Aromanian

Adjective

albastru (feminine albastrã, masculine plural albashtri, feminine plural albastri/albastre)

1. light blue; azure

Derived terms

• albãstrescu

Related terms

• albu

See also

• njirlu

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin root *albaster, albastrum, ultimately from Latin albus ‎(“white”). Probably originally referred to the whiteness in a lightly clouded sky^[1]. See also the formations in Italian biancastro ‎(“whitish”), nerastro ‎(“blackish”), French blanchâtre ‎(“whitish”), noirâtre ‎(“blackish”) (with the suffixes -astro and -âtre deriving from Latin -astrum, accusative singular of -aster^[2]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alˈbas.tɾu]

Adjective

albastru m, n ‎(feminine singular albastră, masculine plural albaștri, feminine and neuter plural albastre)

1. blue
2. (figuratively) blue, sad

Declension

Synonyms

• (sad): trist

Derived terms

• albăstri
• albăstrime
• albăstrui

Related terms

• alb

References

1. ↑ http://www.dex.ro/albastru
2. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=HfT91zbfUisC&dq=etudes+de+linguistique+roumaine&source=gbs_navlinks_s