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 →

2) (cooking) In English menus, «bleu» or «blue» describes a steak cooked very rare, only seared outside. tree →

3) «Cordon bleu» means top-class cooking, and «bleu cheese» is an American spelling of «blue cheese». tree →

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 →
• «Mon sac est bleu» means «My bag is blue». tree →
• The French flag is «bleu, blanc, rouge». tree →
• «Une voiture bleue» has an extra e because «voiture» is feminine. tree →
• Grandad likes his steak «bleu», almost raw. tree →
• She trained as a cordon bleu chef. tree →
• The menu said «bleu cheese dressing». tree →

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.
• When the noun goes plural, everything travelling with it goes plural too: les yeux bleus, les chevaux sont dans le champ.
• An adjective goes plural with its noun: les yeux bleus, les chats noirs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bleu» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.