different between blat vs slat

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

Imitative. First attested in 1846 in the intransitive sense of "bleat". Compare English bleat, Old English bl?tan (“to bleat”).

Verb

blat (third-person singular simple present blats, present participle blatting, simple past and past participle blatted)

1. (intransitive) To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat.
2. (intransitive) To make a senseless noise.
   • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

     A moment later the engine roared into life. Exhaust blatted through the straight-pipes; people stopped on the street to look.

3. To talk inconsiderately; blab.
4. To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
5. (transitive) To utter loudly or foolishly; blurt.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian ???? (blat), from Polish blat (“cover, umbrella”) or Yiddish ?????? (blat, “leaf, list”). Doublet of blade.

Noun

blat (uncountable)

1. The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).

   Synonym: guanxi (from Chinese)

   • 2005, Adam Czarnota, Martin Krygier, Wojciech Sadurski, Rethinking the Rule of Law After Communism, page 334:

     The bribe caused the inflation of the social capital defined as blat. Monetarization of social relations led to the inflation of the social investments that the ordinary citizen has put in their blat networks. Only blat networks of the powerful survived ...

   • 2017, Joseph S. Berliner, "Blat", in David Twichell, The shallow stratigraphy and sand resources offshore of the Mississippi bar, age 326:

     The distinction between the use of blat for personal enrichment and for smoothing the work of the enterprise was emphasized in the interview testimony. [...] The supply agent, for example, often has large quantities of money at his disposal for arranging his blat, much of which he might use for himself but which he devotes instead to making deals of advantage to the enterprise.

Translations

Anagrams

• Balt, Balt.

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bl?dum, from Frankish *bl?d (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?daz, *bl?d? (“flower, leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to flower; leaf”). Compare French blé.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?blat/
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

blat m (uncountable)

1. wheat

Derived terms

• blat de moro

Further reading

• “blat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bla?t/

Noun

blat m

1. collective of blata: several rocks; rock as a mass or material

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *blad?.

Noun

blat n

1. leaf
2. page (of a book)
3. panel (in a door)
4. tongue, blade
5. any flat surface or object

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: blad
  • Afrikaans: blad
• Limburgish: blaad

Further reading

• “blat”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “blat (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Occitan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bl?dum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blat/

Noun

blat m (plural blats)

1. wheat

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blait, from Proto-Germanic *blaitaz. Cognate with Old High German bleizza (“stain, blue, livor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl??t/

Adjective

bl?t (comparative bl?tra, superlative bl?tast, adverb bl?te)

1. pale, livid, ghastly

Declension

Derived terms

• bl?tian

Related terms

• bl?tan

Descendants

• Middle English: *blat, *blate, *blot, *blote
  • >? Scots: blate, blait

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *blad?, whence also Old Saxon blad, Old English blæd, Old Norse blað. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?l?h?oto-, from *b?leh?-.

Noun

blat n (plural bletir)

1. leaf

Descendants

• Middle High German: blat
  • Alemannic German: Blatt

    Swabian: [Term?]

  • Central Franconian: Blatt, Blat

    Hunsrik: Blaat

    Luxembourgish: Blat

  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon: [Term?]

    Vilamovian: b?ot

  • East Franconian: [Term?]
  • German: Blatt
  • Rhine Franconian: Blaat, Blatt

    Pennsylvania German: Blatt

  • Yiddish: ?????? (blat)

Polish

Etymology

From German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *blad?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blat/

Noun

blat

1. the flat surface of a table

Romanian

Etymology 1

From German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *blad? (“leaf”); akin to Low German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade, Danish and Swedish blad. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ?????? (phúllon), Latin folium.

Noun

blat n (plural blaturi)

1. (cooking) sheet, layer

Etymology 2

From Russian ???? (blat, “cronyism”), from Polish blat (“the flat surface of a table”) or Yiddish ?????? (blat), from German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *blad? (“leaf”).

Noun

blat n (plural blaturi)

1. (slang) illegal activity, particularly travelling on a train without a ticket.
2. (soccer) match fixing

Derived terms

• blatist
• bl?tui

Declension

English

Etymology

Old French esclat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

slat (plural slats)

1. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath) or metal.

   slats of a window blind
2. (aeronautical) A movable control surface at the leading edge of a wing that when moved, changes the chord line of the airfoil, affecting the angle of attack. Employed in conjunction with flaps to allow for a lower stall speed in the landing attitude, facilitating slow flight.
3. (skiing, slang) A ski.
   • 2005, Richard V. Shriver, Gold to Refine (page 31)

     I never got down that hill without losing at least one of my skis! Clarence didn't lose his slats. The straps went over his boots and held them in place. If he fell, he risked breaking a foot or leg, but the slats stayed on.

4. A thin piece of stone; a slate.

Derived terms

• slatback
• slatless

Translations

Verb

slat (third-person singular simple present slats, present participle slatting, simple past and past participle slatted)

1. To construct or provide with slats.
2. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
   • 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent

     "How did you kill him?" "Slatted his brains out."

3. (Britain, dialect) To split; to crack.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

4. To set on; to incite.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alts, LTAs, SALT, Salt, TLAs, alts, last, lats, salt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish slat, from Proto-Celtic *slatt? (“stalk, staff”). Cognate with Welsh llath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?l??at??/

Noun

slat f (genitive singular slaite, nominative plural slata or slatacha)

1. rod, slender stick

   Synonyms: bata, maide

2. cane, switch

   Synonym: cána

3. wand
4. slender bar, rod
5. rail
6. sapling, slip, scion
7. (anatomy) penis

   Synonym: bod

8. (measurement) yard

   Synonym: cleith

9. (in the plural) outskirts

Declension

Alternative strong plural form: slatacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Old English

Verb

sl?t

1. first/third-person singular preterite of sl?tan

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

slat f (genitive singular slait or slaite, plural slatan)

1. stick, rod, twig, switch, wand
2. yard (unit of length)
3. (vulgar, slang, anatomy) penis

Derived terms

See also

• mìle (“mile”)
• òirleach (“inch”)
• troigh (“foot”)

Mutation