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Meaning of "peacock-blue" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PEACOCK-BLUE

peacock-blue  [ˈpiːkɒkˈbluː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEACOCK-BLUE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peacock-Blue is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PEACOCK-BLUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of peacock-blue in the English dictionary

The definition of peacock-blue in the dictionary is of a greenish-blue colour.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEACOCK-BLUE


baby-blue
ˌbeɪbɪˈbluː
blew
bluː
blue
bluː
clue
kluː
flew
fluː
flu
fluː
glue
ɡluː
Honolulu
ˌhɒnəˈluːluː
lavender-blue
ˌlævɪndəˈbluː
loo
luː
lou
luː
loup
luː
lulu
ˈluːluː
navy-blue
ˈneɪvɪ bluː
overblew
ˌəʊvəˈbluː
royal-blue
ˌrɔɪəlˈbluː
sky-blue
ˌskaɪˈbluː
slate-blue
ˌsleɪtˈbluː
Tuvalu
ˌtuːvəˈluː
Waterloo
ˌwɔːtəˈluː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEACOCK-BLUE

peach stone
peach-blow
peacher
peacherino
peaches-and-cream complexion
peachier
peachiest
peachily
peachiness
peachy
peacoat
peacock
peacock blue
peacock butterfly
peacock feather
peacock ore
peacock´s tail
peacockery
peacockish
peacocky

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEACOCK-BLUE

a bolt from the blue
black-and-blue
blue-on-blue
boys in blue
cobalt blue
duck-egg blue
electric blue
half-blue
ice blue
into the blue
midnight blue
navy blue
out of the blue
powder blue
robin´s-egg blue
royal blue
sky blue
steel blue
true blue
true-blue

Synonyms and antonyms of peacock-blue in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «peacock-blue» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEACOCK-BLUE

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

Translator English - Chinese

孔雀蓝色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

azul pavo real
570 millions of speakers

English

peacock-blue
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोर नीले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطاووس الأزرق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

павлин - синий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pavão - azul
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ময়ুর-নীল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bleu paon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Burung merak-biru
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pfauenblau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピーコックブルー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공작 블루
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Merak biru
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con công xanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மயில் நீல
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोर-निळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tavuskuşu Mavisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blu pavone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Paw niebieski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

павич - синій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- păun albastru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρασινογάλαζα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pou - blou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

påfågelblå
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

påfuglblå
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peacock-blue

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEACOCK-BLUE»

The term «peacock-blue» is regularly used and occupies the 91.129 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEACOCK-BLUE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peacock-blue

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEACOCK-BLUE»

Discover the use of peacock-blue in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peacock-blue and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names
Peacock [Blue] Paon, Pavonine Peacock Blue Peacock Blue Peacock Blue Peacock Blue Bright Peacock Blue Brilliant Peacock Blue (same as Brilliant Blue) Dark Peacock Blue Deep Peacock Blue Vivid Peacock Blue Peacock Green ...
Kenneth Low Kelly, Deane Brewster Judd, 1976
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Elephant's Breath and London Smoke
Harper's Bazar, October 9, 1869 Peacock, 1879 – Peacock-blue has a great deal of green in it, Peterson's Magazine, April 1879 Peacock, 1880 – An expert in these matters has estimated that there are at least one hundred definite shades of ...
Deb Salisbury, 2009
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Shaw's Academical Dress of Great Britain and Ireland
Hood: a black hood of the CNAA shape [a1], lined black, the cowl bordered inside 3⁄8 ̋ peacock blue silk. Hat: a black cloth square cap. FOUNDATION DEGREES Gown: a black gown of the London BA pattern [b4], with peacock blue cords ...
Nicholas Groves, 2012
4
Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life
... blue 72 855 72 Sea blue 71 854 Princess blue 725 Peacock blue 73 73 Peacock blue 115 115 115 415 115 Blue green 710 51 Blucgrass 690 Teal green 395 Medium blue-green 116 116 116 877 416 116 Medium blue-green 95 95 Electric ...
Richard Pilbrow, 1997
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Seeing in the Dark: The Poetry of Phyllis Webb
In the “Peacock blue” ghazal, for instance, the vowels in “Peacock blue” generate a sequence of words linked by rhyme: “Peacock,” “me,” “green scream,” “creation, ” and “Peacock” form one pattern; “blue,” “you,” and “blue” another; “peacock” ...
Pauline Butling, 1997
6
Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road
excavated in China and a piece in the Freer Gallery ofArt, Ye concludes: “The glaze on these pieces is the same as the 'Peacock-blue glaze,' demonstrating that before the 13th century it was used on the pottery in Western Asia and exported ...
Adam T. Kessler, 2012
7
Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
14c: from Anglo-Saxon pea (from Latin pavo peacock) + COCK1. peacock-blue o adj having the colour of the rich greenish blue in a peacock's plumage a a peacock-blue dress Also (peacock blue) as noun. peacock butterfly &□ noun a ...
8
Warman's Americana & Collectibles
15.00 Nutmeg Carnival ............................. 18.00 Peacock Blue Slag.......................... 15.00 Train, six .... 8.50 High boot, 4-3/4" l, 4" h, Daisy and Button pattern, “B” in diamond with lines mark Peacock Blue.................................. 12.00 Tangy Lime.
Ellen Schroy, 2004
9
A Complete Course in Certificate Physics
Since yellow is equivalent to (red + green), magenta is equivalent to (red + blue) and peacock blue (cyan) is equivalent to (green + YELLOW RED GREEN MAGENTA BLUE CYAN Fig. 9-14. Colour triangle for subtraction. blue), we should ...
V. P. Bhatnagar, 1996
10
Colored Pencil Solution Book
Bottom half: Parma Violet. Pencil 2—Use Dark Umber, Peacock Blue, Dark Green and Deco Blue as shown. Pencil 3-Use Peacock Blue and Light Aqua on the bottom and Peacock Green on the top. Gold cap: Reapply Sepia and Light Umber.
Janie Gildow, Barbara Newton, 2006

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEACOCK-BLUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peacock-blue is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: La Peg
Sweaty young things — and one peacock-blue parrot — draped over the bar fashioned from a shipping container, hydrating with local ale and ... «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jul 15»
2
Studio time: Zurab Tsereteli is still working in his eighties
Zurab Tsereteli is in his element. Dressed in a three-piece peacock-blue suit, sitting at the head of a table almost overwhelmed by dozens of ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
3
How To Dye Your Armpit Hair Just Like Miley Cyrus For Results That …
When I dyed the other underarm, I made sure to check the color every few minutes, and I washed out the dye when it got to the peacock-blue I was aiming for. «Bustle, Jun 15»
4
The best of Bloom: Six gardens you should see at this year's festival
... double flowers in fashionably faded shades of peacock-blue and mauve, like something out of an Edwardian watercolour (Kilmurry Nursery); ... «Irish Times, May 15»
5
Why Jaipur Is the Best Place to Shop in India
This peacock-blue restaurant (which doubles as a bar and triples as a performance space) is a sumptuous, gorgeously realized fantasy whose ... «Condé Nast Traveler, Apr 15»
6
36 Hours in Milan
The glamorous interior (blood-red lacquered tables, peacock-blue lounge chairs, Art Deco brass bar) is the work of the local Dimore Studio ... «New York Times, Jan 15»

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