azure

1. 1.

   of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky

   “October's bright blue weather”

   Synonymsceruleansky-bluebright blue

   Similarchromatic

Other forms of azure

plural

azures·

past tense

azured·

present participle

azuring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about azure

What does azure mean?

azure means "a light shade of blue". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in azure?

azure has 2 syllables: az-ure. The stress falls on "az". In IPA it is /ˈæʒɚ/.

What is another word for azure?

Close synonyms include cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, sky-blue, cerulean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is azure a common word?

azure is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.