Meanings
plural ceruleans · alternative cærulean
- countableuncountableA greenish-blue color.
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 […]
2014, William H. Gass, On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry, page 59Synonyms: cerulean blue, coelin
comparative more cerulean · superlative most cerulean · alternative cærulean
- Sky-blue.
Oh Ramona, if there was only some kind of future / And these cerulean skies / Something in our skies, something in our skies
1995, “The Hearts Filthy Lesson”, in 1. Outside, performed by David Bowie2 more examples
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.
1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter II, in The Understanding HeartBut 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?
2006, Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, spoken by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA greenish-blue color.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Latin caeruleus (“blue”) + -an, from caelum (“sky, heaven”) + -uleus (diminutive suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian небесносин, лазурен
- небесносин (nebesnosin)sky blue — see also sky blue
- лазурен (lazuren)sky blue — see also sky blue
- небесно син (nebesno sin)sky blue — see also sky blue
Catalan ceruli, ceruli
- cerulisky blue — see also sky blue
- cerulisky blue — see also sky blue
Chinese Mandarin 青
- 青sky blue — see also sky blue
Esperanto ĉielbluo
- ĉielbluosky blue — see also sky blue
Finnish taivaansini, taivaansininen
- taivaansinisky blue — see also sky blue
- taivaansininensky blue — see also sky blue
French bleu céruléen, céruléen
- bleu céruléensky blue — see also sky blue
- céruléensky blue — see also sky blue
German Himmelblau, himmelblau
- Himmelblausky blue — see also sky blue
- himmelblausky blue — see also sky blue
Irish ceiriúlach, ceiriúlach
- ceiriúlachsky blue — see also sky blue
- ceiriúlachsky blue — see also sky blue
Italian ceruleo, ceruleo
- ceruleosky blue — see also sky blue
- ceruleosky blue — see also sky blue
Japanese セルリアンブルー
- セルリアンブルー (serurian burū)sky blue — see also sky blue
Polish modry, modry
- modrysky blue — see also sky blue
- modrysky blue — see also sky blue
Portuguese cerúleo
- cerúleosky blue — see also sky blue
Romanian albastru
- albastrusky blue — see also sky blue
Russian небе́сно-голубо́й, лазу́рный
- небе́сно-голубо́й (nebésno-golubój)sky blue — see also sky blue
- лазу́рный (lazúrnyj)sky blue — see also sky blue
- лазо́ревый (lazórevyj)sky blue — see also sky blue
- небе́сно-голубо́й (nebésno-golubój)sky blue — see also sky blue
- лазу́рный (lazúrnyj)sky blue — see also sky blue
- лазо́ревый (lazórevyj)sky blue — see also sky blue
Spanish cerúleo, cerúleo
- cerúleosky blue — see also sky blue
- cerúleosky blue — see also sky blue
Swedish himmelsblå, himmelsblå
- himmelsblåsky blue — see also sky blue
- himmelsblåsky blue — see also sky blue
Tagalog serulyo
- serulyosky blue — see also sky blue
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cerulean
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Cite this entry
cerulean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerulean
“cerulean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerulean. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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