blé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ble"

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French blé, from Old French blet, from Early Medieval Latin blādum, from Frankish *blād (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz (“flower, leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, blossom”). Cognate with Old English blǣd (“produce, blossom, fruit”), Old High German blāt (“blossoming, labour pains”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ble/

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Noun

blé m (plural blés)

1. wheat, corn
2. (slang) dough, cash
   • 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Alexander:

     Je croyais que les gens qui travaillaient étaient plus équilibrés que les autres, ou au moins que qu'ils faisaient semblant, même s'ils font un travail merdique, même s'ils ne gagnent pas de blé.

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Derived terms

• blé noir
• blé d'Inde
• caille des blés
• fauché comme les blés
• rat de blé

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bel

Lakota

Noun

blé

1. lake

Louisiana Creole

Alternative forms

• ble

Etymology

Inherited from French bleu (“blue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ble/
• Rhymes: -e

Adjective

blé

1. blue (of a blue color)

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

Old French

Noun

blé oblique singular, m (oblique plural blez, nominative singular blez, nominative plural blé)

1. alternative form of blet (“wheat, corn”)