lapis lazuli
Syllables: la·pis la·zu·liUK/ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ//ˌlæp.ɪs ˈlæz.(j)ə.li/
lapis lazuli noun: a deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
Noun
lapis lazuli (countable and uncountable, plural lapides lazuli or lapis lazulis)
- A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
- He saw the amber silk curtains wave to and fro: the middle window was open; in it stood a pillar of lapis lazuli, which supported an alabaster figure, Canova's Dansatrice.1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Talisman, page 66
- A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
Adjective
lapis lazuli
- Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
- I cannot convey to you the sheer and surreal scale of everything: the towering ship, the ropes, the ties, the anchor, the pier, the vast lapis lazuli dome of the sky.1997, David Foster Wallace, “A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group
lapis lazuli meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi
lapis lazuli in Hindi
- precious blue stone
- लाजवर्द lājvard, रावटी rāvṭī, वैडूर्य vaiḍūrya, वैदूर्य vaidūrya
lapis lazuli in Tamil
- நிலப் படிகக் கல்
lapis lazuli in Urdu
- precious blue stone
- لاجورد lājvard
lapis lazuli in Punjabi
- precious blue stone
- ਲਾਜਵਰਦ lājvarad
More languagesFewer languages
- lapis lazuli in Gujarati
- લાજવર્દ lājvard
- lapis lazuli in Sanskrit
- वैडूर्य vaiḍūrya, राजावर्त rājāvarta
- lapis lazuli in Pashto
- لاجورد
- lapis lazuli in Arabic
- لَازَوَرْد lāzaward
- lapis lazuli in Malay
- lazuardi
- lapis lazuli in Indonesian
- lazuardi
- lapis lazuli in Persian
- لاجورد lâjvard
- lapis lazuli in Thai
- แลพิสแลซูลี lɛɛ-pí-lɛɛ-sui-lîi
- lapis lazuli in Vietnamese
- đá da trời, ngọc lưu ly
Synonyms of lapis lazuli
Forms of lapis lazuli
| plural | lapides lazuli |
|---|---|
| plural | lapis lazulis |
Origin of lapis lazuli
From Middle English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī, genitive singular of lazulum (“lapis lazuli, azure, the sky”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli, azure”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard). Compare azure, of the same origin.
Questions about lapis lazuli
- What does lapis lazuli mean?
- Lapis lazuli means a deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
- What is lapis lazuli in Hindi?
- Lapis lazuli in Hindi is लाजवर्द (lājvard), रावटी (rāvṭī), वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya). See Lapis lazuli meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lapis lazuli?
- Lapis lazuli can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lapis lazuli?
- Lapis lazuli is pronounced /ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lapis lazuli?
- The plural of lapis lazuli is lapides lazuli.
Words near lapis lazuli in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lapis lazuli (page history and authors); lapis lazuli (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); લાજવર્દ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); لاجورد (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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