blight

English

Etymology

From Old Norse blikna (“to grow pallid”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: blīt, IPA: /blaɪt/, X-SAMPA: /blaIt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

blight (countable and uncountable; plural blights)

Wikipedia

1. any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts
2. the bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition
3. (by extension) anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life

Derived terms

alder blight American blight aphis-blight apple blight bean blight beet blight blight bird blight canker blight in the eye blight-beetle blighted blighty blister blight cane blight

celery blight chestnut blight coffee blight collar blight early blight fire blight, fireblight frictional blight functional blight fusarium ear blight, fusarium head blight green blight halo blight head blight kernel blight

late blight leaf blight moth blight needle blight northern corn-leaf blight, northern leaf blight oak blight peach blight pear blight pine blight planning blight potato blight rim blight sandy blight

seedling blight southern blight Sphaeropsis blight spinach blight spur blight stamen blight stem blight stripe blight thread blight tomato blight twig blight urban blight walnut blight

Translations

plant disease

• Bulgarian: главня (bg) (glavnja) f, ръжда (bg) (rǎžda) f
• French: rouille (fr) f, cloque (fr) f
• Russian: ожог (ru) (ožóg) m, милдью (ru) (míld’ju) n

• Scottish Gaelic: gaiseadh (gd) m
• Telugu: తెగులు (tegulu)

agent of this disease

anything that impedes growth or spoils something

• Bulgarian: вредител (bg) (vreditel) m
• Finnish: vitsaus, jonkin pilaaja

• French: fléau (fr)

Verb

blight (third-person singular simple present blights, present participle blighting, simple past and past participle blighted)

1. (intransitive) to suffer blight

   This vine never blights.

2. (transitive) to cause to suffer blight
3. (transitive) to spoil or ruin (something)

Translations

to suffer blight

• French: être abîmé (fr)

to cause to suffer blight

• French: abîmer (fr)

to spoil or ruin (something)

• Bulgarian: повреждам (bg) (povreždam), разстройвам (bg) (razstrojvam), развалям (bg) (razvaljam)
• Finnish: pilata (fi), turmella (fi)

• French: abîmer (fr)

Derived terms

• blighter
• blighting
• blightingly