blet
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French blettir, coined by John Lindley.[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editblet (third-person singular simple present blets, present participle bletting, simple past and past participle bletted)
- To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
Related terms
editTranslations
editTo undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening
See also
editReferences
edit- ^
John Lindley (1835) Introduction to Botany, page 296:
- After the period of ripeness, most fleshy fruits undergo a new kind of alteration; their flesh either rots or blets. […] May I be forgiven for coining a word to express that peculiar bruised appearance in some fruits, called blessi [sic] by the French, for which we have no equivalent English expression ?
Emphasis and footnote in original, and though written as blessi, the French word for bletted is blette, and Lindley coined “blet”, suggesting an error in the text.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin blitum, from Ancient Greek βλίτον (blíton).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editblet m (plural blets)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “blet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editblet (feminine blette, masculine plural blets, feminine plural blettes)
Further reading
edit- “blet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Lithuanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian блядь (bljadʹ).
Interjection
editblet
- (vulgar) used as filler or intensifier
- Ką tu padarei blet?
- What the fuck did you do?
- Žinojau, blet! Žinojau!
- I fucking knew this!
Usage notes
edit- Sometimes used in conjunction with kurva, a feature most likely unique to Lithuanian swearing.
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Early Medieval Latin bladum.
Noun
editblet oblique singular, m (oblique plural blez or bletz, nominative singular blez or bletz, nominative plural blet)
Descendants
edit- French: blé
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