The Russian word for blue is
синий
siniyRussian Definition
blue | |
1. синий, голубой | |
2. грустный | |
3. синева, голубизна, синий цвет |
Translations for blue and their definitions
синий | |||
1. adj. deep blue | |||
2. adj. indigo | |||
3. adj. dead (sense transferred from the blue color of a dead person's face) | |||
4. adj. drunken, drunk (also acts as noun) | |||
5. adj. being a thief from the Russian mafia (from the blue color of the tattoos that cover his body) |
голубой | |||
1. adj. blue, especially sky blue, cyan (rarely), azure (poetic) (contrast синий (dark blue)) | |||
голубо́й экра́н — television, TV set | |||
голубо́й у́голь — wind power | |||
голубо́й песе́ц — blue fox | |||
Голубо́й гига́нт — Big Blue | |||
голубо́й шум — blue noise | |||
голубо́й газ — water gas | |||
голубо́е пятно́ — Locus ceruleus | |||
2. adj. ideal | |||
голуба́я мечта́ — secret dream; a dream that one can never realize | |||
голуба́я кровь — blue blood; aristocrat, member of the royal family | |||
3. adj. gay, homosexual | |||
Мы ходили на голубой мьюзикл. - We went to see a gay musical. | |||
4. n. gay (neutral term, see also гей, педераст, гомосексуалист) | |||
он голубо́й - he’s gay |
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