different between blet vs boet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French blettir, coined by John Lindley.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /bl?t/

Verb

blet (third-person singular simple present blets, present participle bletting, simple past and past participle bletted)

1. To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.

Related terms

• bletting

Translations

See also

• ripening
• rotting

References

Anagrams

• Belt, belt

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

blet (feminine singular blette, masculine plural blets, feminine plural blettes)

1. overripe

Further reading

• “blet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• blé
• bled

Etymology

From Frankish *bl?d (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?daz, *bl?d? (“flower, leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhl?dh-, *bhl?w-, *bhol- (“to flower; leaf”).

Noun

blet m (oblique plural blez or bletz, nominative singular blez or bletz, nominative plural blet)

1. wheat

Descendants

• French: blé

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans boet (“brother, comrade”), from a Zealandic, West Flemish boet (“boy, youth”), probably a hypocoristic form of broeder (“brother”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: bo?ot, IPA^(key): /b?t/

Noun

boet (plural boets)

1. (South Africa, informal) A brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
2. (South Africa, informal) A familiar form of address: pal, mate.

References

• OED Draft Entry December 2004

Anagrams

• -to-be, Beto, Tebo, Tobe, beot, bote, to-be, tobe

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo???ð/, [?b?o?ð?], [?b?oð?ð?]

Noun

boet n

1. definite singular of bo

Verb

boet

1. past participle of bo

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ut

Verb

boet

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of boeten
2. imperative of boeten

Latin

Verb

boet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of bo?

Middle English

Noun

boet

1. Alternative form of bot (“boat”)

Swedish

Noun

boet

1. definite singular of bo

Anagrams

• beto