ラピスラズリ

Japanese

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from English lapis lazuli. From Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) +‎ lazulī (“heavens, skies”, genitive singular of lazulum).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ラピスラズリ [ràpísú ráꜜzùrì] (Nakadaka – [4])
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠pʲisɨᵝ ɾa̠zɨᵝɾʲi]

Noun

ラピスラズリ • (rapisu razuri)

(mineralogy) lapis lazuli

Synonyms

瑠(る)璃(り) (ruri)

Coordinate terms

(lazurite): 青(せい)金(きん)石(せき) (seikinseki), ラズライト (razuraito)
(ultramarine): 群(ぐん)青(じょう) (gunjō), ウルトラマリン (urutoramarin)

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