blat

See also: Blat and blåt

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

Imitative. First attested in 1846.

Verb

blat (third-person singular simple present blats, present participle blatting, simple past and past participle blatted)

  1. To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.
  2. To make a senseless noise.
  3. To talk inconsiderately.
  4. To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian блат (blat), from Polish blat (“cover, umbrella”) or Yiddish בלאַט‎ (blat, “leaf, list”)

Noun

blat (uncountable)

  1. Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
    To open a new business in Russia you need blat.
    Synonym: guanxi (from Chinese)
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Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin blādum, from Frankish *blād (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *blēdaz, *blēdō (“flower, leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to flower; leaf”). Compare French blé.

Pronunciation

Noun

blat m (uncountable)

  1. wheat

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *blat, from Proto-Germanic *bladą.

Noun

blat n

  1. leaf
  2. page (of a book)
  3. panel (in a door)
  4. tongue, blade
  5. any flat surface or object

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: blad
  • Limburgish: blaad

Further reading

  • “blat”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “blat (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Occitan

Noun

blat m (plural blats)

  1. wheat

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bladą, whence also Old Saxon blad, Old English blæd, Old Norse blað. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃oto-, from *bʰleh₃-.

Noun

blat n (plural bletir)

  1. leaf

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blatt.

Noun

blat

  1. the flat surface of a table
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