blenda

See also: blendą

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛn.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛnda
• Hyphenation: blèn‧da

Noun

blenda f (plural blende)

1. (mineralogy) zinc blende, sphalerite

   Synonym: sfalerite

Anagrams

• blande

Polish

Blendy (sense 1)

Blenda (sense 3)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blende. First attested in 1782.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛn.da/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnda
• Syllabification: blen‧da

Noun

blenda f

2. (architecture) blind window

   ostrołukowa blenda ― lanceted blind window

3. (optics, photography) diaphragm (thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device)
5. (photography) reflector
6. (mineralogy) blende, sulfite mix

   blenda cynkowa ― blende

   blenda smolista/uranowa ― pitchblend

Declension

Declension of blenda

	singular	plural
nominative	blenda	blendy
genitive	blendy	blend
dative	blendzie	blendom
accusative	blendę	blendy
instrumental	blendą	blendami
locative	blendzie	blendach
vocative	blendo	blendy

Further reading

• blenda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• blenda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blende.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblẽ.dɐ/

• Hyphenation: blen‧da

Noun

blenda f (plural blendas)

1. (mineralogy) blende (a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc)

   Synonym: esfalerita

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blende.

Noun

blenda f (plural blendas)

1. (mineralogy) blende

   Synonym: esfalerita

Further reading

• “blenda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014