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See also: BLE and blé

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FWOTD – 13 November 2021

Etymology

Possibly from a reconstructed *bledino-, a derivation of Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”). Among the many common names in the languages of Europe for Verbascum thapsus (the common mullein), whose long leaves were historically used to make wicks, are the equivalents of “wolf's tail” or “fox's tail”. (For example, Welsh cynffon llwynog (“fox's tail”), dialectal Catalan cua de guilla (“fox's tail”).)

Pronunciation

Noun

ble m (plural blens)

  1. wick
    Synonym: metxa
    llum de ble ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 1900, Marià Vayreda i Vila, “Rufagades”, in Sanch Nova:
      —Perque no'ns hi ajuda com ara'l sol. Que's creu que'l bevem nosaltres el ví? Nosaltres no soms més que'l blè de la llumanera. Si falta l'oli'l blè's consumeix y'l llum s'apaga.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse blæja (“sheet, blanket”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål bleie, Icelandic bleia, Swedish blöja.

Noun

ble c (singular definite bleen, plural indefinite bleer)

  1. diaper, nappy; An absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent.

Inflection

Declension of ble
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ble bleen bleer bleerne
genitive bles bleens bleers bleernes

Descendants

  • Icelandic: bleia, bleyja

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bleu (“blue”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ble

  1. blue

Lakota

Etymology

Cognate with Dakota bdé

Noun

ble

  1. lake

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

Adjective

ble

  1. Alternative form of blé (“blue”)

Noun

ble

  1. Alternative form of blé (“blue”)

See also

Colors in Louisiana Creole · koulær-yé (layout · text)
     blan      gri      nwa, nwar
             rouj              zoranj; brun, maron              jonn, jònn
                          vè, vèr, vær, væt              vè fonsé
             sèrsèl                           blé, ble
             vyolé, vyolèt              lila              ròz, roz

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Noun

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ble ? (plural )

  1. blue

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ble

  1. past of bli

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bleðja.

Verb

ble (present tense bler, past tense bledde, past participle bledd, present participle bleande, imperative ble)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) (while reading) to turn the page, to sift through a book, pamphlet or other
    Synonym: bla
  2. (transitive) to sort
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ble (present tense bler, past tense blei, supine blitt)

  1. (Stavanger) Eye dialect spelling of bli.

Welsh

Etymology

Contraction of ba le from pa le (“which place”), mutated so as to show adverbial usage.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ble

  1. where
    Synonyms: le, lle, pa le, ymhle

Mutation

Mutation of ble is unusual in that its mutated forms derive from the original pa le, resulting in ble (soft), mhle (nasal) and phle (aspirate). Usage of mhle and phle is limited, if at all found in the case of the latter, with users preferring an unmutable ble in all contexts.

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