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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈblɜː/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /bləː/
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• General-American: /blɝ/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /blʌɾ/
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• New-Zealand, Wales: /bløː/
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• /bleː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /blɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
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• homophone: blare
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• homophone: Blair (both fair–fur merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: B L ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian (attested in āblered (“made bare, made bald”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”). Compare Scots blore, bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”). More at blear.

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: vlekje — A smear, smudge or blot
• Dutch: smet — A smear, smudge or blot
• Dutch: veeg — A smear, smudge or blot
• Estonian: plekk — A smear, smudge or blot
• Finnish: tahra — A smear, smudge or blot
• French: tache — A smear, smudge or blot
• French: salissure — A smear, smudge or blot
• French: marque — A smear, smudge or blot
• German: Verschleierung — A smear, smudge or blot
• German: Unklarheit — A smear, smudge or blot
• German: Unschärfe — A smear, smudge or blot
• Hungarian: folt — A smear, smudge or blot
• Polish: rozmaz — A smear, smudge or blot
• Polish: plama — A smear, smudge or blot
• Portuguese: borrão — A smear, smudge or blot
• Spanish: borrón — A smear, smudge or blot
• Dutch: onduidelijke plek — Something that appears hazy or indistinct
• Dutch: nevelig beeld — Something that appears hazy or indistinct
• Finnish: sumeus — Something that appears hazy or indistinct
• Finnish: hämäryys — Something that appears hazy or indistinct
• French: flou — Something that appears hazy or indistinct
• German: Ahnung — Something that appears hazy or indistinct
• German: verschwommenes Bild — Something that appears hazy or indistinct
• Hungarian: homály — Something that appears hazy or indistinct
• Māori: makaro — Something that appears hazy or indistinct
• Polish: rozmazany — Something that appears hazy or indistinct
• Arabic: غَشَّى (ḡaššā) — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Arabic: غَبَّش (ḡabbaš) — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Bulgarian: размазване (razmazvane) — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Bulgarian: разма́жа (razmáža) — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Catalan: difuminar — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Catalan: esborrar — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Chinese Cantonese: 模糊 (mou4 wu4) — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Chinese Cantonese: 麻查 (maa4 caa4) — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Chinese: 霧霧 /雾雾 (bū-bū) — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Chinese Mandarin: 模糊 (móhu) — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Czech: rozostřit — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Czech: rozmazat — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Dutch: vervagen — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Estonian: hämardama — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Finnish: sumentaa — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Finnish: hämärtää — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• French: estomper — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• French: brouiller — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• German: verschwimmen — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• German: verwischen — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Hungarian: elhomályosít — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Hungarian: kiblőröz — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Hungarian: kitakar — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Hungarian: homályossá tesz — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Hungarian: elken — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Hungarian: összemos — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Icelandic: má — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Italian: sbavare — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Italian: offuscare — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Japanese: ぼかす (bokasu) — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Māori: whakamakaro — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Occitan: foscar — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Occitan: trebolar — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Polish: rozmazywać — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Polish: rozmazać — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Polish: zamglić — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Portuguese: desfocar — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Russian: разма́зать (razmázatʹ) — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Serbo-Croatian: razmutiti — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Spanish: desdibujar — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Spanish: difuminar — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Spanish: borrar — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Spanish: esfuminar — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Spanish: difumar — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Ukrainian: розте́рти (roztérty) — make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
• Arabic: لَطَّخَ (laṭṭaḵa) — smear, stain or smudge
• Arabic: بَقَّعَ (baqqaʕa) — smear, stain or smudge
• Czech: rozmazat — smear, stain or smudge
• Dutch: bevlekken — smear, stain or smudge
• Dutch: bekladden — smear, stain or smudge
• Dutch: bezoedelen — smear, stain or smudge
• Estonian: määrima — smear, stain or smudge
• Finnish: tahrata — smear, stain or smudge
• German: verschmieren — smear, stain or smudge
• Hungarian: összemaszatol — smear, stain or smudge
• Hungarian: összeken — smear, stain or smudge
• Polish: mazać — smear, stain or smudge
• Polish: rozmazywać — smear, stain or smudge
• Polish: rozmazać — smear, stain or smudge
• Polish: smużyć — smear, stain or smudge
• Portuguese: borrar — smear, stain or smudge
• Spanish: borrar — smear, stain or smudge
• Spanish: manchar — smear, stain or smudge
• Chinese Cantonese: 模糊 (mou4 wu4) — become indistinct
• Chinese Cantonese: 麻查 (maa4 caa4) — become indistinct
• Chinese: 霧霧 /雾雾 (bū-bū) — become indistinct
• Chinese Mandarin: 模糊 (móhu) — become indistinct
• Czech: rozmazat se — become indistinct
• Czech: rozostřit se — become indistinct
• Dutch: vervagen — become indistinct
• Estonian: lahtuma — become indistinct
• Finnish: sumentua — become indistinct
• Finnish: hämärtyä — become indistinct
• French: s'estomper — become indistinct
• German: verschwimmen — become indistinct
• Hungarian: elhomályosodik — become indistinct
• Hungarian: elmosódottá/életlenné válik — become indistinct
• Hungarian: összemosódik — become indistinct
• Japanese: ぼける (bokeru) — become indistinct
• Korean: 흐릿해지다 (heurithaejida) — become indistinct
• Polish: rozmazywać się — become indistinct
• Polish: rozmazać się — become indistinct
• Spanish: esfumarse — become indistinct
• German: unscharf machen — to transfer the input focus away from