cerúleo
Portuguese, noun/seˈɾu.lju/
cerúleo is spelled C-E-R-Ú-L-E-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 112,486th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cerúleo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cerulean (sky blue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a cor do céu”.
What does cerúleo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
azure; cerulean; sky-blue
noun
- 1
masculinecerulean (sky blue)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. da cor do céu 2. da cor do mar 3. o mesmo que cérulo
noun: 1. a cor do céu 2. a cor do mar 3. o mesmo que cérulo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cerúleo
- cerúlea feminine
- cerúleos masculine plural
- cerúleas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cerúleo?
- Brazil /seˈɾu.lju/
- Portugal /sɨˈɾu.lju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cerúleo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cerúleo in Portuguese?
cerúleo appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).