bla

See also: BLA, blá, blä, blå, bl.a., and bl a

Translingual

Symbol

bla

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Blackfoot.

English

Interjection

bla

1. Alternative form of blah (“imitative of idle, meaningless talk”)
   • 2016, Richard Bean, Up On Roof:

     […] Chair of the Women's Committee, bla bla bla, said she won't vote to let Turkey into the EU until Turkish men improve as lovers, […]

Australian Kriol

Preposition

bla

1. Alternative form of blanga

Catalan

Alternative forms

• blan (Balearic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin blandus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbla]

Adjective

bla (feminine blana, masculine plural blans, feminine plural blanes)

1. soft

   Synonym: tou

2. (figurative) mild, docile

   Synonym: dòcil

3. smooth

   Synonym: suau

4. (figurative) smooth, gentle

   Synonyms: suau, dolç, benigne

Derived terms

• ablanir
• blanejar
• blanesa
• blanet
• blanor
• ou blan

 

Related terms

• blandícia

Further reading

• “bla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بِلا (bi-lā, literally “with not”). By surface analysis, b’ +‎ le.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaː/
• Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to /bla/.

Preposition

bla

1. without (an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)

   bla ħalib ― without milk

Usage notes

• Bla negates the preposition b’. It is followed by a noun without any article or determiner. In all other cases, especially for the negation of ma’, the preposition mingħajr is used.

Spanish

Noun

bla m (plural blas)

1. blah (idle talk)

Derived terms

• blablablá, bla bla bla, bla-bla-bla
• blablá, bla bla, bla-bla

Further reading

• “bla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Adverb

bla

1. Misspelling of bl.a..

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaː/

Noun

bla

1. Soft mutation of pla.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pla	bla	mhla	phla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.