blee
English
/bliː/
noun
Definitions
- (rare) Colour, hue.
- (archaic) Colour of the face, complexion, colouring.
- (archaic) Consistency, form, texture.
- (East Anglia) General resemblance, likeness; appearance, aspect, look.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blee, ble (colour, hue) inherited from Old English blēo (blue) derived from *blīu (colour, lightAdjective, hue, lead, glad, light, blee).
Origin
*blīu
Gloss
colour, lightAdjective, hue, lead, glad, light, blee
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blyth English
- Blythe English
- Blei German
- Bleicarbonat German
- Bleichromat German
- Bleierz German
- Bleifuß German
- Bleigehalt German
- Bleigewinnung German
- Bleigießen German
- Bleikammerverfahren German
- Bleikathode German
- Bleilegierung German
- Bleioxid German
- Bleiplatte German
- Bleistift German
- Bleisulfat German
- Bleisulfid German
- Bleivergiftung German
- Rohblei German
- Rotbleierz German
- bleifarben German
- bleigrau German
- bleihaltig German
- bleischwer German
- *blīþiz Proto-Germanic
- bigos Polish
- bleo Old English
- bleoread Old English
- bliþelice Old English
- blēo Old English
- blīþe Old English
- blee, ble Middle English
- blithe Middle English
- blý Old Norse
- bly Danish
- bliaut Old French
- blý Icelandic
- blio Old High German
- blīo Old High German
- bli Middle High German
- *blīu gmw-pro
- *blīwī gmw-pro
- blī Old Frisian
- Bläier Saterland Frisian