bloom

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English and Jewish surname converged from several origins: * Middle English blom (“ingot”), from Old English blōma (“lump of iron”) * Swedish Blom * Dutch Bloem, see bloem (“flower”) * Spelling variant of Blum

From Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Doublet of bloom (“spongy mass of metal”); see there for more.

From Middle English blome, from Old English blōma (“lump of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Bloom, bluum, blööm (“flower”), Saterland Frisian Bloume (“flower”), West Frisian and Limburgish blom (“flower”), Bavarian Bleame, Bleaml, Bleampl (“flower”), Dutch bloem, blom (“flower”), German Blume (“flower”), Luxembourgish Blumm (“flower”), Vilamovian błum (“flower”), West Flemish blomme (“flower”), Yiddish בלום (blum, “flower”), Danish blomme (“flower”), Faroese blóma (“flower”), Icelandic blóm (“flower”), Norwegian Nynorsk blom, blome (“flower”), Swedish blomma (“flower”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma, “lily”), Vandalic *bluma (“flower”); also Breton bleuñv (“flowers; flowering”), Cornish blejan, blejen, bleujen, bleujenn (“blossom, flower”), Irish bláth (“flower”), Manx blaa (“flower; heyday”), Scottish Gaelic blàth (“bloom, blossom, flower; consequence, effect; heyday”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Latin flōs (“blossom, flower”), Greek φύλλο (fýllo, “leaf; blade; sheet; foil, plate”), Armenian բող (boġ), բոխի (boxi, “a kind of bitter field-plant, probably horse fennel, Hippomarathrum or a kind of fennel or wild parsley”), Tocharian A pält (“leaf; blade”), Tocharian B pilta (“leaf; blade”), Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla, “full-blown flower”), पुल्ल (pulla, “flower”). Related to blow, blade, blead; also related to flower, foil, and belladonna.

From Middle English bloom (“a blossom”).

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: цъфтеж (cǎftež) — the state of blossoming
• Bulgarian: цъфтене (cǎftene) — the state of blossoming
• Czech: rozkvět — the state of blossoming
• Finnish: kukinta — the state of blossoming
• French: floraison — the state of blossoming
• French: en fleurs — the state of blossoming
• French: efflorescence — the state of blossoming
• Italian: fioritura — the state of blossoming
• Romanian: înflorire — the state of blossoming
• Russian: цвет (cvet) — the state of blossoming
• Russian: расцве́т (rascvét) — the state of blossoming
• Russian: цвете́ние (cveténije) — the state of blossoming
• Northern Sami: lieđđun — the state of blossoming
• Urdu: کھلنا (khilnā) — the state of blossoming
• Bulgarian: разцвет (razcvet) — state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor
• Bulgarian: свежест (svežest) — state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor
• French: fleur — state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor
• Māori: ngarurutanga — state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor
• Russian: цвет (cvet) — state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor
• Russian: расцве́т (rascvét) — state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor
• Bulgarian: пух (puh) — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• Catalan: pruïna — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• Dutch: rijp — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• Dutch: waas — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• Finnish: nukka — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• French: pruine — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• French: velours — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• French: duvet — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• German: Reifbelag — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• Italian: pruina — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• Māori: hanamā — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• Romanian: brumă — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• Spanish: pruina — delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
• Finnish: kukka — mineralogy: a popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals
• French: fleur — mineralogy: a popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals
• Finnish: harmaantuminen — white area of cocoa butter
• French: voile — white area of cocoa butter
• French: blanchiment — white area of cocoa butter
• Spanish: blanqueo — white area of cocoa butter
• Spanish: blanqueamiento — white area of cocoa butter
• Bulgarian: блума (bluma) — the spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process
• Bulgarian: брус (brus) — the spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process
• Danish: luppe — the spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process
• French: loupe — the spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process
• German: Luppe — the spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process
• Manx: bloom — the spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process
• Portuguese: lupa — the spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process
• Russian: кри́ца (kríca) — the spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process
• Spanish: lupa — the spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process
• Bulgarian: разцъфвам (razcǎfvam) — cause to bloom; make flourish
• Finnish: saada kukkimaan — cause to bloom; make flourish
• Latin: vernō — cause to bloom; make flourish
• Russian: зацвести́ (zacvestí) — cause to bloom; make flourish
• Spanish: florecer — cause to bloom; make flourish
• Swedish: blomma — cause to bloom; make flourish
• Bulgarian: разцъфвам (razcǎfvam) — flourish
• Esperanto: flori — flourish
• Finnish: kukkia — flourish
• German: blühen — flourish
• Northern Sami: lieđđut — flourish
• Spanish: florecer — flourish
• Ukrainian: цвісти́ (cvistý) — flourish
• Finnish: harmaantua — of chocolate