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語源

From 中期英語 bleten, from 古期英語 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”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈbliːt/
• 韻: -iːt

名詞

bleat (plural bleats)

1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

同意語

• (sheep's cry): baa, baaing, bleating

派生語

動詞

bleat (third-person singular simple present bleats, present participle bleating, simple past and past participle bleated)

1. (onomatopoeia) Of a sheep, goat, or calf: to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound.

   Synonym: blat

   Near-synonym: baa (sheep and goat)

   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 99:

     In the year 1633, the Bridget Nuns, near Xanthus, behaved like sheep, jumping about and bleating continuously.

2. (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain.

   Near-synonyms: kvetch, moan, whinge, whine, holler

   The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems.

3. (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to say things of little importance to the listener.

   Near-synonyms: drone on, go on

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     She came skipping to me just now, clapping her little hands and bleating about how very, very happy she was, dear Mrs Travers. The silly young geezer. I nearly conked her one with my trowel.

   • 2016, James Lovegrove, Age of Heroes‎, Solaris, →ISBN:

     I can't have, for instance, Heracles come bleating to me at some future date, asking please can he have his bow back, and getting all stroppy when I refuse to tell him where it is.

   • 2025 October 11, Jo Ellison, “The forever 35 face of fashion”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23:

     Am I the odd one out for thinking this is quite alarming? That I should find it weird to see a 41-year-old influencer bleating about her “bleph”.

派生語

アナグラム

• ablet, table, belta, Taleb, blate

発音

• IPA: /blæ͜ɑːt/
• 韻: -æ͜ɑːt

形容詞

blēat

1. wretched, miserable

語形変化

派生語

• wælblēat

派生した語

• Middle English: *blete, *bleet
  • Scots: bleat, blait, bleet