bled

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

See bleed.

bled

1. simple past tense and past participle of bleed

From French bled, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد‎ (bilād).

bled (plural bleds)

1. (in parts of French North Africa) Hinterland, field.

From Middle High German blode, from Old High German blōdi, from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaz, *blauþaz (“weak, soft, timid”). Cognate with German blöd.

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥leːd̥/

bled

1. stupid, silly, dopey, dim-witted

   Synonym: deppert

• IPA^(key): [ˈblɛt]

bled

1. masculine singular nominal predicative of bledý

• IPA^(key): /blɛt/
• Hyphenation: bled
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Related to blad.

bled n (plural bledden)

1. A metal strip with holes.
2. A flat board such as a tabletop.

Borrowed from French bled.

bled m (uncountable)

1. (Belgium) middle of nowhere

From Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد‎ (bilād).

• IPA^(key): /blɛd/

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bled m (plural bleds)

1. (somewhat derogatory) village
   • 1974, Bertrand Blier, Les Valseuses, spoken by Pierrot (Patrick Dewaere):

     D'abord j'en ai marre de ce bled! Bled de merde! France de merde!

     First of all, I'm sick of this village! Shithole village! Shithole France!

   • 2017, Elh Kmer (lyrics), “Homicide”, in Indépendant:

     Je ferais pas d’efforts d’intégration si ce bled ne m’aime pas

     I won’t make any effort in order to be part of the community if this village doesn’t like me.

• “bled”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

bled

1. Alternative form of blede

• blǣd

From Proto-Germanic *blēduz, *blōdiz (“blossom, sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Related to blōwan (“to bloom, blossom”).

• IPA^(key): /bleːd/

blēd f

1. a shoot, branch
2. foliage, leaves; a leaf
3. a flower, blossom; a bloom
4. fruit; a fruit
5. a harvest, crop; yield, produce

• ofett

• Middle English: blede, bled
  • English: blead
  • Scots: bleed

From Proto-West Germanic *blad.

bled n

1. leaf

• North Frisian:

  Föhr: bleed

  Hallig: blää

• Saterland Frisian: Blääd
• West Frisian: bled

From Proto-Celtic *bledyos.

• IPA^(key): [bʲlʲeð]

bled f

1. sea-monster
2. whale

• bledmíl

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• blijȇd (Ijekavian)

From Proto-Slavic *blědъ.

• IPA^(key): /blêːd/

blȇd (definite blȇdī, comparative blȅđī, Cyrillic spelling бле̑д)

1. pale, pallid

bled (nominative plural bleds)

1. sheet (of paper)