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blad.

a leaf (including in the broad sense that includes needles and the like (to botanists and often not to other people, in both Swedish and English – not a technical word in itself))

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/¹blɑːd/[¹bl̪ɑːd̪]
  1. a leaf (including in the broad sense that includes needles and the like (to botanists and often not to other people, in both Swedish and English – not a technical word in itself))

    neuter
  2. a petal or sepal (on a flower)

    neuter
  3. a sheet (of paper)

    neuter
  4. a sheet (of paper) a page

    neuter
    vända blad
  5. a paper ((copy of a) newspaper)

    colloquial · neuter
    läsa något i morgonbladet
    Aftonbladet
  6. a blade (of a tool, device, weapon, or the like)

    neuter
    knivens blad
    propellerblad
  7. leaf (thin sheet of material)

    neuter
    bladguld
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish blaþ, from Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Cognate with English blade.

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