blanc

§Catalan

§Etymology

From Old Provençal blanc, from Late 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”).

§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)}

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§French

§Etymology

From Middle French blanc, from Old French blanc, from Late 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 m (feminine 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

§External links

• “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 *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

§Noun

blanc m (uncountable)

1. white

§Adjective

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

1. white

§Descendants

descendants

+/- French: blanc Antillean Creole: blan Guianese Creole: blan Haitian Creole: blan Karipúna Creole French: blã Louisiana Creole French: blan, blon Seychellois Creole: blan Tayo: bla

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§Occitan

§Alternative forms

• blan (Mistralian)

§Etymology

From Old Provençal blanc, from Late 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 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

descendants

+/- Middle English: blanke, blonke Scots: blonk

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§Old French

§Etymology

From Late 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 (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

descendants

+/- Gallo: blânc Norman: bllànc, blianc Middle English: blank, blonc English: blank Belize Kriol English: blank Middle French: blanc French: blanc Antillean Creole: blan Guianese Creole: blan Haitian Creole: blan Karipúna Creole French: blã Louisiana Creole French: blan, blon Seychellois Creole: blan Tayo: bla Picard: blanc Walloon: blan

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§Old Provençal

§Etymology

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

§Adjective

blanc m (f blanke, m plural blancs, f plural blankes)

1. white