blanc

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French

Noun[edit]

blanc

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

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. white

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

blanc m (plural blancs)

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

See also[edit]

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      negre      marró
             rosa              roig, vermell, carmesí              taronja              groc, crema
             verd lima              verd              {{{mint green}}}, {{{dark green}}}              cian, xarxet
             atzur              blau              violat, indi              magenta, lila, porpra

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

See also[edit]

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir      brun
             rose              rouge, cramoisi              orange              jaune, crème
             vert citron              vert              {{{mint green}}}, {{{dark green}}}              cyan, bleu canard
             azur              bleu              violet, indigo              magenta, pourpre

Further reading[edit]

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

blanc

  1. white

Interlingua[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

blanc (comparative plus blanc, superlative le plus blanc)

  1. white

Derived terms[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French blanc.

Noun[edit]

blanc m (uncountable)

  1. white

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. white

Descendants[edit]

  • French: blanc (see there for further descendants)

Occitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

  1. white

Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

blanc

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

Declension[edit]

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

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Descendants[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

blanc m (oblique and nominative feminine singular blanche)

  1. white

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

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)

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Descendants[edit]

Old Provençal[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. white

Descendants[edit]

Walloon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

  1. white
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