blu

• (abbreviation): blu.

blu (plural blus)

1. Abbreviation of blue.

blu (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of blue.

From Proto-Bahnaric *bluː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bluuʔ (“thigh”); cognate with Khmer ភ្លៅ (phlɨw), Pacoh pilau and Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] pulô.

• IPA^(key): /bluː/

blu 

1. upper leg, thigh

• blù (misspelling)

Borrowed from French bleu (“blue”) from Middle French bleu, from Old French blou, bleve (“pallid, wan, discoloured, blue”), from Frankish *blāo, blāw, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, yellowish-gray”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl(e)h₁uos, *bʰlewas (“light-coloured, blond, yellow”), from *bʰel- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blāo (“blue”), Old English blāw (“livid, blue”), Old English blǣwen (“blue-coloured, perse”). More at blue.

• IPA^(key): [blu]

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• Rhymes: -u

blu (invariable)

1. blue

blu m (invariable)

1. the colour blue

• 1958 Domenico Modugno and Franco Migliacci - "Volare"

  Nel blu dipinto di blu, felice di stare lassù (In the sky painted blue, happy to stay up there)

• bluastro

blu ? (Latin spelling)

1. blue

blu

1. to swim

   Kofi blu mu lɔɔ kre kun.

   Kofi swam across the river.

blu

1. (obsolete) shy, unassuming

• blyg
• sjenert
• unnselig

• bluferdig
• ublu

blu

1. blue (of a bluish color)

From English blue.

blu

1. blue

From French blouse, short for blu trắng.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓlu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓlʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓlʊw˧˧]

blu

1. (garment) white coat

• blu trắng