blat
/blæt/verb, noun
blat is spelled B-L-A-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, blat means “To cry, as a calf, sheep, or goat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in blat?
| Letters | 4: B-L-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is blat?
Blat appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blat?
- /blæt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-blat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of blat
- blats present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- blatting participle, present
- blatted participle, past
- blatt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To cry, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
Near-synonym: baa (sheep or goat)
- 2
To make a senseless noise.
- 3
To talk inconsiderately; blab.
- 4
To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
- 5
To utter loudly or foolishly; blurt.
noun
- 1
USslangA newspaper.
- 2
The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
To open a new business in Russia you need blat.
noun
- 1
Initialism of bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato: a sandwich made with these main ingredients.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blat in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense connections; relationships; one's social or business network (Russia):
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | blat |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does blat come from?
Imitative. First attested in 1846 in the intransitive sense of "bleat". Compare English bleat, Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).