bloodshed

English

Alternative forms

• bloudshed (obsolete)

Etymology

From attested early forms of such phrases as "there was much blood shed"; equivalent to blood +‎ shed, past participle of shed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bloodshed (usually uncountable, plural bloodsheds)

1. (literally) The shedding or spilling of blood.

   avoid bloodshed

   The revolution resulted in heavy bloodshed.

2. A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.

   political bloodshed

   widespread bloodshed

3. (obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
4. (obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.

Synonyms

• bloodletting
• bloodbath, carnage

Derived terms

• inkshed

Related terms

• bloodshedder
• bloodshedding

Translations

shedding or spilling of blood

• Arabic: سَفْك الدَّم m (safk ad-dam), إِرَاقَةُ الدَّم f (ʔirāqatu d-dam)
• Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunaheġutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: qantökmə
• Belarusian: кровапралі́цце n (krovapralíccje), кровапралі́цьце n (krovapralícʹcje)
• Bulgarian: кръвопроли́тие (bg) n (krǎvoprolítie), кръвопроли́ване n (krǎvoprolívane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流血 (zh) (liúxuè, liúxuě, liúxiě)

• Czech: krveprolití (cs) n, krveprolévání n
• Danish: blodsudgydelse c
• Dutch: bloedbad (nl) n, bloedvergieten (nl) n
• Estonian: verevalamine
• Finnish: verenvuodatus
• French: effusion de sang f
• Galician: derramamento de sangue m
• Georgian: სისხლისღვრა (sisxlisɣvra)
• German: Blutvergießen (de) n, Blutbad (de) n
• Greek: αιματοχυσία (el) f (aimatochysía)

  Ancient Greek: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)

• Hebrew: שְפִיכוּת דָמִים (he) f (shfikhut damim)
• Hindi: खूनखराबा m (khūnakhrābā), खुनखराबा (hi) m (khunakhrābā), सफ्क (hi) m (saphk), हिंसन (hi) m (hinsan), हिंसा (hi) f (hinsā), रक्तपात (hi) m (raktapāt), मारकाट (hi) f (mārkāṭ)
• Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
• Irish: doirteadh fola m
• Italian: spargimento di sangue
• Japanese: 流血 (ja) (りゅうけつ, ryūketsu)
• Kazakh: қантөгіс (qantögıs), қан төгу (qan tögu)
• Korean: 유혈(流血) (ko) (yuhyeol), 류혈(流血) (ko) (ryuhyeol) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: кан төгүү (ky) (kan tögüü)
• Lithuanian: kraujo praliejimas
• Macedonian: крвопролевање n (krvoprolevanje)
• Malay: pertumpahan darah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blodsutgytelse m

• Old English: blōdgyte m
• Persian:

  Dari: خُونْریزِی (fa) (xūnrēzī)

  Iranian Persian: خونْریزی (fa) (xunrizi)

• Polish: rozlew krwi (pl) m, przelew krwi m
• Portuguese: derramamento de sangue m
• Russian: кровопроли́тие (ru) n (krovoprolítije)
• Scottish Gaelic: dòrtadh-fala m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: крвопролиће n

  Latin: krvoproliće n

• Slovak: krvipreliatie n, krviprelievanie n
• Slovene: prelivanje krvi n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kšejpśelaśe n

• Spanish: derramamiento de sangre m, derrame de sangre m, hechos de sangre m pl
• Swahili: umwagaji damu
• Swedish: blodsutgjutelse (sv) c, blodspillan (sv) c
• Tajik: хунрезӣ (xunrezi)
• Turkish: kan dökme
• Ukrainian: кровопроли́ття n (krovoprolýttja)
• Urdu: خُوں ریزی f (xū̃ rezī)
• Uzbek: xunrezlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự đổ máu
• Welsh: tywallt gwaed m

carnage, destruction of life, slaughter

• Arabic: سَفَكَ الدَّمَ m (safaka d-dama)
• Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunaheġutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: qantökmə, qırğın
• Belarusian: кровапралі́цце n (krovapralíccje), кровапралі́цьце n (krovapralícʹcje), разня́ f (raznjá), разьня́ f (razʹnjá), разні́ца f (razníca), разьні́ца f (razʹníca)
• Bulgarian: клане́ (bg) n (klané)
• Czech: krveprolití (cs) n
• Danish: blodbad (da) n
• Dutch: bloedbad (nl) n, bloedvergieten (nl) n, slachting (nl)
• Estonian: veresaun (et), verevalamine
• Finnish: verenvuodatus, verilöyly (fi)
• French: carnage (fr) m
• Georgian: სისხლისღვრა (sisxlisɣvra)
• German: Blutvergießen (de) n, Blutbad (de) n
• Greek: αιματοκύλισμα (el) n (aimatokýlisma)

  Ancient Greek: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)

• Hindi: खूनखराबा m (khūnakhrābā), खुनखराबा (hi) m (khunakhrābā), सफ्क (hi) m (saphk), हिंसन (hi) m (hinsan), हिंसा (hi) f (hinsā), रक्तपात (hi) m (raktapāt), मारकाट (hi) f (mārkāṭ)
• Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
• Italian: ecatombe (it), carneficina (it)
• Māori: tārukenga
• Middle English: larder
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blodbad (no) n

• Polish: rozlew krwi (pl) m, przelew krwi m
• Portuguese: carnificina (pt) f, massacre (pt) m
• Russian: кровопроли́тие (ru) n (krovoprolítije), резня́ (ru) f (reznjá)
• Scottish Gaelic: dòrtadh-fala m
• Spanish: matanza (es) f, carnicería (es) f, derramamiento sanguíneo m, derrame hemático m, vertimiento sanguino m, vertido sanguinario m, desparramamiento sanguinolento m
• Swahili: umwagaji damu
• Swedish: blodsutgjutelse (sv) c, blodspillan (sv) c
• Turkish: katliam (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: قان (kan)

• Ukrainian: кровопроли́ття n (krovoprolýttja), різня́ f (riznjá), різани́на f (rizanýna)

shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: bloedoffer n
• Finnish: verenvuodatus (general), veriuhri (death of Christ)
• Polish: przelew krwi m

bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye

• Bulgarian: кървясване n (kǎrvjasvane)
• Finnish: verestys (fi)
• Irish: sreangshúil f
• Polish: przekrwienie n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שפיכות דמים (he) f (shfikhut damim)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} krvoprolíće n
• Sindhi: ^{(please verify)} رتوڇاڻ (sd) m (rattochhaann)

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bloodshed”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• shed blood