Phrase guide

blood type

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: /ˈblʌd taɪp/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any classification of human blood by the presence or absence of various antigens in a person’s red blood cells.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any classification of human blood by the presence or absence of various antigens in a person’s red blood cells.

One of eight possible classifications within the ABO and Rh blood group systems, commonly used to determine a person's compatibility for blood transfusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blood group

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: blood

Narrower terms: A, type A, group A, B, type B, group B, AB, type AB, group AB, O, type O, group O, Rh-positive blood type, Rh positive, Rh-negative blood type, Rh-negative blood, Rh negative

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bloedgroep — blood classification
  • Arabic: فَصِيلَة دَم — blood classification
  • Aragonese: grupo sanguinio — blood classification
  • Armenian: արյան խումբ (aryan xumb) — blood classification
  • Assamese: ৰক্তদল (roktodol) — blood classification
  • Asturian: grupu sanguineu — blood classification
  • Azerbaijani: qan qrupu — blood classification
  • Bashkir: ҡан төркөмө (qan törkömö) — blood classification
  • Basque: odol talde — blood classification
  • Bengali: রক্তের গ্রুপ (rokter grup) — blood classification
  • Bulgarian: кръвна група (krǎvna grupa) — blood classification
  • Burmese: သွေးအုပ်စု (swe:upcu.) — blood classification
  • Catalan: grup sanguini — blood classification
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血型 (xuèxíng) — blood classification
  • Chuvash: юн ушкӑнӗ (jun uškănĕ) — blood classification
  • Czech: krevní skupina — blood classification
  • Danish: blodtype — blood classification
  • Dutch: bloedgroep — blood classification
  • Esperanto: sangogrupo — blood classification
  • Estonian: veregrupp — blood classification
  • Finnish: veriryhmä — blood classification
  • French: groupe sanguin — blood classification
  • Galician: grupo sanguíneo — blood classification
  • German: Blutgruppe — blood classification
  • Greek: ομάδα αίματος (omáda aímatos) — blood classification
  • Gujarati: રક્તના પ્રકાર (raktanā prakār) — blood classification
  • Hebrew: סוג דם — blood classification
  • Hindi: रक्त प्रकार (rakt prakār) — blood classification
  • Hindi: रक्त समूह (rakt samūh) — blood classification
  • Hungarian: vércsoport — blood classification
  • Ido: sangogrupo — blood classification
  • Indonesian: golongan darah — blood classification
  • Interlingua: gruppo sanguinari — blood classification
  • Irish: fuilghrúpa — blood classification
  • Irish: tíopáil fola — blood classification
  • Italian: gruppo sanguigno — blood classification
  • Japanese: 血液型 (ketsuekigata) — blood classification
  • Kazakh: қан тобы (qan toby) — blood classification
  • Korean: 혈액형 (hyeoraekhyeong) — blood classification
  • Central Kurdish: کۆمەڵەی خوێن (komelley xwên) — blood classification
  • Northern Kurdish: komeleya xwînê — blood classification
  • Kyrgyz: кан тобу (kan tobu) — blood classification
  • Lao: ຫມວດເລືອດ (mūat lư̄at) — blood classification
  • Latin: genus sanguinis — blood classification
  • Latvian: asinsgrupa — blood classification
  • Lithuanian: kraujo grupė — blood classification
  • Macedonian: крвна група (krvna grupa) — blood classification
  • Malay: jenis darah — blood classification
  • Marathi: रक्तगट (raktagaṭ) — blood classification
  • Moksha: веронь группась (veroń gruppaś) — blood classification
  • Mongolian: цусны бүлэг (cusny büleg) — blood classification
  • Nepali: रक्त समूह (rakta samūha) — blood classification
  • Occitan: grop sanguin — blood classification
  • Odia: ରକ୍ତ ଶ୍ରେଣୀ (rakta śreṇi) — blood classification
  • Pashto: د وینې ګروپ — blood classification
  • Persian: گروه خونی — blood classification
  • Polish: grupa krwi — blood classification
  • Portuguese: tipo sanguíneo — blood classification
  • Portuguese: grupo sanguíneo — blood classification
  • Punjabi: ਖੂਨ ਕਿਸਮ (khūn kisam) — blood classification
  • Punjabi: بلڈ گروپ (blḍ grop) — blood classification
  • Romanian: grupă sangvină — blood classification
  • Russian: гру́ппа кро́ви (grúppa króvi) — blood classification
  • Sardinian: tropa de sambene — blood classification
  • Serbo-Croatian: крвна група — blood classification
  • Serbo-Croatian: krvna grupa — blood classification
  • Slovak: krvná skupina — blood classification
  • Slovene: krvna skupina — blood classification
  • Spanish: grupo sanguíneo — blood classification
  • Spanish: tipo de sangre / sanguíneo / sanguino / hemático — blood classification
  • Spanish: tipiaje (Americanism) — blood classification
  • Sundanese: golongan getih — blood classification
  • Swahili: aina ya damu — blood classification
  • Swedish: blodgrupp — blood classification
  • Tajik: гурӯҳи хунӣ (gurüh-i xuni) — blood classification
  • Tamil: குருதி வகை (kuruti vakai) — blood classification
  • Telugu: శ్రేణి (śrēṇi) — blood classification
  • Telugu: రక్త వర్గం (rakta vargaṁ) — blood classification
  • Thai: หมู่เลือด (mùu-lʉ̂ʉat) — blood classification
  • Thai: หมู่โลหิต (mùu-loo-hìt) — blood classification
  • Turkish: kan grubu — blood classification
  • Ukrainian: група крові (hrupa krovi) — blood classification
  • Urdu: بلڈ گروپ — blood classification
  • Uzbek: qon guruhi — blood classification
  • Vietnamese: nhóm máu — blood classification
  • Yakut: хаан группата (qaan gruppata) — blood classification