# ble
## Translingual
### Symbol

ble
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Balanta-Kentohe.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Balanta-Kentohe terms

## Catalan
### Etymology

Possibly from a reconstructed *bledino-, a derivation of Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”). Among the many common names in the languages of Europe for Verbascum thapsus (the common mullein), whose long leaves were historically used to make wicks, are the equivalents of “wolf's tail” or “fox's tail”. (For example, Welsh cynffon llwynog (“fox's tail”), dialectal Catalan cua de guilla (“fox's tail”).)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈblɛ]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈblə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈble]

### Noun

ble m (plural blens)
* wick
    Synonym: metxa
    llum de ble ― candle, oil lamp (literally, “wick lamp”)
** 1900, Marià Vayreda i Vila, “Rufagades”, in Sanch Nova:—Perque no'ns hi ajuda com ara'l sol. Que's creu que'l bevem nosaltres el ví? Nosaltres no soms més que'l blè de la llumanera. Si falta l'oli'l blè's consumeix y'l llum s'apaga.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* blenera

### Further reading

* “ble” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ble”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “ble” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “ble” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse blæja (“sheet, blanket”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål bleie, Icelandic bleia, Swedish blöja.

### Noun

ble c (singular definite bleen, plural indefinite bleer)
* diaper, nappy; An absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent.

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: bleia, bleyja

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French bleu (“blue”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ble/

### Adjective

ble
* blue

## Lakota
### Etymology

Cognate with Dakota bdé

### Noun

ble
* lake

## Louisiana Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blø/
* Rhymes: -ø

### Adjective

ble
* Alternative form of blé (“blue”)

### Noun

ble
* Alternative form of blé (“blue”)

### See also

Colors in Louisiana Creole · koulær-yé (layout · text) :
| blan | gri | nwa, nwar |
| rouj | zoranj; brun, maron | jonn, jònn |
| | vè, vèr, vær, væt | vè fonsé |
| sèrsèl | | blé, ble |
| vyolé, vyolèt | lila | ròz, roz |

## Neapolitan
### Alternative forms

* blo

### Noun

ble ? (plural [please provide])
* blue

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

ble
* past of bli

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bleðja.

#### Verb

ble (present tense bler, past tense bledde, past participle bledd, present participle bleande, imperative ble)
* (transitive, intransitive) (while reading) to turn the page, to sift through a book, pamphlet or other
    Synonym: bla
* (transitive) to sort

##### Related terms

* blad n

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ble (present tense bler, past tense blei, supine blitt)
* (Stavanger) Eye dialect spelling of bli.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bleː/
* Rhymes: -eː

### Etymology 1

From earlier p'le, from pa le (“which place”), mutated so as to show adverbial usage.

#### Adverb

ble
* where
    Synonyms: le, lle, pa le, ymhle

##### Usage notes

Mutation of ble is unusual in that its mutated forms derive from the original p'le, resulting in ble (soft), mhle (nasal) and phle (aspirate). Usage of mhle and phle is limited, if at all found in the case of the latter, with users preferring an unmutable ble in all contexts.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ble
* Soft mutation of ple (“plea”).

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.