English

Proper noun

Blues

1. (informal) any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English blues.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bluːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

Blues m

1. blues (musical form)

English

Noun

blues

1. plural of blue

Etymology 2

Noun

blues ‎(uncountable)

1. (chiefly in the plural, informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.

   I've got the blues today.

   The blues have hit her hard, and she won't get out of bed.

   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     If we had been allowed to sit idle we should all have fallen into the blues...

   1. (singular or plural, informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.

      Your blues is just like mine.

      Your blues are just like mine.

   2. (singular or plural, informal) The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience or idea.

      I've got the lonely man's blues.

      If you work here long enough, you'll have the butcher's blues just like me.

2. (music) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.

   Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.

   A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues.

   1. (music, always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.

      My next number is a blues in G.

3. A uniform made principally of a blue fabric.

   The marched in their dress blues.

4. (sports) Any of a number of sports teams which wear blue kit.
   1. (Australian rules football) Carlton Football Club.
   2. (rugby league) New South Wales.
   3. (soccer, Birmingham) Birmingham City FC.
   4. (soccer, Liverpudlian) Everton FC.
   5. (soccer, London) Chelsea FC.
   6. (soccer, Manchester) Manchester City FC.

Derived terms

See also

• (musical form): boogie, jazz, rock and roll, shuffle, turnaround

Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

blues

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of blue

Anagrams

• lubes

Catalan

Noun

blues m ‎(uncountable)

1. blues

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English blues.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bluːs/, [b̥lʊəs]
• Rhymes: -ʊəs

Noun

blues c (singular definite bluesen, not used in plural form)

1. (music) blues; a musical form
2. (music) blues; a musical composition

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from English blues.

Noun

blues

1. (music) blues

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English blues.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bluz/
• Rhymes: -uz
• Homophones: blouse, blousent, blouses

Noun

blues m ‎(plural blues)

1. blues (music)
2. blues (depression)

Derived terms

• coup de blues

Anagrams

• bleus

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English blues.

Noun

blues m ‎(invariable)

1. (music) blues

Anagrams

• bluse

Portuguese

Noun

blues m (plural blues)

1. blues (musical form)

Spanish

Etymology

English

Noun

blues m, m pl

1. (music) blues

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from English blues.

Noun

blues c

1. blues; a musical form
2. blues; a musical composition

Declension