blues

blues

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of blues in English

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English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: blo͞oz, IPA(key): /bluːz/
  • Rhymes: -uːz

Etymology 1

Noun

blues

  1. plural of blue

Etymology 2

Noun

blues (countable and uncountable, plural blues)

  1. (usually in the plural, informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.
    Synonym: blueness
    1. (informal, in the singular or in the plural) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
    2. (informal, in the singular or in the plural) The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience, or idea.
  3. (music) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
    2. (music, in the singular) A musical composition following blues forms.
  5. A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored.
    Coordinate terms: camos, fatigues, greens, khakis
  6. (drug slang) Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription pain killer tablets.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

blues

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blue

Further reading

  • blues on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Buels, bulse, lubes

Catalan

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈblus]

Noun

blues m (uncountable)

  1. (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)

Further reading

  • “blues” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bluːs/, [b̥lʊəs]
  • Rhymes: -ʊəs

Noun

blues c (singular definite bluesen, not used in plural form)

  1. (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
  2. (music) blues (a blues composition)

Further reading

  • “blues” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblyːs/, [ˈblyːs̠]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbluːs/, [ˈbluːs̠]
  • Rhymes: -yːs

Noun

blues

  1. (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
  2. (music) blues (a blues composition)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “blues”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bluz/
  • Rhymes: -uz
  • Homophones: blouse, blousent, blouses

Noun

blues m (plural blues)

  1. blues (depression)
  2. (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
  3. (music) blues (a blues composition)

Derived terms

  • coup de blues

Further reading

  • “blues”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • bleus

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English blues.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbluːz]
  • Hyphenation: blues
  • Homophone: blúz
  • Rhymes: -uːz

Noun

blues (plural bluesok)

  1. (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
  2. (music) blues (a blues composition)

Declension

Derived terms

  • blueszene
  • blueszenekar

Further reading

  • blues in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbluz/
  • Rhymes: -uz
  • Hyphenation: blùes

Noun

blues m (invariable)

  1. (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
  2. (music) blues (a blues composition)

References

Further reading

  • blues in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • bluse

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblus/
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: blues
  • Homophone: bluz

Noun

blues m inan

  1. (music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)
  2. (music) blues (a blues composition)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • blues in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • blues in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

Pronunciation

Noun

blues m pl (plural only)

  1. (music) blues (a musical genre of African American origin)
  2. (music) blues (a blues composition)

Derived terms

  • blueseiro, bluseiro

Related terms

  • bluesman

Further reading

  • “blues”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
  • “blues”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
  • “blues”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  • “blues”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
  • “blues”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

Noun

blues n (plural bluesuri)

  1. (music) blues (a musical genre of African American origin)
  2. (music) blues (a blues composition)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblus/ [ˈblus]
  • Rhymes: -us

Noun

blues m pl (plural only) or blues m (uncountable)

  1. (music) blues (a musical genre of African American origin)
  2. (music) blues (a blues composition)

Further reading

  • “blues”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

Noun

blues c

  1. (music) blues (a musical genre of African American origin)
  2. (music) blues (a blues composition)

Declension

Further reading

  • blues in Svensk ordbok.

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