bloodshed

English

Alternative forms

bloudshed (obsolete)

Etymology

From blood +‎ shed.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/
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Noun

bloodshed (usually uncountable, plural bloodsheds)

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

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Translations

shedding or spilling of blood

Arabic: سَفْك اَلدِّمَاء‎ m (safk ad-dimāʾ), إِرَاقَة الدَم‎ f (ʾirāqat ad-dam)
Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunahełutʿyun)
Belarusian: кровапралі́цце n (krovapralíccje)
Bulgarian: кръвопроли́тие (bg) n (krǎvoprolítie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流血 (zh) (liúxuè, liúxiě)
Czech: krveprolití n
Dutch: bloedbad (nl) n, bloedvergieten (nl) n
Finnish: verenvuodatus
French: effusion de sang f
Galician: derramamento de sangue m
Georgian: სისხლისღვრა (sisxlisɣvra)
German: Blutvergießen (de) n
Greek: αιματοχυσία (el) f (aimatochysía)
Ancient: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)
Hebrew: שפיכות דמים‎ (he) f (shfikhut damim)
Hungarian: vérontás (hu)

Italian: spargimento di sangue
Japanese: 流血 (りゅうけつ, ryūketsu)
Korean: 유혈 (ko) (yuhyeol) (流血 (ko))
Kyrgyz: кан төгүү (ky) n (kan tögüü)
Persian: خونریزی‎ (fa) (xunrizi)
Polish: rozlew krwi (pl) m
Portuguese: derramamento de sangue m
Russian: кровопроли́тие (ru) n (krovoprolítije)
Scottish Gaelic: dòrtadh-fala m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: крвопролиће n

Roman: krvoproliće (sh) n
Spanish: derramamiento de sangre m, derrame de sangre m, hechos de sangre m pl
Swedish: blodsutgjutelse c, blodspillan c
Ukrainian: кровопроли́ття n (krovoprolýttja)
Vietnamese: sự đổ máu (vi)

carnage, destruction of life, slaughter

Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunahełutʿyun)
Bulgarian: клане (bg) n (klane)
Czech: krveprolití n
Dutch: bloedbad (nl) n, bloedvergieten (nl) n, slachting (nl)
Finnish: verenvuodatus, verilöyly (fi)
French: carnage (fr) m
Georgian: სისხლისღვრა (sisxlisɣvra)
Greek: αιματοκύλισμα (el) n (aimatokýlisma)
Ancient: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)

Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
Italian: ecatombe (it), carneficina (it)
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
Swedish: blodsutgjutelse c, blodspillan 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

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Translations to be checked

German: ^{(please verify)} Blutvergießen (de) n, ^{(please verify)} Blutbad (de)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שפיכות דמים‎ (he) f (shfikhut damim)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} krvoproliće (sh) n

Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} krvoprolíće (sh) n
Sindhi: ^{(please verify)} رتوڇاڻ‎ (sd) m (rattochhaann)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} derramamiento (es) m de sangre

References

bloodshed in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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