blade

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhleh3-der. Proto-Germanic *bladą Proto-West Germanic *blad Old English blæd Middle English bladder. Middle English blade English blade From Middle English blade, blad, from Old English blæd (“leaf”), from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bhl̥h3-o-to-m, from *bhleh3- (“to thrive, bloom”). Cognate with West Frisian bled, German Blatt, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blad, Faroese and Icelandic blað, Irish bláth (“flower”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Tocharian A pält, Tocharian B pilta (“leaf”), Albanian fletë (“leaf”). Similar usage in German Sägeblatt (“saw blade”, literally “saw leaf”). Doublet of blat. More at blow.

237 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: teh — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Southern Altai: мис (mis) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Arabic: شَفْرَة (šafra) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Arabic: نَصْل (naṣl) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Arabic: نصلة (naṣla) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Armenian: սայր (sayr) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Armenian: բերան (beran) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Armenian: շեղբ (šeġb) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Azerbaijani: tiyə — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Belarusian: лязо́ (ljazó) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Breton: lavnenn — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Bulgarian: острие́ (ostrié) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Burmese: ဓားပြား (dha:pra:) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Catalan: fulla — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 刃 (rèn) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 刀身 (dāoshēn) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 刀片 (dāopiàn) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Czech: čepel — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Danish: blad — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Danish: klinge — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Dolgan: бии — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Dutch: blad — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Dutch: lemmet — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Dutch: kling — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Esperanto: klingo — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Esperanto: akraĵo — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Estonian: tera — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Farefare: bilete — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Faroese: blað — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Finnish: terä — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• French: lame — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Friulian: lame — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Galician: folla — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Galician: coitela — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Georgian: პირი (ṗiri) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• German: Klinge — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Greek: λεπίδα (lepída) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Ancient Greek: σπάθη (spáthē) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Hebrew: לַהַב (láhav) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Hindi: ब्लेड (bleḍ) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Hungarian: penge — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Icelandic: blað — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Icelandic: egg — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Indonesian: bilah — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Ingrian: terä — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Interlingua: lamina — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Irish: lann — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Italian: lama — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Japanese: 刃 (ha) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Japanese: ブレード (burēdo) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Khmer: ផ្លែ (phlae) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Korean: 날 (nal) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Central Kurdish: دەم (dem) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Kyrgyz: миз (miz) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Lao: ໃບ (bai) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Lao: ມີດ (mīt) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Latgalian: esmiņs — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Latin: lamina — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Latvian: asmens — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Latvian: ģelzis — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Lithuanian: ašmenys — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Lithuanian: geležtė — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Macedonian: сечило (sečilo) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Malay: bilah — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Maranao: silab — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Maranao: garangan — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Marathi: धार (dhār) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Middle English: blad — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Mongolian: ир (ir) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Nanai: дее (ʒeje) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Norwegian Bokmål: blad — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Norwegian Bokmål: klinge — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blad — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klinge — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Pannonian Rusyn: оштре (oštre) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Persian: تیغ (tiġ) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Polish: ostrze — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Portuguese: lâmina — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Portuguese: fio — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Portuguese: gume — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Romanian: lamă — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Romansh: nizza — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Romansh: loma — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Romansh: lama — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Romansh: nezza — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Romansh: neza — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Romansh: luozza — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Russian: ле́звие (lézvije) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Sanskrit: धारा (dhārā) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Sardinian: frama — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Sardinian: fógiu — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Serbo-Croatian: резало — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Serbo-Croatian: се̏чӣво — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀штрица — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Serbo-Croatian: rezalo — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Serbo-Croatian: sȅčīvo — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Serbo-Croatian: òštrica — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Slovak: čepeľ — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Slovene: rezilo — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Spanish: cuchilla — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Spanish: hoja — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Sudovian: asmōj — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Swedish: blad — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Tagalog: talim — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Tamil: பிளேடு (piḷēṭu) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Tausug: sulab — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Thai: ใบ (bai) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Thai: มีด (mîit) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Tocharian B: pilta — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Tocharian B: yepe — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Turkish: ağız — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Ukrainian: ле́зо (lézo) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Ukrainian: ле́зво (lézvo) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Uzbek: tigʻ — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Venetan: lama — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Vietnamese: lưỡi — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Welsh: llafn — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Welsh: cledd — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Yakut: бии (bii) — typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
