Blood

English

Noun

blood (uncountable)

1. A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
2. a 'natural' relative, such as a brother, sister, parent, etc.
3. when used (possibly improperly) in the plural short for blood tests or blood samples

Related terms

• blood brother
• blood blister
• blood donor
• blood product
• blood pudding
• blood sausage
• blood sport
• bloodletting
• bloody
• first blood

Translations

• Anglo-Saxon: blód n
• Breton: gwad m
• Bulgarian: кръв f
• Croatian: krv f
• Czech: krev f
• Danish: blod n
• Dutch: bloed n
• Esperanto: sango
• Estonian: veri (1)
• Finnish: veri (1), verisukulainen (2), verikoe (3)
• French: sang m
• Frisian: bloed n
• German: Blut n
• Greek: (aima)
• Guarani: uguy (t-)
• Hebrew: דָּם he (dam) m
• Hungarian: vér (1), vérrokon (2)
• Indonesian: darah
• Interlingua: sanguine
• Japanese: 血 (ち, chi), 血液 (けつえき , ketsueki)
• Kalaallisut: aak
• Korean: 피 (pi)
• Latin: sanguis
• Latenkwa : xu
• Low Saxon: blood n
• Northern Sami: varra
• Norwegian: blod n
• Polish: krew f
• Portuguese: sangue m
• Romanian: sânge n
• Romanica: sanguine f
• Russian: кровь ru (krov')
• Slovak: krv f
• Slovene: kri f (1)
• Spanish: sangre f
• Swedish: blod n
• Tupinambá: ugûy (t-)

Verb

to blood

1. To cause something to be covered with blood (also bloody).

Translations

• bloeden

Adjective

blood

1. The colour of blood.

Translations

• Dutch: bloed-
• Finnish: verenpunainen
• Hungarian: vérszínû , vörös , vérvörös

See also

• Wikipedia article on blood

Low Saxon

Noun

blood n

1. blood