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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms

[ English

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /bleɪm/
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  Rhymes: -eɪm

[ Noun

Singular blame

Plural uncountable

blame (uncountable)

1. The state of having caused a bad event.

   The blame for starting the fire lays on the arsonist.

[ Translations

state of having caused a bad event

Dutch: schuld nl(nl) f. German: Schuld f. Hebrew: אשמה (ashma) f. Italian: colpa it(it) f.

Portuguese: culpa f. Spanish: culpa f.

[ Verb

Infinitive to blame

Third person singular blames

Simple past blamed

Past participle blamed

Present participle blaming

to blame (third-person singular simple present blames, present participle blaming, simple past and past participle blamed)

1. (transitive, construed with 'for) To assert that something or someone caused a bad event; to place blame upon.

   The arsonist was blamed for the fire.

[ Translations

place blame upon

Arabic: يلوم ar(ar) Czech: vinit cs(cs) Dutch: beschuldigen nl(nl) Finnish: syyttää fi(fi) German: beschuldigen de(de)

French: reprocher fr(fr) Hebrew: להאשים (le'haashym) Ido: blamar Spanish: culpar es(es) Português: culpar

[ Related terms

• blamer
• put thee blame on