different between bleat vs blet

English

Alternative forms

• blate, blait (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English bleten, from Old English bl?tan (“to bleat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bl?tijan, from Proto-Germanic *bl?tijan? (“to bleat”). Cognate with Scots blete, bleit, West Frisian bâlte, blaaien, blêtsje (“to bleat”), Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), Low German bleten (“to bleat”), German blaßen, blässen (“to bleat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bli?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Noun

bleat (plural bleats)

1. The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

Synonyms

• (sheep's cry): baa, baaing, bleating

Translations

Verb

bleat (third-person singular simple present bleats, present participle bleating, simple past and past participle bleated)

1. Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound.
2. (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain.

   The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems.

Synonyms

• (make the characteristic cry of a sheep or goat): baa
• (complain): kvetch (US), moan, whinge (UK), whine

Translations

Anagrams

• ablet, blate, table

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blautaz, whence also Old High German bl?z (“naked”), Old Norse blautr. More at blouse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blæ???t/

Adjective

bl?at

1. wretched

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: *blete, *bleet
  • Scots: bleat, blait, bleet

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bl?t, from Proto-Germanic *blautaz.

Adjective

bleat

1. bare, naked
2. poor

Inflection

Further reading

• “bleat (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French blettir, coined by John Lindley.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /bl?t/

Verb

blet (third-person singular simple present blets, present participle bletting, simple past and past participle bletted)

1. To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.

Related terms

• bletting

Translations

See also

• ripening
• rotting

References

Anagrams

• Belt, belt

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

blet (feminine singular blette, masculine plural blets, feminine plural blettes)

1. overripe

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• blé
• bled

Etymology

From Frankish *bl?d (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?daz, *bl?d? (“flower, leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhl?dh-, *bhl?w-, *bhol- (“to flower; leaf”).

Noun

blet m (oblique plural blez or bletz, nominative singular blez or bletz, nominative plural blet)

1. wheat

Descendants

• French: blé