blake

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English blak, blac (“pale”), from Old English blāc (“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 === IPA(key): /bleɪk/ Rhymes: -eɪk === Adjective === blake (comparative blaker or more blake, superlative blakest or most blake) (UK dialectal, Northern England, poetic, uncommon) Yellow, as butter or cheese. === See also === Thesaurus:pallid === Anagrams === Balke, Kabel, Kaleb, bleak == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === blake (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of blaken === Anagrams === balke, kabel == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === blake inflection of blaken: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English blāc (“pale”). ==== Adjective ==== blake pale, pallid, yellowish 1205, Lay, quoted in the NED: 1400, St. Alexius (Cott.), 236: 1420, Anturs Arth. li: *: Thayre blees weren so blake. Alle blake was thayre blees. 1530, Palsgr., 306: *: Blake, wan of colour. === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== blake alternative form of blak === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== blake alternative form of bloken