From en.wiktionary.org:
[Blende]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en] , [en] < !--from Webster 1913. possibly dated/archaic.-->
*** Etymology
From [en], from [de] (because it resembles galena).
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] sphalerite [a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc]
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2006 | author=Thomas Pynchon | title=Against the Day | page=310 | publisher=Vintage | year_published=2007
|passage=The procedure up here with ordinary local zinc BLENDE had been
straightforward—first you got the sulfur to go off by roasting the blende to
zinc oxide, and then you reduced the oxide to zinc metal.}}
**** Derived terms
- blendous
- hornblende
- ruby blende
- zincblende
**** Translations
[sphalerite]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Dutch
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Etymology 1
Borrowed from [nl].
**** Noun
[f]
1. metallic sulphide , in particular [en]
***** Derived terms
- [nl]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Verb
[nl]
1. [nl]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [fr] [en]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** German
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
*** Verb
[de]
1. [de]
** Hungarian
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [hu], from [de].[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [hu-IPA]
- [hu]
- [hu]
*** Noun
[pl=blendék]
1. [hu] aperture [the opening of a photographic lens that can be adjusted to control the amount of light passing through]
**** Declension
[blendé][blendé]
*** References
References:
[1]. [R:TotfalusiEty 2005]
*** Further reading
- [R:Nagyszotar]
** Italian
*** Pronunciation
[blènde]
*** Noun
[it]
1. [it]
** Old English
*** Pronunciation
- [blēnde]
*** Verb
[ang]
1. [ang]