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

Related terms

• bloodshedder
• bloodshedding

Translations

shedding or spilling of blood

• Arabic: سَفْك اَلدِّمَاء m (safk ad-dimāʔ), إِرَاقَة الدَم f (ʾirāqat ad-dam)
• Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunaheġutʻyun)
• Belarusian: кровапралі́цце n (krovapralíccje)
• Bulgarian: кръвопроли́тие (bg) n (krǎvoprolítie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流血 (zh) (liúxuè, liúxiě)

• Czech: krveprolití n
• 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
• Greek: αιματοχυσία (el) f (aimatochysía)

  Ancient: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)

• Hebrew: שפיכות דמים (he) f (shfikhut damim)
• Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
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• Interlingue: ,
• Italian: spargimento di sangue
• Japanese: 流血 (りゅうけつ, ryūketsu)
• Korean: 유혈 (ko) (yuhyeol) (流血 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: кан төгүү (ky) n (kan tögüü)
• Persian: خونریزی (fa) (xunrizi)
• Polish: rozlew krwi (pl) m
• Portuguese: derramamento de sangue m
• Russian: кровопроли́тие (ru) n (krovoprolítije)
• Scottish Gaelic: dòrtadh-fala m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: крвопролиће n

  Roman: krvoproliće (sh) n

• Spanish: derramamiento de sangre m, derrame de sangre m, hechos de sangre m pl
• Swedish: blodsutgjutelse c, blodspillan c
• Ukrainian: кровопроли́ття n (krovoprolýttja)
• Vietnamese: sự đổ máu (vi)

carnage, destruction of life, slaughter

• Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunaheġutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: клане (bg) n (klane)
• Czech: krveprolití 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)
• Greek: αιματοκύλισμα (el) n (aimatokýlisma)

  Ancient: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)

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• Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: ecatombe (it), carneficina (it)
• 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
• Swedish: blodsutgjutelse c, blodspillan c

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

• Dutch: bloedoffer n
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• Finnish: verenvuodatus (general), veriuhri (death of Christ)

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

• Finnish: verestys (fi)
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• Irish: sreangshúil f

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

• German: ^{(please verify)} Blutvergießen (de) n, ^{(please verify)} Blutbad (de)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שפיכות דמים (he) f (shfikhut damim)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} krvoproliće (sh) n
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• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} krvoprolíće (sh) n
• Sindhi: ^{(please verify)} رتوڇاڻ (sd) m (rattochhaann)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} derramamiento (es) m de sangre

Further reading

• “bloodshed”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• shed blood