cerulean
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8.1
- adjective
- /səˈruːliən/
:
cerúleo
- The cerulean blue eyes seemed veined with tiny black dots.
- cerulean blue
- cerulean sky
- cerulean eyes
So if you are kind of squirrely about reading fantasy, please try House on the Cerulean Sea.
- So if you are kind of squirrely about reading fantasy, please try House on the Cerulean Sea.
Examples
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The artist used a vibrant cerulean blue to bring the ocean scene to life.
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Behind him, a cerulean sea.
Fiction book (1999) -
Most everywhere else, a cerulean blue sky was visible.
Fiction book (1991) -
It is a vast cerulean blue.
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Diamond-clear air, cold and invigorating beneath a cloudless cerulean sky.
Blog text (32) -
The wind was blowing fiercely, the sky was, of course, cerulean blue, and we were very near the edge of the cliff that overlooks the ocean.
Fiction book (2000) -
The snowy white crown and tail of a mature bald eagle wheeling above them in the cerulean sky, framed by the emerald forest beyond.
Fiction book (2001) -
As I looked up, I was amazed by the cerulean sky stretching endlessly above me.
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The room was painted a soothing cerulean shade that reminded me of clear summer days.
Synonyms
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1.0
The color between green and violet like a clear sky
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1.0
A deep, rich blue color darker than normal blue
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1.0
A deep blue color that has a slight purple hint like a clear autumn sky
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3.1
A deep blue color with a purple tint
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2.1
Deep blue with a little purple like a clear autumn sky
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4.0
A light blue like a cornflower with little green
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5.8
A deep bright blue like a clear sky
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3.0
A blue color with a little purple in it
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4.0
Having a deep purplish-blue color between blue and purple
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4.0
Having a deep rich blue color like a jewel
Having a bright sky-blue color like a clear sky
A blue color with a small red tint like the sky at dusk
Compounds
How Blue
Surface Forms
Morphology
cerulean = cerul + ean
The word is a learned borrowing (from a Latin combining form) and the parts are not productive or recognizable to an average B1 learner, so the meaning cannot be derived from the components.
Etymology
Cerulean comes from the Latin caeruleus, which comes from caelum meaning 'sky'. Think of the clear blue of the sky, so cerulean describes a deep or bright 'sky-blue' color.