blende

See also: Blende

English

Alternative forms

• blind, blinde

Etymology

From German Blende, from blenden (“deceive”) (because it resembles galena).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛnd/
• Rhymes: -ɛnd
• Homophone: blend

Noun

blende (countable and uncountable, plural blendes)

1. (mineralogy) sphalerite (a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc)
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 310:

     The procedure up here with ordinary local zinc blende had been straightforward—first you got the sulfur to go off by roasting the blende to zinc oxide, and then you reduced the oxide to zinc metal.

Derived terms

• blendous
• ruby blende

Translations

sphalerite — see sphalerite

Anagrams

• Belden, Bendel, bendel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛn.də/

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• Hyphenation: blen‧de
• Rhymes: -ɛndə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Blende.

Noun

blende f (uncountable)

1. metallic sulphide, in particular blende

Derived terms

• pekblende

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

blende

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of blenden

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

blende m (plural blendes)

1. (mineralogy) blende

Further reading

• “blende”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

blende

1. inflection of blenden:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blende, from blenden (“to blind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblɛndɛ]
• Hyphenation: blen‧de
• Rhymes: -dɛ

Noun

blende (plural blendék)

1. (photography) aperture (the opening of a photographic lens that can be adjusted to control the amount of light passing through)

   Synonym: rekesz

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	blende	blendék
accusative	blendét	blendéket
dative	blendének	blendéknek
instrumental	blendével	blendékkel
causal-final	blendéért	blendékért
translative	blendévé	blendékké
terminative	blendéig	blendékig
essive-formal	blendeként	blendékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	blendében	blendékben
superessive	blendén	blendéken
adessive	blendénél	blendéknél
illative	blendébe	blendékbe
sublative	blendére	blendékre
allative	blendéhez	blendékhez
elative	blendéből	blendékből
delative	blendéről	blendékről
ablative	blendétől	blendéktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	blendéé	blendéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	blendééi	blendékéi

Possessive forms of blende
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	blendém	blendéim
2nd person sing.	blendéd	blendéid
3rd person sing.	blendéje	blendéi
1st person plural	blendénk	blendéink
2nd person plural	blendétek	blendéitek
3rd person plural	blendéjük	blendéik

Further reading

• blende in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛn.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛnde
• Hyphenation: blèn‧de

Noun

blende f

1. plural of blenda