bleen

English

Etymology

Blend of blue +‎ green; coined by American philosopher Nelson Goodman in 1955 to illustrate concepts in the philosophy of science

Pronunciation

• enPR: blēn, IPA^(key): /bliːn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

bleen (not comparable)

1. (philosophy) Of an object, blue when first observed before a specified time or green when first observed after that time.

Coordinate terms

• (philosophy): grue

Translations

of an object blue that is first blue, then green

• French: bert (fr)
• German: blün (de)
• Persan: و آبز (fa)

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin 藍綠 / 蓝绿 (zh)

Anagrams

• Belen, Eblen, nebel

Danish

Noun

bleen c

1. definite singular of ble