blat
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blat¹
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *bladą (“leaf”); akin to Low German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade, Danish and Swedish blad. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), Latin folium.
noun blaturi · blat · blatul · blaturile
- sheet, layer
blat²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian блат (blat, “cronyism”), from Polish blat (“the flat surface of a table”) or Yiddish בלאַט (blat), from German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *bladą (“leaf”).
noun blaturi · blat · blatul · blaturile
- illegal activity, particularly travelling on a train without a ticket.
- match fixing
In English
- match fixing the act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result
Talk about this word "blat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/blat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. blat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/blat "blat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/blat.Cite this
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title = {blat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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