bled

• IPA^(key): /ˈbled/
• Rhymes: -ɛd

See bleed.

bled

1. simple past tense and past participle of bleed

From French bled, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد‎ (bilād).

bled (plural bleds)

1. (in parts of French North Africa) Hinterland, field.

bled m (uncountable)

1. middle of nowhere

From Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد‎ (bilād)

• IPA^(key): /blɛd/

bled m (plural bleds)

1. (somewhat derogatory) village
   • 2017, Elh Kmer (lyrics), “Homicide”, in Indépendant:

     Je ferais pas d’efforts d’intégration si ce bled ne m’aime pas

     I won’t make any effort in order to be part of the community if this village doesn’t like me.

• “bled” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

bled

1. Alternative form of blede

• blǣd

Derivative of blōwan (“to bloom, blossom”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbleːd/

blēd f

1. a shoot, branch
2. foliage, leaves; a leaf
3. a flower, blossom; a bloom
4. fruit; a fruit
5. a harvest, crop; yield, produce

• ofett

• Middle English: blede, bled
  • English: blead

bled n

1. leaf

• North Frisian:

  Föhr: bleed

  Hallig: blää

• Saterland Frisian: Blääd
• West Frisian: bled

• (Ijekavian): blijȇd

From Proto-Slavic *blědъ.

• IPA^(key): /blêːd/

blȇd (definite blȇdī, comparative blȅđī, Cyrillic spelling бле̑д)

1. pale, pallid

bled (plural bleds)

1. sheet (of paper)