bland

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /blænd/
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• [bleənd] ~ [blɛənd] General American, Canada, æ-raising
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• British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /bland/
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• Australia: /blæːnd/
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• [bleːnd] ~ [blɛːnd] Australia, æ-raising
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• New-Zealand: /blɛnd/
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• rhymes with -ænd
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• CMU ARPABET: B L AE1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel- Proto-Indo-European *meld- Proto-Indo-European *mland-der. Latin blandusbor. English bland Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant”).

From Middle English bland, from Old English bland, blond (“blending, mixture, confusion”), from Proto-Germanic *blandą (“a mixing, mixture”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlendh- (“to grow turbid, dim, see badly, be blind”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda (“a mixture of liquids, especially of hot whey and water”).

From Middle English blanden, blonden, from Old English blandan (“to blend, mix, mingle; trouble, disturb, corrupt”), from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to mix, blend”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda, Norwegian, Danish blande, Swedish blanda. See also blend.

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: прия́тен (prijáten) — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Bulgarian: успокоя́ващ (uspokojávašt) — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Danish: sød — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Dutch: mild — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Dutch: zacht — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Finnish: mitäänsanomaton — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• French: doux — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• French: douce — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• German: mild — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• German: sanft — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• German: reizlos (med.) — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Greek: πράος (práos) — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Greek: ήπιος (ípios) — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Interlingua: blande — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Italian: blando — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Polish: uspokajający — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Portuguese: suave — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Romanian: prietenos — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Romanian: blând — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Romanian: liniștitor — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Russian: прия́тный (prijátnyj) — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Russian: успока́ивающий (uspokáivajuščij) — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Spanish: suave — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Swedish: mild — having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
• Armenian: անհամ (anham) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Central Bikol: matabang — lacking in taste or flavor
• Eastern Bontoc: lamset — lacking in taste or flavor
• Bulgarian: безвку́сен (bezvkúsen) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Chinese Mandarin: 乏味的 (fáwèi de) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Czech: mdlý — lacking in taste or flavor
• Dutch: smaakloos — lacking in taste or flavor
• Dutch: flauw — lacking in taste or flavor
• Finnish: mitäänsanomaton — lacking in taste or flavor
• Finnish: mieto — lacking in taste or flavor
• Finnish: mauton — lacking in taste or flavor
• French: fade — lacking in taste or flavor
• German: fad — lacking in taste or flavor
• German: geschmacklos — lacking in taste or flavor
• German: langweilig — lacking in taste or flavor
• Greek: άνοστος (ánostos) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Greek: άγευστος (ágefstos) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Italian: insipido — lacking in taste or flavor
• Italian: fiacco — lacking in taste or flavor
• Kaitag: анццу́ (anccú) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Korean: 싱겁다 (singgeopda) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Ladino: shavdo — lacking in taste or flavor
• Māori: waimeha — lacking in taste or flavor
• Māori: makiha — lacking in taste or flavor
• Māori: mākihakiha — lacking in taste or flavor
• Norwegian Bokmål: smakløs — lacking in taste or flavor
• Norwegian Bokmål: intetsigende — lacking in taste or flavor
• Persian: بیمزه (bi-maze) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Plautdietsch: fleiw — lacking in taste or flavor
• Polish: bezbarwny — lacking in taste or flavor
• Polish: mdły — lacking in taste or flavor
• Polish: nijaki — lacking in taste or flavor
• Polish: bez smaku — lacking in taste or flavor
• Polish: blady — lacking in taste or flavor
• Portuguese: insosso — lacking in taste or flavor
• Russian: безвку́сный (bezvkúsnyj) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Russian: пре́сный (présnyj) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Spanish: soso — lacking in taste or flavor
• Spanish: insulso — lacking in taste or flavor
• Spanish: ñoño — lacking in taste or flavor
• Spanish: insípido — lacking in taste or flavor
• Spanish: desabrido — lacking in taste or flavor
• Spanish: desaborido — lacking in taste or flavor
• Spanish: aguado — lacking in taste or flavor
• Swedish: fadd — lacking in taste or flavor
• Swedish: smaklös — lacking in taste or flavor
• Swedish: svag — lacking in taste or flavor
• Swedish: mild — lacking in taste or flavor
• Swedish: intetsägande — lacking in taste or flavor
• Swedish: lam — lacking in taste or flavor
• Swedish: tam — lacking in taste or flavor
• Tagalog: matabang — lacking in taste or flavor
• Ottoman Turkish: طاتسز (tatsız) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Ottoman Turkish: لذتسز (lezzetsiz) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Ottoman Turkish: یاوان (yavan) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Ukrainian: безсма́ковий (bezsmákovyj) — lacking in taste or flavor
• Vietnamese: lạt — lacking in taste or flavor
• Vietnamese: nhạt — lacking in taste or flavor
• German: hohl — (fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull
• German: platt — (fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull
• German: geistlos — (fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull
• German: stumpfsinnig — (fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull
• Russian: скучный (skučnyj) — (fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull
• Russian: неинтере́сный (neinterésnyj) — (fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull
• Bulgarian: мек (mek) — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Bulgarian: не́жен (néžen) — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Bulgarian: ла́скав (láskav) — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Dutch: mild — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Dutch: zacht — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Finnish: väritön — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Finnish: mitäänsanomaton — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Finnish: vaisu — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• French: doux — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• French: douce — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Galician: suave — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• German: sanftmütig — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• German: gelassen — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• German: blass — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Greek: ήπιος (ípios) — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Greek: μαλακός (malakós) — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Greek: απαλός (apalós) — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Italian: blando — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Polish: delikatny — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Polish: łagodny — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Portuguese: suave — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Romanian: prevenitor — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Romanian: afabil — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Romanian: gentil — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Romanian: pritenos — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Russian: мя́гкий (mjáxkij) — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Russian: не́жный (néžnyj) — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Russian: ла́сковый (láskovyj) — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Spanish: tenue — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Spanish: desabrido — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Spanish: simple — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Spanish: suave — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Spanish: débil — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Spanish: insípido — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Swedish: mild — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Swedish: vän — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave
• Swedish: blid — mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave