blad

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See also: błąd, Błąd, blað, and blæd

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Apparently from a dialectal variant of blade. Compare Danish blad (leaf), Swedish blad (leaf).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

blad (plural blads)

  1. (Scotland) A portfolio; a blotting-book or blotting-pad.
  2. (Scotland) A fragment or lump.
  3. (Australia, wholesale, food trade) A single sheet for use in a display book, illustrating a particular product available from a wholesaler.

Usage notes[edit]

  • In Australia, this term is normally only used in the confectionery and soft drink markets.

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch blad. Doublet of blaar.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

blad (plural blaaie, diminutive blaadjie)

  1. page
  2. sheet of paper
  3. (informal) newspaper, pamphlet
  4. shoulder blade

Bavarian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

blad

  1. perfect participle of blehn

Adjective[edit]

blad

  1. (Austria, Vienna, derogatory) fat, corpulent
    Synonyms: ausgfressn, gfüd, stoak

Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

blad n (singular definite bladet, plural indefinite blade)

  1. leaf
  2. petal
  3. blade
  4. sheet
  5. newspaper, paper
  6. periodical
  7. magazine
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See blade (to turn over pages).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /blaːd/, [b̥laːˀð], [b̥laðˀ]

Verb[edit]

blad

  1. imperative of blade

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch *blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-. Compare German Blatt, English blade.

Noun[edit]

blad n (plural bladeren or (rare) bladen or (dialectal, archaic, poetic) blaren, diminutive blaadje n)

  1. A leaf (of a plant)
    De bladeren begonnen al te verkleuren en enkele zijn reeds gevallen.
    The leaves began to change colour already and some have already fallen off.
    Die olifant lust wel een groen blaadje.
    That elephant would like to eat a green leaf.
    Synonym: loof

Noun[edit]

blad n (plural bladen, diminutive blaadje n)

  1. A sheet of paper, leaf (in a book)
    Steek je hand op als je een nieuw blad nodig hebt.
    Raise your hand if you need a new sheet of paper.
    Synonym: vel
  2. A page
    Synonyms: bladzijde, pagina
  3. A magazine or other periodical publication.
    Heb je dat nieuwe blad over lokale podiumkunst al gelezen?Have you already read that new magazine about local performing arts?
  4. The flat section on the upper side of a table or desk
    Synonyms: bureaublad, tafelblad
    Omdat mijn lamp erop viel zit er een diepe deuk in het blad.There is a deep dent in the tabletop, because my lamp fell on it.
  5. The broad, flat blade of a weapon or tool; a blade
    Synonyms: lemmet, mes
    Het blad van het zwaard was zeer roestig.The blade of the sword was very rusty.
Derived terms[edit]

- publication

Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: blad
  • Afrikaans: blaar (back-formed from the plural)
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: blaru (from the plural)
  • Jersey Dutch: blât
  • Negerhollands: blaaer, blaër (from the plural)
  • Caribbean Javanese: blatye (from the diminutive)
  • Indonesian: belat
  • Papiamentu: blachi (from the diminutive), blaadsji, blaadji, blat
  • Sranan Tongo: blat

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch blāt. Possibly related to French blé (wheat), itself of Frankish/Germanic origin.

Noun[edit]

blad n (plural bladen)

  1. (obsolete) A usufruct (right to make use or derive profit from somebody else's property)
Alternative forms[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Bavarian blad (literally blown up); see blühen (to bloom, blow up).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Austria) IPA(key): /b̥laːd̥/

Adjective[edit]

blad (strong nominative masculine singular blader, comparative blader, superlative am bladesten)

  1. (Austria, colloquial, derogatory) fat

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • blad” in Duden online
  • blad” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

blad

  1. Alternative form of blade

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no
 Blad (andre betydninger) on Norwegian Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

blad n (definite singular bladet, indefinite plural blad or blader, definite plural blada or bladene)

  1. a blade (sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil)
  2. a leaf
  3. a newspaper, magazine or periodical

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

Noun[edit]

blad n (definite singular bladet, indefinite plural blad, definite plural blada)

  1. a blade (as above)
  2. a leaf
  3. a newspaper, magazine or periodical

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

Compare Old English blæd, Old Frisian bled, Old High German blat, Old Norse blað.

Noun[edit]

blad n

  1. leaf

Declension[edit]


Descendants[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish blaþ, from Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃otom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Cognate with English blade.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

blad n

  1. (botany) Blade, leaf; an organ of a plant.
  2. Leaf, sheet; a piece of paper (including a map sheet)
  3. Blade; the sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil

Declension[edit]

Declension of blad 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative blad bladet blad bladen
Genitive blads bladets blads bladens

Synonyms[edit]

  • (an organ of a plant): löv
  • (one side of a leaf of a book): sida
  • (a piece of paper): ark, papper
  • (the sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil): klinga

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Torres Strait Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English blood.

Noun[edit]

blad

  1. blood