blad

See also: blað, błąd, blæd, and Błąd

English

Alternative forms

  • blaud (Scotland)

Etymology

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

Noun

blad (plural blads)

  1. (Scotland) A portfolio; a blotting-book or blotting-pad.
  2. (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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch blad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [blɐt]

Noun

blad (plural blaaie, diminutive blaadjie)

  1. sheet of paper
  2. (informal) newspaper

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blad/, [b̥lað]

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

See also

Etymology 2

See blade (“to turn over pages”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

blad

  1. imperative of blade

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch *blat, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

Noun

blad n (plural bladeren or blaren, diminutive blaadje n)

  1. leaf (of a plant)
    De bladeren begonnen al te verkleuren en enkele zijn reeds gevallen.
    The leaves began to change colour already and some have already fallen off.
    Die olifant lust wel een groen blaadje.
    The elephant eats a green leaf.
    Synonym: loof

Noun

blad n (plural bladen, diminutive blaadje n)

  1. sheet of paper, leaf (in a book)
    Synonym: vel
  2. page
    Synonyms: bladzijde, pagina
  3. magazine
    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

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch blāt. Possibly related to French blé (“wheat”).

Noun

blad n (plural bladen)

  1. (obsolete) usufruct (right to derive profit from somebody else's property)
Alternative forms
  • blaad (obsolete)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

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

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish blaþ, from Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃otom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

blad n

  1. (botany) Blade, leaf; an organ of a plant.
  2. Page; one side of a leaf of a book
  3. Leaf, sheet; a piece of paper
  4. Blade; the sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil

Declension

Declension of blad 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative blad bladet blad bladen
Genitive blads bladets blads bladens

Synonyms

  • (an organ of a plant): löv
  • (one side of a leaf of a book): sida
  • (a piece of paper): ark, papper
  • (the sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil): klinga

Derived terms

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

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English blood.

Noun

blad

  1. blood
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