blanc-seing
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From blanc (“white”) and seing (“signature”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]blanc-seing m (plural blanc-seings or blancs-seings)
- blank signature
- a document so signed, a blank check etc.
- (figuratively) carte blanche, license, free rein
- 2021 (November 22), Agence France-Presse, "Kyle Rittenhouse dit qu’il soutient Black Lives Matter," La Presse:
- Ce verdict a choqué une partie de l’Amérique, estimant qu’il offrait un blanc-seing aux partisans de la suprématie blanche et aux groupes armés.
- The verdict shocked part of America, in whose view it offered carte blanche to white supremacists and armed groups.
- 2021 (November 22), Agence France-Presse, "Kyle Rittenhouse dit qu’il soutient Black Lives Matter," La Presse:
Further reading
[edit]- “blanc-seing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.