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Definitions and meaning of blad

blad

Alternative forms

• blaud (Scotland)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Anagrams

• ABDL, Bald, DLAB, bald

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch blad. Doublet of blaar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blɐt]

Noun

blad (plural blaaie, diminutive blaadjie)

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

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• blaad (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥lɑːd̥/

Verb

blad

1. perfect participle of blehn

Adjective

blad

1. (Austria, Vienna, derogatory) fat, corpulent

   Synonyms: ausgfressn, gfüd, stoak

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blad/, [b̥lað]
• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

blad n (singular definite bladet, plural indefinite blade)

1. leaf
2. petal
3. blade
4. sheet
5. newspaper, paper
6. periodical
7. magazine

Inflection

Derived terms

• blade
• bladre

See also

• blad on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See blade (“to turn over pages”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

blad

1. imperative of blade

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɑt/
• Hyphenation: blad
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

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

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

1. A leaf (of a plant)

   Synonym: loof

Noun

blad n (plural bladen, diminutive blaadje n)

1. A sheet of paper, leaf (in a book)

   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

Related terms

• lover

Descendants

• 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

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

Noun

blad n (plural bladen)

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

Alternative forms

• blaad (obsolete)

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Austria) IPA^(key): /b̥laːd̥/

Adjective

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

1. (Austria, colloquial, derogatory) fat

Declension

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

blad

1. Alternative form of blade

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaːd/, /blaː/

Noun

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

References

• “blad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

References

• “blad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

blad n

1. leaf

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: blat
  • Low German: Blatt
  • Plautdietsch: Blaut

Swedish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /¹blɑːd/, [¹bl̪ɑːd̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːd

Noun

blad n

1. (botany) a leaf (including in the broad sense that includes needles and the like (to botanists and often not to other people, in both Swedish and English – not a technical word in itself))

   Synonyms: (on a tree or bush, not a needle) löv, barr (“needle”)

2. a petal or sepal (on a flower)

   Synonyms: blomblad (“petal or sepal”), kronblad (“petal”), foderblad (“sepal”)

3. a sheet (of paper)

   Synonym: papper (larger, for writing on, printing, or the like)

   Synonyms: ark, pappersark (larger, for writing on)

   1. a page

      Synonym: (the more commonly idiomatic word, including when giving a page number) sida

4. (colloquial) a paper ((copy of a) newspaper)
5. a blade (on a tool, device, weapon, or the like)

   Synonym: (on a larger tool or weapon, like a sword) klinga

6. leaf (thin sheet of material)

Usage notes

• Leaves from trees on the ground that are raked are idiomatically always löv rather than blad.
• A blade of grass is a grässtrå.

Declension

Derived terms

• blada
• bladverk
• bladspenat
• knivblad
• saxblad
• svärdsblad
• yxblad

References

• blad in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• blad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• blad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English blood.

Noun

blad

1. blood

Source: wiktionary.org