light blue

noun

A pale blue colour: sky blue or similar.

OriginMiddle English light blewe →
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Meanings

nounlight blue (countable and uncountable, plural light blues)

plural light blues

  1. countableuncountableA pale blue colour: sky blue or similar.
  2. UKcountableuncountablehobbiesA member of the Cambridge rowing team.

    The university did not touch my world directly but you couldn't be a boy in Oxford without supporting the dark blues against the Cambridge light blues, in the boat race […]

    2018, Will Wyatt, Oxford Boy: A Post-War Townie Childhood

Origin

  1. Middle Englishlight blewe
  2. Englishlight blue

From Middle English light blewe, equivalent to light + blue.

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Translations

Afrikaans ligblou
  • ligbloua pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Arabic سَمَاوِيّ, لَبَنِيّ
  • سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy)a pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
  • لَبَنِيّ (labaniyy)a pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Czech holubí
  • holubía pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Danish lyseblå
  • lyseblåa pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Esperanto helbluo
  • helbluoa pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Finnish vaaleansininen
  • vaaleansininena pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
French bleu clair
  • bleu claira pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
German hellblau
  • hellblaua pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Hungarian világoskék
  • világoskéka pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Japanese 青
  • 青 (ao)a pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Latin venetus
  • venetusa pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Lithuanian žydras
  • žydrasa pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Norwegian Bokmål lyseblå
  • lyseblåa pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Persian آبی روشن
  • آبی روشن (âbi-ye rowšan)a pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Polish bławy, bladoniebieski
  • bławya pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
  • bladoniebieskia pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
  • modrawya pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
  • jasnoniebieskia pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
  • błękitnya pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Portuguese azul claro
  • azul claroa pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Romanian bleu
  • bleua pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Russian голубой
  • голубой (goluboj)a pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Slovak holubí
  • holubía pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Spanish azul claro, celeste
  • azul claroa pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
  • celestea pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Swedish ljusblå
  • ljusblåa pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Tamil இளநீலம்
  • இளநீலம் (iḷanīlam)a pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Ukrainian блаки́тний, голуби́й
  • блаки́тний (blakýtnyj)a pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
  • голуби́й (holubýj)a pale blue colour: sky blue or similar
Cite this entry
APA

light blue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light%20blue

MLA

“light blue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light%20blue. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “light blue,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light%20blue.

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