"blake" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /bleɪk/ Audio: En-us-blake.ogg Forms: blaker [comparative], more blake [comparative], blakest [superlative], most blake [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪk Etymology: From Middle English blak, blac (“pale”), from Old English blāc (“pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing”) and Old Norse bleikr (“pale; yellow, pink; any non-red warm color”); both from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; shining”). Compare Scots bleg (“light, drab”). More at bleak. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blak}} Middle English blak, {{inh|en|ang|blāc||pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing}} Old English blāc (“pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing”), {{der|en|non|bleikr||pale; yellow, pink; any non-red warm color}} Old Norse bleikr (“pale; yellow, pink; any non-red warm color”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*blaikaz||pale; shining}} Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; shining”), {{cog|sco|bleg||light, drab}} Scots bleg (“light, drab”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} blake (comparative blaker or more blake, superlative blakest or most blake), {{tlb|en|UK|_|dialectal|Northern England|poetic|uncommon}} (UK dialectal, Northern England, poetic, uncommon)
  1. Yellow, as butter or cheese. Tags: Northern-England, UK, dialectal, poetic, uncommon Categories (topical): Yellows Related terms: pallid
    Sense id: en-blake-en-adj-h0baF69e Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Northern England English, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 27 35 14 3 5 3 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 33 48 9 2 2 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 47 12 2 2 1 1 2

Inflected forms

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