bled

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

See bleed.

bled

1. simple past and past participle of bleed

From French bled, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد (bilād).

bled (plural bleds)

1. (in parts of French North Africa) Hinterland, field.

From Middle High German blode, from Old High German blōdi, from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaz, *blauþaz (“weak, soft, timid”). Cognates include German blöd, Dutch blood, English blate, bloat, Old Norse blauðr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥leːd̥/, /ˈb̥le̞ːd̥/

bled (comparative bleder, superlative åm bledstn)

1. stupid, silly, dopey, dim-witted
2. awkward, unflattering, unfavourable

• deppert

• IPA^(key): [ˈblɛt]

bled

1. short masculine singular of bledý

• IPA^(key): /blɛt/
• Hyphenation: bled
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Related to blad.

bled n (plural bledden)

1. A metal strip with holes.
2. A flat board such as a tabletop.

Borrowed from French bled.

bled m (uncountable)

1. (Belgium) middle of nowhere

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد (bilād).

• IPA^(key): /blɛd/

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bled m (plural bleds)

1. (informal, somewhat derogatory) village, Podunk, backwater
   • 1974, Bertrand Blier, Les Valseuses, spoken by Pierrot (Patrick Dewaere):

     D’abord j’en ai marre de ce bled! Bled de merde! France de merde!

     First of all, I'm sick of this village! Shithole village! Shithole France!

   • 2017, “Homicide”, in Elh Kmer (lyrics), Indépendant:

     Je ferais pas d’efforts d’intégration si ce bled ne m’aime pas

     I won’t make any effort in order to be part of the community if this village doesn’t like me.

2. (informal, at times derogatory) the old country, typically in North Africa.
   • Les raisons pour lesquelles les Mbenguistes aiment revenir au bled pour se marier

     C’est donc parce qu’ils sont amoureux du raccourci et de la facilité que ces messieurs vont chercher l’âme sœur au bled.

     It's because they are in love with shortcuts and facility that these gentlemen go look for their soulmates in the bled

• “bled”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

bled

1. Alternative form of blede

• blǣd

From Proto-Germanic *blēduz, *blōdiz (“blossom, sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Related to blōwan (“to bloom, blossom”).

• IPA^(key): /bleːd/

blēd f

1. a shoot, branch
2. foliage, leaves; a leaf
3. a flower, blossom; a bloom
4. fruit; a fruit
5. a harvest, crop; yield, produce

• ofett

• Middle English: blede, bled
  • English: blead
  • Scots: bleed

From Proto-West Germanic *blad.

bled n

1. leaf

• North Frisian:

  Föhr: bleed

  Hallig: blää

• Saterland Frisian: Blääd
• West Frisian: bled

From Proto-Celtic *bledyos.

• IPA^(key): [bʲlʲeð]

bled f

1. sea-monster
2. whale

• bledmíl

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• blijȇd (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blědъ.

• IPA^(key): /blêːd/

blȇd (definite blȇdī, comparative blȅđī, Cyrillic spelling бле̑д)

1. pale, pallid

From Proto-Slavic *blědъ.

• IPA^(key): /bléːt/

blẹ̑d (comparative bȍlj blẹ̑d or bledȇjši, superlative nȁjbolj blẹ̑d or nȁjbledȇjši)

1. pale (light in color)
2. (of human skin) pale (having a pallor)
3. pale; faint; dull; indistinct

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• “bled”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

bled (nominative plural bleds)

1. sheet (of paper)