bloodshed

English

Alternative forms

• bloudshed (obsolete)

Etymology

From attested early forms of such phrases as "there was much blood shed"; equivalent to blood +‎ shed, past participle of shed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/

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Noun

bloodshed (usually uncountable, plural bloodsheds)

1. (literally) The shedding or spilling of blood.
2. A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
3. (obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
4. (obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.

Synonyms

• bloodletting
• bloodbath, carnage

Related terms

• bloodshedder
• bloodshedding

Translations

shedding or spilling of blood

• Arabic: سَفْك الدِّمَاء m (safk ad-dimāʔ), إِرَاقَة الدَّم f (ʔirāqat ad-dam)
• Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunaheġutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: qantökmə
• Belarusian: кровапралі́цце n (krovapralíccje)
• Bulgarian: кръвопроли́тие (bg) n (krǎvoprolítie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流血 (zh) (liúxuè, liúxuě, liúxiě)

• Czech: krveprolití n, krveprolévání n
• Dutch: bloedbad (nl) n, bloedvergieten (nl) n
• Estonian: verevalamine
• Finnish: verenvuodatus
• French: effusion de sang f
• Galician: derramamento de sangue m
• Georgian: სისხლისღვრა (sisxlisɣvra)
• German: Blutvergießen (de) n, Blutbad (de) n
• Greek: αιματοχυσία (el) f (aimatochysía)

  Ancient: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)

• Hebrew: שְפִיכוּת דָמִים (he) f (shfikhut damim)
• Hindi: खूनखराबा m (khūnakhrābā), खुनखराबा (hi) m (khunakhrābā), सफ्क (hi) m (saphk), हिंसन (hi) m (hinsan), हिंसा (hi) f (hinsā), रक्तपात (hi) m (raktapāt), मारकाट (hi) f (mārkāṭ)
• Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
• Irish: doirteadh fola m
• Italian: spargimento di sangue
• Japanese: 流血 (ja) (りゅうけつ, ryūketsu)
• Korean: 유혈(流血) (ko) (yuhyeol), 류혈(流血) (ko) (ryuhyeol) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: кан төгүү n (kan tögüü)
• Lithuanian: kraujo praliejimas
• Macedonian: крвопролевање n (krvoprolevanje)
• Malay: pertumpahan darah
• Old English: blōdgyte m
• Persian: خونریزی (fa) (xunrêzi)
• Polish: rozlew krwi m
• Portuguese: derramamento de sangue m
• Russian: кровопроли́тие (ru) n (krovoprolítije)
• Scottish Gaelic: dòrtadh-fala m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: крвопролиће n

  Roman: krvoproliće n

• Slovak: krvipreliatie n, krviprelievanie n
• Slovene: prelivanje krvi n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kšejpśelaśe n

• Spanish: derramamiento de sangre m, derrame de sangre m, hechos de sangre m pl
• Swahili: umwagaji damu
• Swedish: blodsutgjutelse (sv) c, blodspillan (sv) c
• Tajik: хунрезӣ (xunrezī)
• Ukrainian: кровопроли́ття n (krovoprolýttja)
• Uzbek: xunrezlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự đổ máu
• Welsh: tywallt gwaed m

carnage, destruction of life, slaughter

• Arabic: سَفْك الدِّمَاء m (safk ad-dimāʔ)
• Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunaheġutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: qantökmə, qırğın
• Bulgarian: клане (bg) n (klane)
• Czech: krveprolití n
• Dutch: bloedbad (nl) n, bloedvergieten (nl) n, slachting (nl)
• Estonian: veresaun (et), verevalamine
• Finnish: verenvuodatus, verilöyly (fi)
• French: carnage (fr) m
• Georgian: სისხლისღვრა (sisxlisɣvra)
• German: Blutvergießen (de) n, Blutbad (de) n
• Greek: αιματοκύλισμα (el) n (aimatokýlisma)

  Ancient: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)

• Hindi: खूनखराबा m (khūnakhrābā), खुनखराबा (hi) m (khunakhrābā), सफ्क (hi) m (saphk), हिंसन (hi) m (hinsan), हिंसा (hi) f (hinsā), रक्तपात (hi) m (raktapāt), मारकाट (hi) f (mārkāṭ)
• Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
• Italian: ecatombe (it), carneficina (it)
• Maori: tārukenga
• Middle English: larder
• Ottoman Turkish: قان (kan)
• Polish: przelew krwi m, rozlew krwi (pl) m
• Portuguese: carnificina (pt) f, massacre (pt) m
• Russian: кровопроли́тие (ru) n (krovoprolítije), резня́ (ru) f (reznjá)
• Scottish Gaelic: dòrtadh-fala m
• Spanish: matanza (es) f, carnicería (es) f
• Swahili: umwagaji damu
• Swedish: blodsutgjutelse (sv) c, blodspillan (sv) c

shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ

• Dutch: bloedoffer n
• Finnish: verenvuodatus (general), veriuhri (death of Christ)

bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye

• Finnish: verestys (fi)
• Irish: sreangshúil f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שפיכות דמים (he) f (shfikhut damim)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} krvoproliće n
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} krvoprolíće n
• Sindhi: ^{(please verify)} رتوڇاڻ (sd) m (rattochhaann)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} derramamiento de sangre m

Further reading

• “bloodshed”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• shed blood