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blat.

sheet, layer

4 characters1 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. sheet, layer

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *bladą (“leaf”); akin to Low German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade, Danish and Swedish blad. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), Latin folium.

noun
  1. illegal activity, particularly travelling on a train without a ticket.

    neuter · slang
  2. match fixing

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Russian блат (blat, “cronyism”), from Polish blat (“the flat surface of a table”) or Yiddish בלאַט (blat), from German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *bladą (“leaf”).

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