# blare

> English word · Verb · IPA /blɛə/ · frequency rank #59,905

## Definitions
1. To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.
2. To express (ideas, words, etc.) loudly; to proclaim.
3. To make a loud sound, especially like a trumpet.
4. To make a lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring.

## Etymology
The verb is derived from Late Middle English blaren, bleren, bloren (“to bellow, cry, wail; of a goat: to bleat”), probably from Old English *blǣran, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat, cry”) and ultimately imitative. Related to Middle Dutch blaren, bleren (“to bawl, cry; to shout; to bleat”) (modern Dutch blèren).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Cognates
German Low German blaren, blarren
Middle High German blêren, blerren (modern German plärren)
Saterland Frisian blärje
West Frisian blearje

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blare