ceruleanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• cærulean

語源

From Latin caeruleus (“blue”) +‎ -an, from caelum (“sky, heaven”) +‎ -uleus (diminutive suffix).

発音

• IPA: /səˈɹuːli.ən/
• ハイフネーション: ce‧ru‧le‧an
• 韻: -uːliən

名詞

cerulean (countable and uncountable, plural ceruleans)

1. (countable and uncountable) A greenish-blue color.

   cerulean:  

   • 2014, William H. Gass, On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry, page 59:

     For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine […]

2. (countable) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Jamides.

形容詞

cerulean (comparative more cerulean, superlative most cerulean)

1. Sky-blue.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter II, in The Understanding Heart:

     As far to the west as Monica could see, her world was a sea of fog, […] . Above it arched a cerulean sky; as the sun climbed to the zenith, […] , the fog gradually took on a bluish tinge.

   • 1995, “The Hearts Filthy Lesson”, in 1. Outside, performed by David Bowie:

     Oh Ramona, if there was only some kind of future / And these cerulean skies / Something in our skies, something in our skies

   • 2006, Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, spoken by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep):

     But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets?

派生語

• cerulean blue
• cerulescence

参考

アナグラム

• Laurence, crenulae