bleat

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

Verb

1. Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry of baas; of a human, to mimic this sound.
2. (derogatory, informal) Of a person, to complain.
3. (derogatory, informal) Of a person, to say things of little importance to the listener.

Concepts

bêler

bêlement

crier

blatérer

bégueter

béguètement

chevroter

hurler

rouspéter

beugler

miauler

mugir

ricaner

braire

dire des bêtises

brailler

Synonymes

baa

bray

whine

bellow

bleating

growl

squeal

moo

neigh

blat

roar

whinny

blate

gripe

bitch

complain

call

grumble

cry

😢

vociferate

whimper

hoot

shout

snivel

trumpet

🎺

utter

yell

breathe heavily

nit-pick

quetch

blubber out

cause to bleat

bawl

beef

blubber

bugle

call out

carp

chirp

croak

cry out

grizzle

grouch

grouse

howl

laugh

😆

make a sound

meow

mew

mewl

Traductions

balar

blöken

belare

blaten

βελάζω

βέλασμα

balir

balido

grommen

balken

brullen

belato

balare

meckern

balar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbliːt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: bleten

Hérité de ancien anglais: blǣtan

Appartenant à écossais: blete

Appartenant à frison occidental: bâlte

Appartenant à néerlandais: blaten

Appartenant à bas-allemand: bleten

Appartenant à allemand: blaßen

In summary

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”).