zaffre

English

Alternative forms

• zaffer, zaffree, zaffar, zaffir, zaphara

Etymology

From Italian zaffera, from Latin sapphirus (“sapphire”). Doublet of sapphire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzæfə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -æfə(ɹ)

Noun

zaffre (countable and uncountable, plural zaffres)

1. A blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore.
   • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 49:

     If Zaffre or Regulus of Cobalt be dissolved in the same manner in spirit of nitre, or aqua fortis, a reddish colour is produced on exposing the paper to heat.

2. A cobalt blue colour, like that of the pigment.

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Translations

pigment

• Ukrainian: ко́бальт m (kóbalʹt)

colour

• Ukrainian: ко́бальтовий (uk) (kóbalʹtovyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} kobalto mėlynasis m (1)

See also

bluesedit

• Alice blue
• aqua
• aquamarine
• azure
• baby blue
• beryl
• bice
• bice blue
• blueberry
• blue green
• blue violet
• cadet blue
• Cambridge blue
• cerulean
• cobalt blue
• Copenhagen blue
• cornflower
• cornflower blue
• cyan
• dark blue
• Dodger blue
• duck-egg blue
• eggshell blue
• electric blue
• gentian blue
• ice blue
• lapis lazuli
• light blue
• lovat
• mazarine
• midnight blue
• navy
• Nile blue
• Oxford blue
• peacock blue
• petrol blue
• powder blue
• Prussian blue
• robin's-egg blue
• royal blue
• sapphire
• saxe blue
• sky blue
• slate blue
• teal
• turquoise
• ultramarine
• Wedgwood blue
• zaffre

Anagrams

• affzer, zaffer