Hyphenation
ob·lateTurkish pronunciation
äbleytPronunciation
/äˈblāt/ /ɑːˈbleɪt/
Etymology
[ ä-'blAt, 'ä-" ] (adjective.) 1705. From French oblat and its source, post-classical Latin oblatus ‘person dedicated to religious life’, a noun use of the past participle of offerre ‘to offer’.