blues
/bluːz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.34 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription painkiller tablets.
Countable; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
Etymology
In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin venetī (“Sea-Blues”) or factio veneta (“the sea-blue faction”) and Byzantine Greek Βένετοι (Bénetoi, “Blues”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: venetus, Βένετοι
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Music, Sports.