biancu

Corsican

U culore biancu.

Etymology

From early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank (“bright”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-- (“to shine”). Cognates include Italian bianco and Portuguese branco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjãnku/
• Hyphenation: bian‧cu

Adjective

biancu (feminine bianca, masculine plural bianchi, feminine plural bianche)

1. white

Noun

biancu m (plural bianchi)

1. white (color)
2. white person
3. blank, void

Synonyms

• (white): albu

Derived terms

• orsu biancu

 

Descendants

• Gallurese: biancu

References

• “biancu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Gallurese

Etymology

From Corsican biancu, from early Medieval Latin blancus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjanku/

Adjective

biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine and feminine plural bianchi)

1. white (having a white colour)

   Synonym: albu

Noun

biancu m (plural bianchi)

1. (uncountable) white (colour)
2. white (Caucasian person)

Derived terms

• biancareddu
• bianchesa
• bianchisginu
• bianculinu
• biancàccio
• sbiancà

 

Related terms

• biancali
• biancheria
• biancori
• biancura

 

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• brancu

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bianco, from early Medieval Latin blancus, derived from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjanku/

Adjective

biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine plural biancos, feminine plural biancas)

1. (Logudorese) white

   Synonym: albu

biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine plural biancos, feminine plural biancas)

1. (Campidanese) white

   Synonym: albu

Derived terms

Logudorese

• biancatzu
• biancheddu
• bianchesa
• bianchinu
• biancolinu
• biancore
• biancura
• biancùmene

 

Campidanese

• biancatzu
• biancheddu
• biancheria
• bianchittu
• bianchixeddu
• bianchixinu
• biancori
• bianculinu
• biancura
• biancàcciu

 

Noun

biancu m (uncountable)

1. white (color)

   Synonym: albu

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sassarese

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Italian bianco, from early Medieval Latin blancus, derived from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjanku/

Adjective

biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine and feminine plural bianchi)

1. white (having a white colour)
   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. Ⅴ [Chapter 5]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎^[1], London, section 36, page 16:

     Nè pa lu to’ cabbu hai a giurà, palchì no poi fà un pelu biancu, o nieddu.

     And you will not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Femmina [Woman]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 21:

     l’arecci bianca a punta più no timu

     I no longer fear the white, pointy ear

Noun

biancu m (plural bianchi)

1. (uncountable) white (colour)
2. white (Caucasian person)
3. egg white, albumen

Related terms

• biancaria
• bianchittu
• bianchèzia
• biancori
• biancumu

 

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• jancu, viancu, vrancu, brancu, iancu

Etymology

From early Medieval Latin blancus, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Compare Italian bianco.

Adjective

biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine and feminine plural bianchi)

1. white