blet
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French blettir, coined by John Lindley.
Pronunciation
Verb
blet (third-person singular simple present blets, present participle bletting, simple past and past participle bletted)
- To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
Related terms
Translations
To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening
See also
References
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John Lindley (1835) Introduction to Botany, page 296:
- After the period of ripeness, most fleshy fruits undergo a new kind of alteration; their flesh either rots or blets. […] May I be forgiven for coining a word to express that peculiar bruised appearance in some fruits, called blessi by the French, for which we have no equivalent English expression ?
Emphasis and footnote in original, and though written as blessi, the French word for bletted is blette, and Lindley coined “blet”, suggesting an error in the text.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin blitum, from Ancient Greek βλίτον (blíton).
Pronunciation
Noun
blet m (plural blets)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “blet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
blet (feminine blette, masculine plural blets, feminine plural blettes)
Further reading
- “blet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From russian Russian блядь (bljadʹ)
Interjection
blet
- (vulgar) used as filler or intensifier
- ką tu padarei blet
- What the fuck did you do?
- Žinojau, blet! Žinojau!
- I fucking knew this!
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin bladum.
Noun
blet oblique singular, m (oblique plural blez or bletz, nominative singular blez or bletz, nominative plural blet)
Descendants
- French: blé