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# bleu

«bleu» in Mova's school dictionary: **«blue»: «le ciel bleu» = the blue sky** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

French adjective (bleu, bleue, bleus, bleues); not an English word

### meaning for a pupil

1) (French) «Bleu» means «blue»: «le ciel bleu» = the blue sky. It sounds roughly like «bluh» (lips rounded), and it is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleu/#m1)

2) (cooking) In English menus, «bleu» or «blue» describes a steak cooked very rare, only seared outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleu/#m2)

3) «Cordon bleu» means top-class cooking, and «bleu cheese» is an American spelling of «blue cheese». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleu/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In French lessons «bleu» is a colour word learned with «rouge» (red), «vert» (green) and «jaune» (yellow); the French flag is «bleu, blanc, rouge». In French, colour words usually come after the noun and change for feminine and plural: «une robe bleue». Phrases: «bleu, blanc, rouge», «cordon bleu», «bleu cheese».

### examples

- In French, «bleu» means blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleu/#x1)
- «Mon sac est bleu» means «My bag is blue». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleu/#x2)
- The French flag is «bleu, blanc, rouge». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleu/#x3)
- «Une voiture bleue» has an extra e because «voiture» is feminine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleu/#x4)
- Grandad likes his steak «bleu», almost raw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleu/#x5)
- She trained as a cordon bleu chef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleu/#x6)
- The menu said «bleu cheese dressing». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleu/#x7)

### note

French only; forms: bleu (m.), bleue (f.), bleus, bleues. The final «eu» has no exact English sound. Trap: in English write «blue»; «bleu» in English is only in borrowed phrases.

### In the corpora

- [bleu means blue and is said "BLUH" with rounded lips, not "bloo"; bleue sounds the same.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/9-colours/8/)
- [When the noun goes plural, everything travelling with it goes plural too: les yeux bleus, les chevaux sont dans le champ.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/4/)
- [An adjective goes plural with its noun: les yeux bleus, les chats noirs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bleu» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleu/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.