zaffre

• zaffer
• zaffree
• zaffar
• zaffir

From Italian zaffera, from Latin sapphirus (“sapphire”). Compare etymology of sapphire.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzæfə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -æfə(ɹ)

zaffre (countable and uncountable, plural zaffres)

1. A blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore.
2. A cobalt blue colour, like that of the pigment.

   zaffre colour:  

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

• affzer, zaffer