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]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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

Further reading

• “bleda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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 (Cyrillic spelling бледа)

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