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Meaning of "lapis lazuli" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LAPIS LAZULI

From Latin lapis stone + Medieval Latin lazulī, from lazulum, from Arabic lāzaward, from Persian lāzhuward, of obscure origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LAPIS LAZULI

lapis lazuli  [ˈlæpɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAPIS LAZULI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lapis lazuli is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAPIS LAZULI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lapis lazuli

Lapis lazuli

Lapis lazuli /ˈlæpɪs ləˈzuːliː/ or /ˈlæʒuːlaɪ/ is a deep blue semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color. Lapis lazuli was being mined in the Sar-i Sang mines and in other mines in the Badakhshan province in northeast Afghanistan as early as the 7th millennium BC, Lapis beads have been found at neolithic burials in Mehrgarh, the Caucasus, and even as far from Afghanistan as Mauritania. It was used for the eyebrows on the funeral mask of King Tutankhamun. At the end of the Middle Ages, lapis lazuli began to be exported to Europe, where it was ground into powder and made into ultramarine, the finest and most expensive of all blue pigments. It was used by the most important artists of the Renaissance and Baroque, including Masaccio, Perugino, Titian and Vermeer, and was often reserved for the clothing of the central figure of the painting, especially the Virgin Mary. Today mines in northeast Afghanistan are still the major source of lapis lazuli. Important amounts are also produced from mines west of Lake Baikal in Russia, and in the Andes mountains in Chile.

Definition of lapis lazuli in the English dictionary

The definition of lapis lazuli in the dictionary is a brilliant blue variety of the mineral lazurite, used as a gemstone. Other definition of lapis lazuli is the deep blue colour of lapis lazuli.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAPIS LAZULI


Apis
ˈɑːpɪs
aspis
ˈæspɪs
auspice
ˈɔːspɪs
coppice
ˈkɒpɪs
cuspis
ˈkʌspɪs
hospice
ˈhɒspɪs
kalpis
ˈkælpɪs
Kempis
ˈkɛmpɪs
lapis
ˈlæpɪs
nephrolepis
ˌnɛfrəˈliːpɪs
piss
pɪs
precipice
ˈprɛsɪpɪs
Puppis
ˈpʌpɪs
Serapis
ˈsɛrəpɪs
sinopis
sɪˈnəʊpɪs
tappice
ˈtæpɪs
Thespis
ˈθɛspɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAPIS LAZULI

lapidarist
lapidary
lapidate
lapidation
lapideous
lapidescence
lapidescent
lapidicolous
lapidific
lapidification
lapidified
lapidifies
lapidify
lapidist
lapilli
lapilliform
lapillus
lapin
lapis

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAPIS LAZULI

annuli
calculi
cumuli
Friuli
funiculi
glomeruli
homunculi
lazuli
Luthuli
moduli
patchouli
Pauli
puli
reguli
Reticuli
stimuli
tituli
tumuli
ventriculi
vox populi

Synonyms and antonyms of lapis lazuli in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lapis lazuli» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAPIS LAZULI

Find out the translation of lapis lazuli to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lapis lazuli from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lapis lazuli» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

青金石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lapislázuli
570 millions of speakers

English

lapis lazuli
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लापीस लाजुली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

اللازورد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лазурит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lápis-lazúli
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নীলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lapis-lazuli
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lapis lazuli
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lapislazuli
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラピスラズリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

청금석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lapis lazuli
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thứ ngọc lưu ly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மங்கல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नीलमणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Lapis lazuli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lapislazzuli
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lapis lazuli
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лазурит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lapis lazuli
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

λάπις λάζουλι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lapislazuli
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lapislazulien
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lapis lazuli
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lapis lazuli

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAPIS LAZULI»

The term «lapis lazuli» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.514 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAPIS LAZULI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lapis lazuli» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lapis lazuli» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lapis lazuli

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAPIS LAZULI»

