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Variant of Blaise.

From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to shine, be white”). Cognate with Low German blas (“burning candle, torch, fire”), Middle High German blas (“candle, torch, flame”).

] A 1639 borrowing, perhaps from Dutch bles or Middle Low German blesse, bles, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *blasī, from Proto-Germanic *blasį̄, from *blasaz (“white, pale (of animals)”) + *-į̄ (forming nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“shiny, white”). Cognate with German Blesse, Swedish bläs. The verb is from the noun.

From Middle English blasen (“to blow”), from Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną (“to blow”). Related to English blast.

From Middle English blasen, from Middle English blase (“torch”). See above.

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَعِيرَا (saʕīrā) — fast-burning fire
• Bulgarian: ярък пламък (jarǎk plamǎk) — fast-burning fire
• Bulgarian: буен огън (buen ogǎn) — fast-burning fire
• Catalan: flamarada — fast-burning fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 火焰 (huǒyàn) — fast-burning fire
• Dutch: vuur — fast-burning fire
• Dutch: vlam — fast-burning fire
• Dutch: vlammenzee — fast-burning fire
• Esperanto: incendio — fast-burning fire
• Esperanto: brulego — fast-burning fire
• Finnish: roihu — fast-burning fire
• Finnish: loimu — fast-burning fire
• French: feu — fast-burning fire
• French: flambée — fast-burning fire
• French: embrasement — fast-burning fire
• Galician: laparada — fast-burning fire
• Galician: lapa — fast-burning fire
• German: (vielzüngige) Flamme — fast-burning fire
• German: Flammenmeer — fast-burning fire
• German: Lohe — fast-burning fire
• German: Feuerzungen — fast-burning fire
• Ancient Greek: φλόξ (phlóx) — fast-burning fire
• Hindi: ज्वाला (jvālā) — fast-burning fire
• Hindi: धधक (dhadhak) — fast-burning fire
• Icelandic: eldsvoði — fast-burning fire
• Icelandic: bál — fast-burning fire
• Indonesian: kobaran — fast-burning fire
• Italian: fiamma — fast-burning fire
• Italian: fiammata — fast-burning fire
• Italian: vampa — fast-burning fire
• Japanese: 炎 (honō) — fast-burning fire
• Japanese: 火炎 (kaen) — fast-burning fire
• Central Kurdish: بِڵێسە (billêse) — fast-burning fire
• Southern Kurdish: بِڵێزە (billêze) — fast-burning fire
• Marathi: आगीचा डोंब (āgīcā ḍomba) — fast-burning fire
• Classical Nahuatl: tletl — fast-burning fire
• Occitan: afogament — fast-burning fire
• Occitan: embrasament — fast-burning fire
• Occitan: flambada — fast-burning fire
• Persian: آتش (âtaš) — fast-burning fire
• Persian: شعله (šo'le) — fast-burning fire
• Persian: گر (gor) — fast-burning fire
• Portuguese: labareda — fast-burning fire
• Russian: пла́мя — fast-burning fire
• Russian: ого́нь — fast-burning fire
• Sicilian: luci — fast-burning fire
• Sicilian: ciamma — fast-burning fire
• Spanish: llama — fast-burning fire
• Spanish: llamarada — fast-burning fire
• Spanish: fogonazo — fast-burning fire
• Swedish: eld — fast-burning fire
• Swedish: (ljusan) låga — fast-burning fire
• Tarifit: timessi — fast-burning fire
• Turkish: çılgın alev — fast-burning fire
• Ukrainian: по́лум'я (pólumʺja) — fast-burning fire
• Volapük: flamafil — fast-burning fire
• Finnish: paahde — intense light accompanied with heat
• Galician: alfa — intense light accompanied with heat
• German: Gleißen — intense light accompanied with heat
• German: Brennen — intense light accompanied with heat
• German: Lodern — intense light accompanied with heat
• Hindi: धधक (dhadhak) — intense light accompanied with heat
• Marathi: प्रखर उजेड (prakhar ujeḍ) — intense light accompanied with heat
• Dutch: bles — white or lighter-coloured marking
• Dutch: kol — white or lighter-coloured marking
• Finnish: liekkikuvio — white or lighter-coloured marking
• German: Blesse — white or lighter-coloured marking
• Hungarian: csillag — white or lighter-coloured marking
• Hungarian: hóka — white or lighter-coloured marking
• Punjabi: ਫੁੱਲੀ (phullī) — white or lighter-coloured marking
• Swedish: bläs — white or lighter-coloured marking
• Turkish: sakar — white or lighter-coloured marking
• French: balise — waymark
• Assamese: জলা (zola) — to be on fire
• Assamese: জ্বলা (zola) — to be on fire
• Bulgarian: пламтя (plamtja) — to be on fire
• Catalan: flamejar — to be on fire
• Czech: plápolat — to be on fire
• Finnish: roihuta — to be on fire
• Finnish: palaa — to be on fire
• French: brûler — to be on fire
• French: flamber — to be on fire
• German: lodern — to be on fire
• German: brennen — to be on fire
• Ancient Greek: αἴθω (aíthō) — to be on fire
• Hindi: प्रज्वलित (prajvalit) — to be on fire
• Hungarian: lángol — to be on fire
• Ingrian: lemissä pallaa — to be on fire
• Latvian: liesmot — to be on fire
• Māori: kongange — to be on fire
• Māori: tora — to be on fire
• Māori: pūkauri — to be on fire
• Russian: пыла́ть (pylátʹ) — to be on fire
• Russian: полыха́ть (polyxátʹ) — to be on fire
• Spanish: flamear — to be on fire
• Swedish: brinna — to be on fire
• Tocharian B: sälp- — to be on fire
• Bulgarian: сияя (sijaja) — to shine like a flame
• Bulgarian: светя (svetja) — to shine like a flame
• Catalan: flamejar — to shine like a flame
• Catalan: lluir — to shine like a flame
• Catalan: brillar — to shine like a flame
• Czech: zářit — to shine like a flame
• Finnish: hehkua — to shine like a flame
• Finnish: loistaa — to shine like a flame
• French: briller — to shine like a flame
• German: strahlen — to shine like a flame
• German: gleißen — to shine like a flame
• German: bescheinen — to shine like a flame
• German: ausleuchten — to shine like a flame
• Irish: las — to shine like a flame
• Māori: mura — to shine like a flame
• Portuguese: brilhar — to shine like a flame
• Russian: сверка́ть (sverkátʹ) — to shine like a flame
• Russian: сия́ть (sijátʹ) — to shine like a flame
• Spanish: flamear — to shine like a flame
• Spanish: llamear — to shine like a flame
• Swedish: skina — to shine like a flame
• Swedish: stråla — to shine like a flame
• Finnish: hehkua — poetic: to shine brightly
• Finnish: sytyttää — to set in a blaze; burn
• Finnish: polttaa — to set in a blaze; burn
• Czech: zářit — to cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly
• Finnish: hehkuttaa — to cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly
• Finnish: raivota — to be furiously angry
• Finnish: pössyttää — to smoke marijuana
• Finnish: merkitä — to set a mark on
• Bulgarian: пробивам път (probivam pǎt) — to mark or cut a route
• Finnish: merkitä — to mark or cut a route
• Finnish: raivata — to mark or cut a route
• French: baliser — to mark or cut a route
• German: kennzeichnen — to mark or cut a route
• Māori: kowata — to mark or cut a route
• Finnish: raivata — to set a precedent
• Finnish: olla edelläkävijä — to set a precedent