blare
English
/blɛə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- A loud sound.
- Dazzling, often garish, brilliance.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bleren derived from Middle Dutch bleren (cry, shout, bleat, bawl) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (blow, bleat, swell, blow up, cry, yellow, surge, overflow, run, puff up, blue, inflate, grey).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleh₁-
Gloss
blow, bleat, swell, blow up, cry, yellow, surge, overflow, run, puff up, blue, inflate, grey
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ablare English
- blur English
- inflate English
- cōnflātus Latin
- flemen Latin
- florus Latin
- fluō Latin
- flō Latin
- īnflātiō Latin
- Geplärre German
- plärren German
- blaar Dutch, Flemish
- blaren Dutch, Flemish
- bleiten Dutch, Flemish
- blèren Dutch, Flemish
- inflatie Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *blēaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēdrǭ Proto-Germanic
- *blēsaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēstaz Proto-Germanic
- *blēstuz Proto-Germanic
- *blētijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēwaz Proto-Germanic
- fløyt Norwegian Nynorsk
- *blerian Old English
- bleren Middle English
- blása Old Norse
- blástr Old Norse
- *blějati Proto-Slavic
- flahute Old French
- blase Middle Dutch
- blasen Middle Dutch
- bleren Middle Dutch
- blaar Afrikaans
- flatulent Middle French
- *blerien Old Dutch
- *flāō Proto-Italic
- *flēō Proto-Italic
- blaitand Scots
- *(s)blèwsa Proto-Albanian