azulejo
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish azulejo.
Noun
[edit]azulejo (plural azulejos)
- A painted tin-glazed ceramic tile of a kind found in Spain and Portugal, often arranged to form geometric patterns.
Translations
[edit]painted tin-glazed ceramic tile
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish azulejo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]azulejo m (plural azulejos)
- blue tile (used on walls)
- 2019 March 28, Pierre Hemme, “En version luxe ou vegan, le kebab risque de perdre son âme”, in Le Monde[1]:
- Mignonne petite terrasse, azulejos décorant les murs, veau de lait et pain maison à base de farines bio : le cadre et la philosophie de Grillé pourraient le faire passer pour une adresse bistronomique chic de la capitale.
- A cute little balcony, blue tiles decorating the walls, suckling veal and homemade bread made from organic flour: the surroundings and the philosophy of Grillé could make it seem like a chic casual restaurant in the capital.
Further reading
[edit]- “azulejo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
[edit]![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Azulejo_December_2012-3.jpg/220px-Azulejo_December_2012-3.jpg)
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish azulejo, from Arabic اَلزُّلَيْج (az-zulayj, “polished stone”), formed as a diminutive of زُلُج (zuluj, “smooth rocks”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -eʒu
- Hyphenation: a‧zu‧le‧jo
Noun
[edit]azulejo m (plural azulejos)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “azulejo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “azulejo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
azulejo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]azulejo
Spanish
[edit]![A tile with an ornate, colorful radial pattern](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Casa_de_Pilatos_11.jpg/220px-Casa_de_Pilatos_11.jpg)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθuˈlexo/ [a.θuˈle.xo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asuˈlexo/ [a.suˈle.xo]
- Rhymes: -exo
- Syllabification: a‧zu‧le‧jo
Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]azulejo (feminine azuleja, masculine plural azulejos, feminine plural azulejas)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Andalusian Arabic اَلزُّلَيْجَة (az-zuléyja), from Arabic اَلزُّلَيْج (az-zulayj, “polished stone”), formed as a diminutive of زُلُج (zuluj, “smooth rocks”).
Noun
[edit]azulejo m (plural azulejos)
- tile (of a wall or floor)
- Synonym: baldosa
- indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea
- cornflower, Centaurea cyanus
- Synonym: aciano
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]azulejo
Further reading
[edit]- “azulejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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