From Middle English blome, from Old English blōma (“lump of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian Bloom, bluum, blööm (“flower”), Saterland Frisian Bloume (“flower”), West Frisian and Limburgish blom (“flower”), Bavarian Bleame, Bleaml, Bleampl (“flower”), Dutch bloem, blom (“flower”), German Blume (“flower”), Luxembourgish Blumm (“flower”), Vilamovian błum (“flower”), West Flemish blomme (“flower”), Yiddish בלום (blum, “flower”), Danish blomme (“flower”), Faroese blóma (“flower”), Icelandic blóm (“flower”), Norwegian Nynorsk blom, blome (“flower”), Swedish blomma (“flower”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma, “lily”), Vandalic *bluma (“flower”); also Breton bleuñv (“flowers; flowering”), Cornish blejan, blejen, bleujen, bleujenn (“blossom, flower”), Irish bláth (“flower”), Manx blaa (“flower; heyday”), Scottish Gaelic blàth (“bloom, blossom, flower; consequence, effect; heyday”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Latin flōs (“blossom, flower”), Greek φύλλο (fýllo, “leaf; blade; sheet; foil, plate”), Armenian բող (boġ), բոխի (boxi, “a kind of bitter field-plant, probably horse fennel, Hippomarathrum or a kind of fennel or wild parsley”), Tocharian A pält (“leaf; blade”), Tocharian B pilta (“leaf; blade”), Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla, “full-blown flower”), पुल्ल (pulla, “flower”). Related to blow, blade, blead; also related to flower, foil, and belladonna.
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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"2": "enm",
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},
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},
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"2": "ang",
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},
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*blōmô",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”)"
},
{
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"args": {
"1": "2",
"2": "cog"
},
"expansion": "Cognates"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "Bloom"
},
"expansion": "North Frisian Bloom"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Bloume",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian Bloume (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "fy,li",
"2": "blom",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian and Limburgish blom (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "bar",
"2": "Bleame"
},
"expansion": "Bavarian Bleame"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bloem"
},
"expansion": "Dutch bloem"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Blume",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "German Blume (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "lb",
"2": "Blumm",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Luxembourgish Blumm (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
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"1": "wym",
"2": "błum",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Vilamovian błum (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "vls",
"2": "blomme",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "West Flemish blomme (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "yi",
"2": "בלום",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Yiddish בלום (blum, “flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "blomme",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Danish blomme (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "blóma",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Faroese blóma (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "blóm",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic blóm (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "blom"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk blom"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "blomma",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Swedish blomma (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰",
"t": "lily"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma, “lily”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "xvn",
"2": "*bluma",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Vandalic *bluma (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "bleuñv",
"t": "flowers; flowering"
},
"expansion": "Breton bleuñv (“flowers; flowering”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "blejan"
},
"expansion": "Cornish blejan"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "bláth",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Irish bláth (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "gv",
"2": "blaa",
"t": "flower; heyday"
},
"expansion": "Manx blaa (“flower; heyday”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
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"1": "gd",
"2": "blàth",
"t": "bloom, blossom, flower; consequence, effect; heyday"
},
"expansion": "Scottish Gaelic blàth (“bloom, blossom, flower; consequence, effect; heyday”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "blodyn",
"t": "flower"
},
"expansion": "Welsh blodyn (“flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "flōs",
"t": "blossom, flower"
},
"expansion": "Latin flōs (“blossom, flower”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "φύλλο",
"t": "leaf; blade; sheet; foil, plate"
},
"expansion": "Greek φύλλο (fýllo, “leaf; blade; sheet; foil, plate”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "բող"
},
"expansion": "Armenian բող (boġ)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "xto",
"2": "pält",
"t": "leaf; blade"
},
"expansion": "Tocharian A pält (“leaf; blade”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "txb",
"2": "pilta",
"t": "leaf; blade"
},
"expansion": "Tocharian B pilta (“leaf; blade”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "फुल्ल",
"t": "full-blown flower"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla, “full-blown flower”)"
}
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"blome#Middle_English"
],
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōmô"
],
[
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"Bloom#North_Frisian"
],
[
"bluum",
"bluum#North_Frisian"
],
[
"blööm",
"blööm#North_Frisian"
],
[
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"Bloume#Saterland_Frisian"
],
[
"West Frisian",
"blom#West_Frisian"
],
[
"blom",
"blom#Limburgish"
],
[
"Bleame",
"Bleame#Bavarian"
],
[
"Bleaml",
"Bleaml#Bavarian"
],
[
"Bleampl",
"Bleampl#Bavarian"
],
[
"bloem",
"bloem#Dutch"
],
[
"blom",
"blom#Dutch"
],
[
"Blume",
"Blume#German"
],
[
"Blumm",
"Blumm#Luxembourgish"
],
[
"błum",
"błum#Vilamovian"
],
[
"blomme",
"blomme#West_Flemish"
],
[
"בלום",
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[
"blomme",
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],
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"blóma",
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],
[
"blóm",
"blóm#Icelandic"
],
[
"blom",
"blom#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
],
[
"blome",
"blome#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
],
[
"blomma",
"blomma#Swedish"
],
[
"𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰",
"𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰#Gothic"
],
[
"*bluma",
"Reconstruction:Vandalic/bluma"
],
[
"bleuñv",
"bleuñv#Breton"
],
[
"blejan",
"blejan#Cornish"
],
[
"blejen",
"blejen#Cornish"
],
[
"bleujen",
"bleujen#Cornish"
],
[
"bleujenn",
"bleujenn#Cornish"
],
[
"bláth",
"bláth#Irish"
],
[
"blaa",
"blaa#Manx"
],
[
"blàth",
"blàth#Scottish_Gaelic"
],
[
"blodyn",
"blodyn#Welsh"
],
[
"flōs",
"flos#Latin"
],
[
"φύλλο",
"φύλλο#Greek"
],
[
"բող",
"բող#Armenian"
],
[
"բոխի",
"բոխի#Armenian"
],
[
"pält",
"pält#Tocharian_A"
],
[
"pilta",
"pilta#Tocharian_B"
],
[
"फुल्ल",
"फुल्ल#Sanskrit"
],
[
"पुल्ल",
"पुल्ल#Sanskrit"
],
[
"blow",
"blow#English"
],
[
"blade",
"blade#English"
],
[
"blead",
"blead#English"
],
[
"flower",
"flower"
],
[
"foil",
"foil"
],
[
"belladonna",
"belladonna"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process."
],
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