bleda

See also: Bleda, bledà, and bledá

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin bēta, by contamination of blitum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈblɛ.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈblə.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈble.ða]

Noun

bleda f (plural bledes)

1. a type of vegetable, Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris, which yields beetroot and chard

   Synonym: bledera

2. a passive person

   Synonyms: fava, flasc, fleuma

Related terms

• bledà
• bledanament
• bledania
• bledanar
• bledar
• bleda-rave
• bledera

Further reading

• “bleda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin blitum.

Noun

bleda f (plural bledas)

1. chard

   Synonyms: celga, encelga, lampaza

Further reading

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bleda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbleː.dɑ/

Noun

blēda

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of blēd

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

bleda

1. inflection of bled:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural