blé
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French blé, from Old French blet, from Early Medieval Latin blādum, from Frankish *blād (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz (“flower, leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, blossom”). Cognate with Old English blǣd (“produce, blossom, fruit”), Old High German blāt (“blossoming, labour pains”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ble/
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Noun
blé m (plural blés)
- wheat, corn
- (slang) dough, cash
- 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Alexander:
- Je croyais que les gens qui travaillaient étaient plus équilibrés que les autres, ou au moins que qu'ils faisaient semblant, même s'ils font un travail merdique, même s'ils ne gagnent pas de blé.
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Derived terms
- blé noir
- blé d'Inde
- caille des blés
- fauché comme les blés
- rat de blé
Further reading
- “blé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Lakota
Noun
blé
Louisiana Creole
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from French bleu (“blue”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ble/
- Rhymes: -e
Adjective
blé
- blue (of a blue color)
See also
blan | gri | nwa, nwar |
rouj | zoranj; brun, maron | jonn, jònn |
vè, vèr, vær, væt | vè fonsé | |
sèrsèl | blé, ble | |
vyolé, vyolèt | lila | ròz, roz |
Old French
Noun
blé oblique singular, m (oblique plural blez, nominative singular blez, nominative plural blé)