blake

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English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bleɪk/
• Rhymes: -eɪk

Adjective

blake (comparative blaker or more blake, superlative blakest or most blake) (UK dialectal, Northern England, poetic, uncommon)

1. Yellow, as butter or cheese.

See also

• Thesaurus:pallid

Anagrams

• Balke, Kabel, Kaleb, bleak

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

blake

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of blaken

Anagrams

• balke, kabel

German

Pronunciation

Verb

blake

1. inflection of blaken:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English blāc (“pale”).

Adjective

blake

1. pale, pallid, yellowish
   • 1205, Lay, quoted in the NED:

   • 1400, St. Alexius (Cott.), 236:

   • 1420, Anturs Arth. li: *: Thayre blees weren so blake. Alle blake was thayre blees.
   • 1530, Palsgr., 306: *: Blake, wan of colour.

Etymology 2

Adjective

blake

1. Alternative form of blak

Etymology 3

Verb

blake

1. Alternative form of bloken