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The Russian word for blue is
синий

siniy



blue

Russian Definition


blue
     1. синий, голубой
     2. грустный
     3. синева, голубизна, синий цвет



Translations for blue and their definitions

синийpronunciation
     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)


голубойpronunciation
     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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