blanc

Anglo-Norman

Etymology

Late Latin *blancus, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch "bright, white" (German blank "blank, white"), Old Norse blankr "white" (Danish blank "bright, shiny"), Dutch blank "white, shining". More at blink, blind.

Adjective

blanc m. (feminine blanche)

1. white

Noun

blanc m. (oblique plural blans, nominative singular blans, nominative plural blanc)

1. white

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Catalan

Adjective

blanc m. (feminine blanca, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanques)

1. white

See also

• (basic colors) color; blanc, blau, gris, groc, lila, marró, negre, porpra, roig, rosa, taronja, verd, vermell, violat ^{(Category: ca:Colors) [edit]}

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French

Etymology

Middle French blanc, from Old French blanc, from Late Latin *blancus, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch "bright, white" (German blank "blank, white"), Old Norse blankr "white" (Danish blank "bright, shiny"), Dutch blank "white, shining". More at blink, blind.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /blɑ̃/, SAMPA: /blA~/

Adjective

blanc m. (f. blanche, m. plural blancs, f. plural blanches)

1. white color

   Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white.

Derived terms

• blanc comme neige
• blanc comme un linge
• blancheur

Noun

blanc m. (plural blancs)

1. white (color)
2. silence while in a dialog.
3. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form.

   Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page.

4. (informal) white wine.

   Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine.

5. white person, person with a white complexion.
6. white, egg white
7. white meat

Derived terms

• blanc de blancs
• blanc de noirs

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /blaŋk/

Adjective

blanc (comparative plus blanc, superlative le plus blanc)

1. white

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Middle French

Noun

blanc m. (uncountable)

1. white

Adjective

blanc m. (feminine singular blanche, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanches)

1. white

Descendants

• French: blanc

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• blan (Mistralian)

Adjective

blanc m. (feminine blanca, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blancas)

1. white

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Old English

Alternative forms

• blonc

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright", "shining", "blinding", "white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Akin to, Old High German blanch, planch (“bright", "white”), hence German blank (“blank", "white”), Old Norse blankr (“white”), hence Danish and Swedish blank ("shiny", asf), Dutch blank (“white", "shining”).

Adjective

blanc

1. White
2. greyish-white, pale, pallid

Related terms

• blonca, blanca
• blencan

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Old French

Etymology

Late Latin *blancus, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch "bright, white" (German blank "blank, white"), Old Norse blankr "white" (Danish blank "bright, shiny"), Dutch blank "white, shining". More at blink, blind.

Adjective

blanc m. (feminine blanche)

1. white

Declension

  Declension of blanc  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	blans	blanche	blanc
	Oblique	blanc	blanche	blanc
Plural	Subject	blanc	blanches	blanc
	Oblique	blans	blanches	blanc

Noun

blanc m. (oblique plural blans, nominative singular blans, nominative plural blanc)

1. white (color)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Ses haubers est coverz de sanc:
     De roge i a plus que de blanc.

     His chainmail is covered in blood

     There's more red than white (referring to his white chainmail)

Related terms

• blanchoier

Descendants

• Middle French: blanc
  • French: blanc

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Old Provençal

Adjective

blanc m. (feminine singular blancha, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanchas)

1. white