blo

See also: blø and blo'

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bloː/
• Hyphenation: blo
• Rhymes: -oː

Adjective

blo (comparative bloder, superlative bloodste)

1. Alternative form of blood.

Inflection

Inflection of blo
uninflected	blo
inflected	blode
comparative	bloder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		blo	bloder	het bloodst het bloodste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	blode	blodere	bloodste
	n. sing.	blo	bloder	bloodste
	plural	blode	blodere	bloodste
definite		blode	blodere	bloodste
partitive		blo's	bloders	—

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• plau (Wiesemann spelling system)
• blau

Etymology

From Middle High German blā, blāwes, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bloː/

Adjective

blo (comparative bloer, superlative bloest)

1. blue

   Alles blo?

   What's up? (lit. All blue)

Declension

Declension of blo
		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
Weak inflection	nominative	blo	blo	blo	bloe
	accusative	bloe	blo	blo	bloe
	dative	bloe	bloe	bloe	bloe
Strong inflection	nominative	bloer	bloe	bloes	bloe
	accusative	bloe	bloe	bloes	bloe
	dative	bloem	bloer	bloem	bloe

See also

Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text)

Weis	Grau	Schwarz
Rod	Ranschegelleb; Braun	Gelleb, Geel
Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien)	Grien (Dunkelgrien)	Menz
Meergrien	Blau (Hellblau)	Blau (Dunkelblau)
Feilche	Rosch, Lila	Roserod

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blo/, [bloː]
  • Rhymes: -oː

• Audio

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Adjective

blo (masculine bloen, neuter blot, comparative méi blo, superlative am bloosten)

1. blue

Declension

declension of blo

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass blo	si ass blo	et ass blo	si si(nn) blo
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	bloen	blo	blot	blo
	independent without determiner			bloes	bloer
dative	after any declined word	bloen	bloer	bloen	bloen
	as first declined word	bloem		bloem

See also

Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text)

wäiss	gro	schwaarz
rout	orange; brong	giel
	gréng
turquoise	blo (hellblo, himmelblo)	blo (donkelblo)
violett; indigo	magenta; mof	rosa; pink

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bla, bloo, bloe

Etymology

From Old Norse blá, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔː/
• Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

blo (uncountable)

1. bruise
2. blueness

Descendants

• English: blow
• Scots: blae

References

• “blō, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

blo

1. bruised, injured, visibly hurt
2. bluish, greyish
3. dark-skinned
4. upset, sad

Descendants

• English: blow
• Scots: blae

References

• “blō, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• ble

Noun

blo m

1. blue

Pijin

Alternative forms

• blo'
• blong

Etymology

From English belong.

Preposition

blo

1. Of; belonging to.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• blau (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Vallader)
• blov (Puter)

Etymology

From a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Adjective

blo m (feminine singular blava, masculine plural blos, feminine plural blavas)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) blue

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”). Akin to English blood.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɽuː/, /bɽouː/

Noun

blo m

1. blood

Derived terms

• bloblämm
• bloegel
• bloferel
• blojera
• blopallt
• bloskål
• bloförjifft
• bloar
• bloluppi
• nesablo