blande

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse blanda, from Proto-Germanic *blandaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-.

Verb

blande (imperative bland, infinitive at blande, present tense blander, past tense blandede, perfect tense har blandet)

1. to mix

Further reading

• “blande” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “blande” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Interlingua

Adjective

blande

1. bland, mild

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblan.de/
• Rhymes: -ande
• Hyphenation: blàn‧de

Adjective

blande

1. feminine plural of blando

Anagrams

• blenda

Latin

Etymology

From blandus (“flattering, pleasant”) +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈblan.deː/, [ˈbɫ̪än̪d̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈblan.de/, [ˈblän̪d̪e]

Adverb

blandē (comparative blandius, superlative blandissimē)

1. flatteringly, soothingly

   Synonym: blanditer

2. courteously

Related terms

• blandiēns
• blandiloquentia
• blandīmentum
• blandior
• blanditer
• blanditia
• blandītus
• blandus

References

• “blande”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “blande”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• blande in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse blanda, from Proto-Germanic *blandaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-.

Verb

blande (imperative bland, present tense blander, passive blandes, simple past and past participle blanda or blandet, present participle blandende)

1. to mix, blend
2. to mingle
3. to shuffle (cards)

Derived terms

• aldersblandet
• blandbar
• blandemaskin
• blander (noun)
• ferdigblandet
• sammenblanding

References

• “blande” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• blanda
• blainn (Trøndelag eye dialect)

Etymology

From Old Norse blanda, from Proto-Germanic *blandaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-. Akin to English blend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²blɑndə/
• IPA^(key): /blaɲ/ (Trøndelag, Northern Norway)

Verb

blande (present tense blandar, past tense blanda, past participle blanda, passive infinitive blandast, present participle blandande, imperative blande/bland)

1. to mix, blend

Derived terms

• blandar (noun)
• blandbar
• blandemaskin

References

• “blande” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑn.de/

Verb

blande

1. inflection of blandan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Spanish

Verb

blande

1. inflection of blandir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative