blue
(in colour)
[eyes, dress, door, car] bleu (e)
→ We painted the door blue.
a blue dress une robe bleue
to have blue eyes avoir les yeux bleus
→ She had blue eyes and blonde hair.
once in a blue moon
(=hardly ever) tous les trente-six du mois
→ You only come to visit us once in a blue moon.
(=unhappy)
[person] cafardeux (-euse) , triste
→ There's no reason for me to feel so blue.
(=pornographic)
[film] porno inv
→ a secret stash of porn mags and blue movies
[joke] cochon (ne)
n
(=colour) bleu m
→ colourful blues and reds
out of the blue
[happen, come] à l'improviste, sans qu'on s'y attende → Turner's resignation came out of the blue. → After 15 years he turned up out of the blue. It came out of the blue. C'est arrivé à l'improviste., C'est arrivé sans qu'on s'y attende. →
blues
blue baby
n enfant mf bleu (e)
blue-black
adj noir bleuté inv
blue blood
n sang m bleu
blue book
n
(US, in school) cahier m d'examen
(British) livre m bleu (publication officielle du gouvernement britannique)
blue cheese
n bleu m , fromage m bleu
blue-chip
adj
[stocks, issues, companies] de premier ordre
→ Blue chip issues were sharply higher, but the rest of the market actually declined slightly by the end of the day.
blue-chip investment investissement m de premier ordre
blue-collar worker
n ouvrier (-ière) m/f col bleu
→ By 1925, blue-collar workers in manufacturing industry had become the largest occupational group.
blue-eyed
adj aux yeux bleus
blue-eyed boy (British)
n
(=darling, favourite) chouchou m
→ He was the media's blue-eyed boy.
blue jeans
npl blue-jean m
blue tit
n mésange f bleue
cornflower blue
n bleu m barbeau
→ Her eyes were a bright, cornflower blue.
Danish blue
n
(=cheese) bleu m du Danemark
electric blue , electric-blue
adj
(=bright blue) bleu électrique inv
midnight blue
n
(=colour) bleu m nuit
→ The sea was a deep midnight blue.
navy-blue
adj bleu marine inv
a navy-blue skirt une jupe bleu marine
peacock blue
n bleu m canard inv
peacock-blue
adj bleu canard inv
→ ... Lady Henrietta's peacock-blue, silk cocktail frock.
powder blue
royal blue
n bleu roi m inv
royal-blue
adj bleu roi inv
sky blue
n bleu ciel m inv
sky-blue
adj bleu ciel inv
true-blue , true blue
adj
(British)
[Conservative, Tory] pur jus inv
(US)
(=loyal)
[Republican, Californian] pur jus inv