blad

English

Alternative forms

• blaud (Scotland)

Etymology

Apparently from a dialectal variant of blade. Compare Danish blad (“leaf”), Swedish blad (“leaf”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Noun

blad (plural blads)

1. (Scotland) A portfolio; a blotting-book or blotting-pad.
2. (Scotland) A fragment or lump.
3. (Australia, wholesale, food trade) A single sheet for use in a display book, illustrating a particular product available from a wholesaler.

Usage notes

• In Australia, this term is normally only used in the confectionery and soft drink markets.

Anagrams

• ABDL, Bald, DLAB, bald

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch blad. Doublet of blaar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

blad (plural blaaie, diminutive blaadjie)

1. page
2. sheet of paper
3. (informal) newspaper, pamphlet
4. shoulder blade

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• blaad (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥lɑːd̥/

Verb

blad

1. perfect participle of blehn

Adjective

blad

1. (Austria, Vienna, derogatory) fat, corpulent

   Synonyms: ausgfressn, gfüd, stoak

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blad/,
• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

blad n (singular definite bladet, plural indefinite blade)

1. leaf
2. petal
3. blade
4. sheet
5. newspaper, paper
6. periodical
7. magazine

Inflection

Derived terms

• blade
• bladre

See also

• blad on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See blade (“to turn over pages”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaːd/, ,

Verb

blad

1. imperative of blade

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

blad

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɑt/

• blad

  (file)

• Hyphenation: blad
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch *blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-. Compare German Blatt, English blade.

Noun

blad n (plural bladeren or (rare) bladen or (dialectal, archaic, poetic) blaren, diminutive blaadje n)

1. A leaf (of a plant)

   Synonym: loof

   De bladeren begonnen al te verkleuren en enkele zijn reeds gevallen.

   The leaves began to change colour already and some have already fallen off.

   Die olifant lust wel een groen blaadje.

   That elephant would like to eat a green leaf.

Noun

blad n (plural bladen, diminutive blaadje n)

1. A sheet of paper, leaf (in a book)

   Synonym: vel

   Steek je hand op als je een nieuw blad nodig hebt.

   Raise your hand if you need a new sheet of paper.

2. A page

   Synonyms: bladzijde, pagina

3. A magazine or other periodical publication.

   Heb je dat nieuwe blad over lokale podiumkunst al gelezen? ― Have you already read that new magazine about local performing arts?

4. The flat section on the upper side of a table or desk

   Synonyms: bureaublad, tafelblad

   Omdat mijn lamp erop viel zit er een diepe deuk in het blad. ― There is a deep dent in the tabletop, because my lamp fell on it.

5. The broad, flat blade of a weapon or tool; a blade

   Synonyms: lemmet, mes

   Het blad van het zwaard was zeer roestig. ― The blade of the sword was very rusty.

Derived terms

Related terms

• lover

Descendants

• Afrikaans: blad
• Afrikaans: blaar (back-formed from the plural)
• Berbice Creole Dutch: blaru (from the plural)
• Jersey Dutch: blât
• Negerhollands: blaaer, blaër (from the plural)
• → Caribbean Javanese: blatye (from the diminutive)
• → Indonesian: belat
• → Papiamentu: blachi (from the diminutive), blaadsji, blaadji, blat
• → Sranan Tongo: blat

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch blāt. Possibly related to French blé (“wheat”), itself of Frankish/Germanic origin.

Noun

blad n (plural bladen)

1. (obsolete) A usufruct (right to make use or derive profit from somebody else's property)

Alternative forms

• blaad (obsolete)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian blad (literally “blown up”); see blühen (“to bloom, blow up”).

Pronunciation

(Austria) IPA^(key): /b̥laːd̥/

Adjective

blad (strong nominative masculine singular blader, comparative blader, superlative am bladesten)

1. (Austria, colloquial, derogatory) fat

Declension

Further reading

• “blad” in Duden online
• “blad” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

Noun

blad

1. Alternative form of blade

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

blad

Wikipedia ^no

 Blad (andre betydninger) on Norwegian Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaːd/, /blaː/

Noun

blad n (definite singular bladet, indefinite plural blad or blader, definite plural blada or bladene)

1. a blade (sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil)
2. a leaf
3. a newspaper, magazine or periodical

Derived terms

References

• “blad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

blad

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

Noun

blad n (definite singular bladet, indefinite plural blad, definite plural blada)

1. a blade (as above)
2. a leaf
3. a newspaper, magazine or periodical

Derived terms

References

• “blad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

Compare Old English blæd, Old Frisian bled, Old High German blat, Old Norse blað.

Noun

blad n

1. leaf

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: blat
  • Low German: Blatt
  • Plautdietsch: Blaut

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

blad

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Old Swedish blaþ, from Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃otom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Cognate with English blade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹blɑːd/,

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːd

Noun

blad n

1. (botany) a leaf (including in the broad sense that includes needles and the like (to botanists and often not to other people, in both Swedish and English – not a technical word in itself))

   Synonyms: (on a tree or bush, not a needle) löv, barr (“needle”)

2. a petal or sepal (on a flower)

   Synonyms: blomblad (“petal or sepal”), kronblad (“petal”), foderblad (“sepal”)

3. a sheet (of paper)

   Synonym: papper (larger, for writing on, printing, or the like)

   Synonyms: ark, pappersark (larger, for writing on)

   1. a page

      Synonym: (the more commonly idiomatic word, including when giving a page number) sida

      vända blad

      turn the page (also used figuratively)

4. (colloquial) a paper ((copy of a) newspaper)

   läsa något i morgonbladet

   read something in the morning paper

   Aftonbladet

   The Evening Paper (large daily tabloid newspaper)

   • 1968, Cornelis Vreeswijk (lyrics and music), “Personliga Person [Personal Person]”, in Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person [Ten beautiful songs and Personal Person]:

     ["Person" is pronounced like the last name "Persson" in this song] Personliga Person satt en morgon vid frukostbordet och läste i morgonbladet att det senaste lustmordet bjöd på en mängd pikanta detaljer. Mördaren hade använt vissa attiraljer. Dessa nämndes i bladet, och det var ju bra det.

     Personal Person sat one morning at the breakfast table and read in the morning paper that the latest lust murder offered a range of piquant details. The killer had used certain paraphernalia. These were mentioned in the paper, and that's good .

5. a blade (on a tool, device, weapon, or the like)

   Synonym: (on a larger tool or weapon, like a sword) klinga

   knivens blad

   the blade of the knife

   propellerblad

   propeller blades

6. leaf (thin sheet of material)

   bladguld

   gold leaf

Usage notes

• Leaves from trees on the ground that are raked are idiomatically always löv rather than blad.
• A blade of grass is a grässtrå.

Declension

Derived terms

• blada
• bladverk
• bladspenat
• knivblad
• saxblad
• svärdsblad
• yxblad

References

• blad in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• blad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• blad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English blood.

Noun

blad

1. blood