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See also:Blandandblând

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromLatinblandus(“pleasant, flattering”).

Adjective

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bland (comparativeblander,superlativeblandest)

  1. Having asoothing effect; notirritating orstimulating.
    abland oil
    abland diet
  2. Lacking in taste orflavor.
    Synonyms:flat,tasteless,wallow;see alsoThesaurus:insipid
    The coffee wasbland.
  3. Lacking invigor.
    • 2012, John Shepherd, David Horn,Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World:
      First and foremost, alternative country artists generally claim to reject mainstream country music as musically indistinguishable frombland pop music, as lyrically superficial, and as having no artistic merit[…]
  4. (figurative) Lacking interest;boring;dull.
    Synonyms:lackluster,wan;see alsoThesaurus:boring,Thesaurus:dim
    bland comment
    • 1996, “Country House”, inThe Great Escape, performed by Blur:
      He's reading Balzac and knocking back Prozac / It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfullybland
  5. (now rare)Mild;soft,gentle,balmy;smooth in manner; suave.
    • 1818,John Keats,Sonnet:
      Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where thebland accent, and the tender tone?
    • 1907 August,Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, inThe Younger Set, New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC:
      “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; […]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientallybland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
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having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating
lacking in taste or flavor
lacking in vigor
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(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull
mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishblanden,blonden, fromOld Englishblandan(“to blend, mix, mingle; trouble, disturb, corrupt”), fromProto-Germanic*blandaną(“to mix, blend”). Cognate withIcelandicblanda,Norwegian,Danishblande,Swedishblanda. See alsoblend.

Verb

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bland (third-person singular simple presentblands,present participleblanding,simple past and past participleblanded)

  1. (transitive, UK dialectal) Tomix;blend;mingle.
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal) Toconnect;associate.

Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishbland, fromOld Englishbland,blond(“blending, mixture, confusion”), fromProto-Germanic*blandą(“a mixing, mixture”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰlendʰ-(“to grow turbid, dim, see badly, be blind”). Cognate withIcelandicblanda(“a mixture of liquids, especially of hot whey and water”).

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Noun

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bland (countable anduncountable,pluralblands)

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  1. (UK dialectal)Mixture;union.
  2. A summerbeverage prepared from thewhey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
    Hypernym:fermented milk product
    Coordinate terms:kefir,koumiss
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Danish

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Verb

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bland

  1. imperative ofblande

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinblandus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bland (strong nominative masculine singularblander,not comparable)

  1. (medicine)bland

Declension

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Positive forms ofbland (uncomparable)
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristblandsieistblandesistblandsiesindbland
strong declension
(without article)		nominativeblanderblandeblandesblande
genitiveblandenblanderblandenblander
dativeblandemblanderblandemblanden
accusativeblandenblandeblandesblande
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederblandedieblandedasblandedieblanden
genitivedesblandenderblandendesblandenderblanden
dativedemblandenderblandendemblandendenblanden
accusativedenblandendieblandedasblandedieblanden
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinblandereineblandeeinblandes(keine)blanden
genitiveeinesblandeneinerblandeneinesblanden(keiner)blanden
dativeeinemblandeneinerblandeneinemblanden(keinen)blanden
accusativeeinenblandeneineblandeeinblandes(keine)blanden

Further reading

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  • “bland” inDuden online
  • “bland” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

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Noun

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bland n (genitive singularblands,no plural)

  1. mix

Declension

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Declension ofbland (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinitedefinite
nominativeblandblandið
accusativeblandblandið
dativeblandiblandinu
genitiveblandsblandsins

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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bland

  1. imperative ofblande

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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bland

  1. imperative ofblande

Swedish

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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bland

  1. among

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