Discover the use of lapis lazuli in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lapis lazuli and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lapis Lazuli from the Kiln: Glass and Glassmaking in the ...
"This book examines the history of the first glass, from its early sporadic occurrence, through the height of its production in the late second millennium BC, to its disappearance at the end of that millennium.
Andrew J. Shortland, 2012
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Lapis Lazuli: In Pursuit of a Celestial Stone
In this book Sarah Searight seeks out the stone across a number of cultures and their histories and traverses through Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe.
Sarah Searight, 2010
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The Beads of Lapis Lazuli: A Greek Mystery
This is the beginning of a two-year long obsession with the ancient Minoan civilization that once flourished on Crete and culminates in an unfinished novel about the cultures greatest mystery of love and desertion, the Greek myth of Theseus ...
Doris Kenney Marcotte, 2010
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Gemstones of the World
Lapis Lazuli Color: Lazur blue, violet, greenish-blue Transparency: Opaque Color of streak: Light blue Refractive index: About 1 .50 Mohs' hardness: 5-6 Double refraction: None Density: 2.50-3.00 Dispersion: None Cleavage: lndistinct  ...
Walter Schumann, 2009
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Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The ...
Neo- Assyrian royal inscriptions refer to 'lapis lazuli hewn out of the mountain' ( Oppenheim 1970: 12). Unless there was indeed a source of lapis lazuli within Iran (see below), it has to be assumed that the Medes controlled the western end of ...
Peter Roger Stuart Moorey, 1999
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The Lapis Lazuli Throne
The. Lapis. Lazuli. Throne. T HE D ESERT W AS A LIVE . Damp, foul smelling sand exploded in a white flash. Smoky red and yellow tentacles snaked out of thesand. Hetriedto scream,butthe tentacleschoked him. Other screams tore through ...
SS Hampton, Sr, 2012
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Gemmology
'Synthetic' lapis lazuli, turquoise and opal Although the Gilson man-made imitations of lapis lazuli, turquoise and opal (Figure 15.16) were introduced and advertised as synthetic versions of these gemstones, subsequent analysis of the  ...
Peter G. Read, 2005
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The Lapis Lazuli Crown 1
Miel, a teenager from a family of sorcerers, does not like to use her magic until she meets Radi, a young rogue, who encourages her to practice, and she discovers he is secretly the kingdom's prince.
Natsuna Kawase, 2009
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The Last Judgment: Michelangelo and the Death of the Renaissance
Most notable were his large orders of ultramarine, the green-blue.9 This was probably the most expensive pigment available because it was made from a semiprecious mineral, lapis lazuli. The only other blue color he purchased was the deep ...
James A. Connor, 2009
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The Encyclopedia of Crystals
Lapis Lazuli Crystal system Cubic Chemistry (Na,Ca) g (Al,Si) 12O24S2 FeS CaC03Al203 Sodium calcium aluminosilicate Hardness 5-6 Source Russia, Afghanistan, Chile, Italy, USA, Middle East, Chile Chakra Throat, third eye, crown  ...
Judy Hall, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAPIS LAZULI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lapis lazuli is used in the context of the following news items.
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Van Cleef & Arpels: Private Jewelry Exhibitions and Paris …
The thrust of a breaking wave is represented by a bracelet composed of turquoise, lapis lazuli, diamonds and pearls, intertwined by a braiding ... «FranceToday.com, Jul 15»
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17th July, 2015 by Lucy Shaw
... wine takes its name from the striking blue colour of the lapis lazuli stone, which can only be found in the mountains in Limarí and Afghanistan. «The Drinks Business, Jul 15»
3
Impact of Synthetic Blues on French Art Shown at Norton Simon
Yes, there were blues in use but they were extremely expensive to produce, like ultramarine made from ground up lapis lazuli semi-precious ... «Guardian Liberty Voice, Jul 15»
4
On The Radar #77 Jouis
We played with friends Lapis Lazuli and Syd Arthur, plus we had the added awesomeness of The Psychedelic Treehouse decor/visual team ... «The Argus, Jul 15»
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Expansionist China's 'mineral' penetration into Afghanistan
... petroleum, salt, sulphur, talc, zinc, precious, semi-precious and gem stones including high-qualityemerald, lapis lazuli, red garnet and ruby. «New Delhi Times, Jul 15»
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Check out Kluster Happy Jewelry for summer fun
... semiprecious gemstones, including amazonite, amethyst, aventurine, carnelian, jade, jasper, lapis lazuli, magnesite, onyx, pyrite and quartz. «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
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Bathroom fixtures good enough to eat
The collection features levers in the two stones mentioned above, as well as malachite, rock crystal, jasper, lapis lazuli, rhodochrosite and ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»
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To see notes from Mughal era, head to Rampur Raza Library
... of a Quran written by master calligrapher of the 13th century Baghdad, Yaqut-al Musta Simi. It is decorated in gold and precious lapis lazuli." «Times of India, Jul 15»
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New Music Video "Rebirth Of Pharaohs" Issued By Kattah
The song is taken from the sophomore album "Lapis Lazuli," which was issued back in 2014 via Bakerteam Records. Check out the clip here: ... «Metal Underground, Jul 15»
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Afghan-made jewelry line empowers women
But the country is so much more than just bleak visions in the mind's eye. For instance, it is home to the world's oldest lapis lazuli mines, some ... «Jackson Hole News&Guide, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lapis lazuli [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lapis-lazuli>. Apr 2024 ».
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