ble

Concepts

wick

lock

🔒

taper

Synonyms

floc

Translations

mèche

mecha

stoppino

mecha

🔒

pavio

Docht

ricciolo

lucignolo

sghemba

fīlum

mergulus

lok

lont

kaarsenpit

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈblɛ]

Etymology

Possibly from a reconstructed *bledino-, a derivation of Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”). Among the many common names in the languages of Europe for Verbascum thapsus (the common mullein), whose long leaves were historically used to make wicks, are the equivalents of “wolf's tail” or “fox's tail”. (For example, Welsh cynffon llwynog (“fox's tail”), dialectal Catalan cua de guilla (“fox's tail”).)