different between blake vs blase

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English blak, blac (“pale”), from Old English bl?c (“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

• Rhymes: -e?k

Adjective

blake (comparative blaker or more blake, superlative blakest or most blake)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, poetic) Pale; wan; sallow; yellow.

Synonyms

• (sickly pale): see also Thesaurus:pallid

Etymology 2

From the Middle English bl?ken, the northern reproduction (the form in the south was bl?ken, whence the verb bloke) of the Old English bl?cian (“to become pale”), from bl?c (“shining, white, pale”).

Verb

blake (third-person singular simple present blakes, present participle blaking, simple past and past participle blaked)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To become pale.

Anagrams

• Balke, Kaleb, bleak

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

blake

1. (archaic) 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

Adjective

blake

1. Alternative form of blak

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

blase

1. Alternative spelling of blasé

Anagrams

• Ables, Basel, Basle, Bleas, Sabel, Sable, ables, albes, baels, bales, beals, labes, sable, saleb

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaz/
• Homophones: blasent, blases

Etymology 1

Verb

blase

1. first-person singular present indicative of blaser
2. third-person singular present indicative of blaser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of blaser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of blaser
5. second-person singular imperative of blaser

Etymology 2

Clipping of blason.

Noun

blase m (plural blases) (slang)

1. name
2. nose

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?z?

Verb

blase

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English blæse, blase, from Proto-Germanic *blas?.

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) blaese, blease
• blese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bla?z(?)/, /?bl??z(?)/

Noun

blase (plural blases or blasen)

1. A fire or burning, especially referring to its flaming.
2. (rare) A lamp or signal; fire used as lighting.
3. (rare) A bright thing or object.

Descendants

• English: blaze
• Scots: bleize, blase, blese, bleise, bleis, bleeze
• Yola: blaze, bleaze

References

• “bl?se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-27.

Etymology 2

Verb

blase

1. Alternative form of blasen

Old English

Alternative forms

• blæse

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blas?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?.se/, [?bl?.ze]

Noun

blase f

1. torch
2. blaze

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: blase, blaese, blease
  • English: blaze
  • Scots: bleize, blase, blese, bleise, bleis, bleeze
  • Yola: blaze, bleaze