"bleat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbliːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bleat.wav Forms: bleat A sheep bleating [canonical], bleats [plural]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From Middle English bleten, from Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”), from Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Cognate with Scots blete, bleit, West Frisian bâlte, blaaien, blêtsje (“to bleat”), Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), Low German bleten (“to bleat”), German blaßen, blässen (“to bleat”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₁-|id=bleat}}, {{inh|en|enm|bleten}} Middle English bleten, {{inh|en|ang|blǣtan|t=to bleat}} Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*blātijan}} Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*blētijaną|t=to bleat}} Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₁-||to howl, cry, bleat}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰel-||to make a loud noise}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”), {{cog|sco|blete}} Scots blete, {{cog|fy|bâlte}} West Frisian bâlte, {{cog|nl|blaten|t=to bleat}} Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), {{cog|nds|bleten|t=to bleat}} Low German bleten (“to bleat”), {{cog|de|blaßen}} German blaßen Head templates: {{en-noun}} bleat (plural bleats)
  1. The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat. Synonyms (sheep's cry): baa, baaing, bleating Derived forms: bleaty, heather-bleat Translations (cry of a sheep or a goat): blegërij (Albanian), βληχή (blēkhḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ثُغَاء (ṯuḡāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), مَأْمَأَة (maʔmaʔa) (Arabic), блеене (bleene) (Bulgarian), bel [masculine] (Catalan), باع (ba') (Central Kurdish), باڵاندن (ballandin) (Central Kurdish), bečení [neuter] (Czech), bek [masculine] (Czech), mečení [neuter] (Czech), mæh (Danish), geblaat [neuter] (Dutch), beo (Esperanto), jarm [neuter] (Faroese), jarman [feminine] (Faroese), jarming [feminine] (Faroese), määkiminen (Finnish), määintä (Finnish), bêlement (english: sheep's cry) [masculine] (French), bêlement (english: goat's cry) [masculine] (French), béguètement [masculine] (French), Blöken [neuter] (German), βέλασμα (vélasma) [neuter] (Greek), פעיה (pe'iyá) [feminine] (Hebrew), חניבה (chanivá) [feminine] (Hebrew), jarmur [masculine] (Icelandic), bramo (Ido), embik (Indonesian), embek (Indonesian), belato [masculine] (Italian), balatus [masculine] (Latin), embek (Malay), blǣt [masculine] (Old English), blǣtung (Old English), bek [masculine] (Polish), balido [masculine] (Portuguese), бле́янье (bléjanʹje) [neuter] (Russian), бле́яние (bléjanije) [neuter] (Russian), meig (Scottish Gaelic), migead (Scottish Gaelic), meigead (Scottish Gaelic), blejanje (Serbo-Croatian), balido (english: sheep's bleat) [masculine] (Spanish), bräkande [neuter] (Swedish), mee (Tagalog), me (Tagalog), me (Turkish), meleme (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blate, blait [Scotland]

Verb

IPA: /ˈbliːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bleat.wav Forms: bleats [present, singular, third-person], bleating [participle, present], bleated [participle, past], bleated [past]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From Middle English bleten, from Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”), from Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Cognate with Scots blete, bleit, West Frisian bâlte, blaaien, blêtsje (“to bleat”), Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), Low German bleten (“to bleat”), German blaßen, blässen (“to bleat”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₁-|id=bleat}}, {{inh|en|enm|bleten}} Middle English bleten, {{inh|en|ang|blǣtan|t=to bleat}} Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*blātijan}} Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*blētijaną|t=to bleat}} Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₁-||to howl, cry, bleat}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰel-||to make a loud noise}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”), {{cog|sco|blete}} Scots blete, {{cog|fy|bâlte}} West Frisian bâlte, {{cog|nl|blaten|t=to bleat}} Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), {{cog|nds|bleten|t=to bleat}} Low German bleten (“to bleat”), {{cog|de|blaßen}} German blaßen Head templates: {{en-verb}} bleat (third-person singular simple present bleats, present participle bleating, simple past and past participle bleated)
  1. Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound. Synonyms (make the characteristic cry of a sheep or goat): baa Translations (to make the cry of a sheep or goat): βληχάομαι (blēkháomai) (Ancient Greek), مَأْمَأَ (maʔmaʔa) (Arabic), ثَغَا (ṯaḡā) (Arabic), блея (bleja) (Bulgarian), belar (Catalan), bečet [imperfective] (Czech), mečet [imperfective] (Czech), bræge (Danish), mæe (Danish), blaten (Dutch), blèren (Dutch), bei (Esperanto), jarma (Faroese), määkiä (english: sheep) (Finnish), päkättää (english: goat) (Finnish), bêler (english: sheep or goat) (French), bégueter (english: goat) (French), chevroter (French), bradar (Galician), blöken (German), βελάζω (velázo) (Greek), פעה (pa'á) (Hebrew), חנב (chanáv) (Hebrew), jarma (Icelandic), bramar (Ido), bääkkää (Ingrian), bäkättää (Ingrian), belare (Italian), vēkšt (Latgalian), bālō (Latin), blēt (Latvian), mengembek (Malay), bleten (Middle English), blǣtan (Old English), beczeć [imperfective] (Polish), balir (Portuguese), бле́ять (bléjatʹ) (Russian), mèil (Scottish Gaelic), meigeall (Scottish Gaelic), blejati (Serbo-Croatian), balar (Spanish), bräka (Swedish), mumee (Tagalog), melemek (Turkish), brefu (Welsh)
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  2. (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): Animal sounds Synonyms (complain): kvetch [US], moan, whinge [UK], whine Translations (informal: to complain): fňukat [imperfective] (Czech), kňourat [imperfective] (Czech), mekkeren (Dutch), marista (Finnish), rouspéter (French), blöken (German), βελάζω (velázo) (Greek), bramar (Ido), beczeć [imperfective] (Polish), бле́ять (bléjatʹ) (Russian)
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  3. (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to say things of little importance to the listener. Tags: derogatory, informal
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blate, blait [Scotland] Derived forms: debleat, outbleat

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
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          "word": "bei"
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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "jarma"
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          "english": "sheep",
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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "määkiä"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "päkättää"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "bêler"
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          "english": "goat",
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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "bégueter"
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          "_dis1": "92 7 1",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "chevroter"
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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "bradar"
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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "blöken"
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          "word": "jarma"
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          "word": "bramar"
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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "belare"
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          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "vēkšt"
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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "mengembek"
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          "_dis1": "92 7 1",
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          "word": "bleten"
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          "word": "beczeć"
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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "balir"
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          "word": "бле́ять"
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          "_dis1": "92 7 1",
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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "mèil"
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          "_dis1": "92 7 1",
          "code": "gd",
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          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "meigeall"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
          "word": "blejati"
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          "_dis1": "92 7 1",
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      "sense": "sheep's cry",
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      "sense": "sheep's cry",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
      "word": "blegërij"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ṯuḡāʔ",
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      "word": "ثُغَاء"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
      "word": "блеене"
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      ],
      "word": "bel"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
      "word": "mæh"
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      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "geblaat"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jarm"
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      "code": "fo",
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      ],
      "word": "jarman"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "määkiminen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "fr",
      "english": "goat's cry",
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      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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      ],
      "word": "béguètement"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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      ],
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "code": "ang",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "belar"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "word": "blaten"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "blèren"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bei"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "jarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "sheep",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "määkiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "goat",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "päkättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "sheep or goat",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bêler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "goat",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bégueter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "chevroter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bradar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "blöken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "velázo",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "βελάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "blēkháomai",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "βληχάομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pa'á",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "פעה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "chanáv",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "חנב"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "jarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bramar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bääkkää"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bäkättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "belare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "vēkšt"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bālō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "blēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "mengembek"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bleten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "blǣtan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "beczeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "balir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bléjatʹ",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "бле́ять"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "mèil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "meigeall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "blejati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "balar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bräka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "mumee"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "melemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "brefu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "fňukat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kňourat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "mekkeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "marista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "rouspéter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "blöken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "velázo",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "βελάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "bramar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "beczeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bléjatʹ",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "бле́ять"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bleat"
}

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