American)
  • /ˈlæz.(j)ə.laɪ/ (General-American)
  • lăzhʹə-lī (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌlæp.ɪs ˈlæz.(j)ə.li/ (General-American)
  • lăzhʹə-lē (General-American)
  • /ləˈzu.li/ (General-American)
  • /ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • lăp'ĭs lăzʹ(y)ə-lē (General-American)

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.

Meanings

  1. Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
    • I cannot convey to you the sheer and surreal scale of everything: the towering ship, the ropes, the ties, the anchor, the pier, the vast lapis lazuli dome of the sky. 1997, David Foster Wallace, “A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group:

Relateds

azure · lazurite · sodium aluminum sulfosilicate · ultramarine

lapis lazuli en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • lăzʹ(y)ə-lī (General-American)
  • /ˈlaz.jʊ.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈlæʒ.ə.laɪ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈlæʒ.ə.li/ (General-American)
  • /ˈlæz.(j)ə.laɪ/ (General-American)
  • lăzhʹə-lī (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌlæp.ɪs ˈlæz.(j)ə.li/ (General-American)
  • lăzhʹə-lē (General-American)
  • /ləˈzu.li/ (General-American)
  • /ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • lăp'ĭs lăzʹ(y)ə-lē (General-American)

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.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
    • He saw the amber silk curtains wave to and fro: the middle window was open; in it stood a pillar of lapis lazuli, which supported an alabaster figure, Canova's Dansatrice. 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Talisman, page 66:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.

Forms

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lapides lazuli Number=Plur lexicographic
lapis lazulis Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

lazuli · lazurite · lapis

Translations (69)

de Lapis Lazuli (precious blue stone) · de Lasurstein (precious blue stone) · az lacivərd (precious blue stone) · ga lapis lazuli (precious blue stone) · hi लाजवर्द (precious blue stone) · ja 瑠璃 (precious blue stone) · nl lazuriet (precious blue stone) · hu lapis lazuli (precious blue stone) · fi lapis lazuli (precious blue stone) · de Lapislazuli (precious blue stone) · pl lapis lazuli (precious blue stone) · fi lapislatsuli (precious blue stone) · es lapislázuli (precious blue stone) · ru ля́пис-лазу́рь (precious blue stone) · ota لاجورد (precious blue stone) · es cianea (precious blue stone) · fa لاجورد (precious blue stone) · sa राजावर्त (precious blue stone) · pl lapis-lazuli (precious blue stone) · ja ラピスラズリ (precious blue stone) · ja 琉璃 (precious blue stone) · th แลพิสแลซูลี (precious blue stone) · ko 청금석 (precious blue stone) · sv lasursten (precious blue stone) · oui 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (precious blue stone) · vi đá da trời (precious blue stone) · it lapislazzuli (precious blue stone) · ur لاجورد (precious blue stone) · eo lazurito (precious blue stone) · la sappīrus (precious blue stone) · egy x-s-b-D-N33C:Z2ss (precious blue stone) · sa वैडूर्य (precious blue stone) · pt lápis-lazúli (precious blue stone) · nl lapis lazuli (precious blue stone) · hu lazúrkő (precious blue stone) · ug لاجىۋەرد (precious blue stone) · pa ਲਾਜਵਰਦ (precious blue stone) · ar لَازَوَرْد (precious blue stone) · cs lazurit (precious blue stone) · uz lojuvard (precious blue stone) · fr lapis-lazuli (precious blue stone) · hi रावटी (precious blue stone) · ja 青金石 (precious blue stone) · pi veḷuriya (precious blue stone) · cy asur (precious blue stone) · de Lazurit (precious blue stone) · ru лазури́т (precious blue stone) · ro lapislazuli (precious blue stone) · uga 𐎛𐎖𐎐𐎜 (precious blue stone) · gl asur (precious blue stone) · ca lapislàtzuli (precious blue stone) · pl lazuryt (precious blue stone) · la lapis lazuli (precious blue stone) · gd clach-chopair (precious blue stone) · sv lapis lazuli (precious blue stone) · uk лазури́т (precious blue stone) · ms lazuardi (precious blue stone) · tr lazur taşı (precious blue stone) · el λαζουρίτης (precious blue stone) · io lapislazulo (precious blue stone) · vi ngọc lưu ly (precious blue stone) · ro lazurit (precious blue stone) · ka ლაჟვარდი (precious blue stone) · hi वैडूर्य (precious blue stone) · cmn 青金石 (precious blue stone) · id lazuardi (precious blue stone) · uk ля́піс-лазу́р (precious blue stone) · hi वैदूर्य (precious blue stone) · hy լաջվարդ (precious blue stone)