blanc

See also: Blanc

English

Etymology

French

Noun

blanc

1. A white cosmetic.
2. A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used especially for braised meat.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal blanc, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus (compare Occitan and French blanc, Spanish blanco, Portuguese branco, Italian bianco), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈblaŋk/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈblaŋ/

Adjective

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

1. white

Derived terms

• blancor
• blanquejar
• carta blanca

Noun

blanc m (plural blancs)

1. white
2. target (for shooting practice)
3. blank (empty space)

Further reading

• “blanc” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French blanc, from Old French blanc, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, 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^(key): /blɑ̃/

Adjective

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

1. white color

   Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white.

2. blank, unused
3. (figuratively, one's look) blank, without expression

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

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: blan
• Guianese Creole: blan
• Haitian Creole: blan
• Karipúna Creole French: blã
• Louisiana Creole French: blan, blon
• Seychellois Creole: blan
• Tayo: bla

Further reading

• “blanc” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus (compare Ladin blanch, Italian bianco, French blanc, Spanish blanco, Portuguese branco), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).

Adjective

blanc

1. white

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaŋk/

Adjective

blanc (comparative plus blanc, superlative le plus blanc)

1. white

Derived terms

• blanchir

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French blanc.

Noun

blanc m (uncountable)

1. white

Adjective

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

1. white

Descendants

• French: blanc (see there for further descendants)

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• blan (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Provençal blanc, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus (compare Catalan and French blanc, Spanish blanco, Portuguese branco, Italian bianco), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).

Adjective

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

1. white

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Old English

Alternative forms

• blonc

Etymology

From 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑnk/

Adjective

blanc

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

Declension

Declension of blanc — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blanc	blanc	blanc
Accusative	blancne	blance	blanc
Genitive	blances	blancre	blances
Dative	blancum	blancre	blancum
Instrumental	blance	blancre	blance
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blance	blanca, -e	blanc
Accusative	blance	blanca, -e	blanc
Genitive	blancra	blancra	blancra
Dative	blancum	blancum	blancum
Instrumental	blancum	blancum	blancum

Declension of blanc — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blanca	blance	blance
Accusative	blancan	blancan	blance
Genitive	blancan	blancan	blancan
Dative	blancan	blancan	blancan
Instrumental	blancan	blancan	blancan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blancan	blancan	blancan
Accusative	blancan	blancan	blancan
Genitive	blancra, blancena	blancra, blancena	blancra, blancena
Dative	blancum	blancum	blancum
Instrumental	blancum	blancum	blancum

Related terms

• blonca, blanca
• blencan

Descendants

• Middle English: blanke, blonke
  • Scots: blonk

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Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, 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 (oblique and nominative feminine singular 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

• Burgundian: blian
• Champaignat: bian
• Gallo: blânc
• Lorrain: bianc
• Middle English: blank, blonc
  • English: blank
• Middle French: blanc (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: bllànc, blianc
• Picard: blanc
• Walloon: blan, blanc

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Old Provençal

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).

Adjective

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

1. white

Descendants

• Catalan: blanc
• Occitan: blanc

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French blanc, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).

Adjective

blanc m (feminine singular blanke, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blankes)

1. white