ultramarine
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ultramarine
- /ˌʌltɹəməˈɹiːn/ UK
- /ˌəltɹəməˈɹin/ US
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from Latin ultrā (“beyond”) + marīnus (“of or relating to the sea, marine”). By surface analysis, ultra + marine.
Noun sense 1 (“pigment”) refers to the fact that lapis lazuli was obtained from foreign countries and hence “beyond the sea”.
adjective more ultramarine · most ultramarine
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Beyond the sea.
[I]n England we ſhall never be taught to look upon the annihilation of our trade, the ruin of our credit, the defeat of our armies, and the loſs of our ultramarine dominions (whatever the author may think of them), to be the high road to proſperity and greatneſs.
Similar: overseas, transmarine · Opposite: cismarine
- Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).
noun ultramarines
- In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.
- A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment. The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.
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adj beyond the sea
| Español | ultramarino |
|---|---|
| Português | ultramarino, transfretano |
| Français | ultramarin |
| Italiano | oltremare, trasmarino |
adj of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour
| 한국어 | 군청(群靑)의 guncheong-ui, 군청색(群靑色)의 guncheongsaeg-ui, 남청색(藍靑色)의 namcheongsaeg-ui |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 群青色の gunjō-iro no |
| Français | ultramarin, outremer |
| Deutsch | ultramarin, ultramarinblau |
| Italiano | oltremare, oltremarino, trasmarino |
noun brilliant blue pigment
| Español | azul ultramarino |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 울트라마린 ulteuramarin |
| 日本語 | ウルトラマリン urutoramarin |
| Français | outremer |
| Deutsch | Ultramarinblau, Königsblau |
| Italiano | ultramarino |
| Русский | ультрамари́н ulʹtramarín |
noun brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour
| Español | azul de ultramar, azul ultramarino, azul ultramaro |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 群青 gunjō, 群青色 gunjōiro |
| 中文 | 羣青 /群青 qúnqīng |
| Français | outremer |
| Deutsch | Ultramarinblau |
| Italiano | oltremare, blu oltremare |
| Русский | ультрамари́н ulʹtramarín |
| Tiếng Việt | lam sẫm |
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title = {ultramarine},
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