• Albanian: thika — a weapon such as a dagger
• Chinese Mandarin: 刀 (dāo) — a weapon such as a dagger
• French: lame — a weapon such as a dagger
• Icelandic: blað — a weapon such as a dagger
• Icelandic: egg — a weapon such as a dagger
• Icelandic: sverð — a weapon such as a dagger
• Middle English: blad — a weapon such as a dagger
• Norwegian Bokmål: blad — a weapon such as a dagger
• Polish: ostrze — a weapon such as a dagger
• Portuguese: lâmina — a weapon such as a dagger
• Russian: клино́к (klinók) — a weapon such as a dagger
• Russian: перо́ (peró) — a weapon such as a dagger
• Russian: кинжа́л (kinžál) — a weapon such as a dagger
• Russian: нож (nož) — a weapon such as a dagger
• Spanish: cuchillo — a weapon such as a dagger
• Spanish: espada — a weapon such as a dagger
• Swedish: blad — a weapon such as a dagger
• Welsh: cledd — a weapon such as a dagger
• Bulgarian: перо́ (peró) — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Bulgarian: лопа́тка (lopátka) — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Dutch: blad — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Finnish: lapa — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Galician: pena — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Greek: παλάμη (palámi) — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Greek: πτερύγιο (pterýgio) — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Indonesian: bilah — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Indonesian: sudu — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Ingrian: terä — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Irish: lann — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Italian: pala — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Latvian: lāpstiņa — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Navajo: bigaan — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Norwegian Bokmål: blad — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Persian: تیغه (tiġe) — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Polish: pióro — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Polish: łopata — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Polish: łopatka — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Polish: końcówka — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Polish: płoza — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Portuguese: pá — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Portuguese: aleta — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Russian: ло́пасть (lópastʹ) — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Spanish: pala — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Spanish: aleta — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Spanish: hoja — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Spanish: paleta — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Spanish: álabe — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Ottoman Turkish: قناد (kanad) — flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
• Albanian: fletë — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Arabic: نَصْل (naṣl) — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Catalan: àlep — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Czech: lopatka — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• German: Turbinenschaufel — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Mirandese: bela — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Polish: skrzydło — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Polish: łopata (windturbine) — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Polish: łopatka — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Portuguese: pá — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Russian: крыло́ (kryló) — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Russian: ло́пасть (lópastʹ) — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Spanish: pala — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Spanish: aspa — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• Ottoman Turkish: قناد (kanad) — airfoil in windmills and windturbines
• French: brin — narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
• German: Grashalm — narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
• Irish: brobh — narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
• Irish: sifín — narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
• Irish: seamaide — narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
• Polish: źdźbło — narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
• Portuguese: folha — narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
• Spanish: brizna — narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
• Spanish: brinza — narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
• Welsh: blew — narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
• Armenian: ցողուն (cʻoġun) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Burmese: အရွက် (a.rwak) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Chinese Mandarin: 葉片 /叶片 (yèpiàn) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Dutch: blad — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Finnish: lehtilapa — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Georgian: ღერო (ɣero) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• German: Klinge — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Greek: φύλλο (fýllo) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Hebrew: טָרָף (taráf) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Hindi: पत्ती (pattī) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Icelandic: blað — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Irish: seamaide — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Italian: filo — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Korean: 잎 (ip) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Korean: 잎사귀 (ipsagwi) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Māori: whā — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Norwegian Bokmål: blad — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Persian: تیغ (tiġ) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Polish: źdźbło — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Portuguese: limbo — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Russian: лист (list) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Russian: трави́нка (travínka) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Serbo-Croatian: вла̑т — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Serbo-Croatian: vlȃt — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Spanish: hoja — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Spanish: lámina — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Spanish: limbo — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Swedish: blad — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Tagalog: panid — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Ukrainian: трави́нка (travýnka) — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Zulu: ikhasi — the flat part of a leaf or petal
• Indonesian: punuk — cut of beef
• Polish: karkówka — cut of beef
• Irish: scafaire — dashing young man
• Dutch: folie — thin plate, foil
• Dutch: plaat — thin plate, foil
• German: Blatt — thin plate, foil
• Icelandic: egg — thin plate, foil
• Interlingua: lamina — thin plate, foil
• Italian: lamina — thin plate, foil
• Norwegian Bokmål: blad — thin plate, foil
• Portuguese: lâmina — thin plate, foil
• Spanish: lámina — thin plate, foil
• Hungarian: lamella — one of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera
• Spanish: lámina — one of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera