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blood

/bˈlʌd/BLUHD
/bˈlʌd/BLUHD

Meaningblood

Common meaning: the red fluid in veins

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishblodsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishbloodsource
  3. Englishblood‘the red fluid in veins’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English blod ‘blood’.

Roots

  • blod Old English “blood”

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