# ultramarine

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌʌltɹəməˈɹiːn/ · frequency rank #71,996

## Definitions
1. Beyond the sea.
2. Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from Latin ultrā (“beyond”) + marīnus (“of or relating to the sea, marine”). By surface analysis, ultra + marine.
Noun sense 1 (“pigment”) refers to the fact that lapis lazuli was obtained from foreign countries and hence “beyond the sea”.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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