Definitions for azure

azure az·ure

Spelling: [azh-er]
IPA: /ˈæʒ ər/

Azure is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in azure (aeruz).

Definitions for azure

noun

  1. the blue of a clear or unclouded sky.
  2. a light, purplish blue.
  3. Heraldry. the tincture or color blue.
  4. the clear, cloudless sky.

adjective

  1. of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.
  2. Heraldry. of the tincture or color blue.

Origin of azure

1275-1325; Middle English asure Anglo-French, Old French, ultimately alteration of Arabic al lazuwar(d) (by misdividing the initial l together with the article) Persian lāzhuward Examples for azure

A shadow, azure as the light that tints the sapphire, accompanies her.

Per Pale means that the Shield is divided vertically with one half blue (azure) and the other half red (Gules).

His robes were of azure silk, and floated in graceful folds as he passed along.

No azure field, no streak of green, No shadow, and no breath!

It gives the coat of arms as, Chequy or and azure, a chevron ermine.

The azure billows of the sea splashed round the planks of the vessel.

These vapours, moreover, alone clouded the purity of the azure above.

The calm, azure pool was alluring with its promise of coolness and rest.

Moreover too, Fish-semblances, of green and azure hue, Ready to snort their streams.

Even the azure, the everlasting azure, began to pall upon him.

Word Value for azure
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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