blé
French
Etymology
From Middle French blé, from Old French blet (“cereal, grain”) (compare Medieval Latin blādum), from Frankish *blād (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *blēdaz, *blēdō (“flower, leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, flower”). Compare Catalan blat, compare also English blade.
Pronunciation
Noun
blé m (plural blés)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “blé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Noun
blé oblique singular, m (oblique plural blez, nominative singular blez, nominative plural blé)
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