blay

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noun

The bleak (fish).

OriginMiddle English *blaye ← Old English blǣġe ← Proto-West Germanic *blaigijā →
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Meanings

blay1

nounblay (plural blays)

plural blays

  1. The bleak (fish).

Blay2

proper nounBlay (countable and uncountable, plural Blays)

plural Blays

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bleak

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleyk-“to shine”
  2. Proto-Germanic*blaigijǭ“blay, bleak, gudgeon”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*blaigijā
  4. Old Englishblǣġe“blay, bleak, gudgeon”
  5. Middle English*blaye
  6. Englishblay

From Middle English *blaye, *bleye, from Old English blǣġe (“blay, bleak, gudgeon”), from Proto-West Germanic *blaigijā, from Proto-Germanic *blaigijǭ (“blay, bleak, gudgeon”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyk- (“to shine”). Cognate with West Frisian blei, Dutch blei, German Bleie, Bleihe (“blay”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with blay

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Anagrams

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APA

blay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blay

MLA

“blay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blay. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blay,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blay.

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