blanc
English
Etymology
Noun
blanc
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 156: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., 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
Adjective
blanc (feminine blanca, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanques)
Derived terms
Noun
blanc m (plural blancs)
See also
blanc | gris | negre |
roig, vermell; carmesí | taronja; marró | groc; crema |
verd llima | verd | |
cian; xarxet | atzur | blau |
violat; indi | magenta; lila, porpra | rosa |
Further reading
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin *blancus (compare 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 m (plural blance, feminine blanca)
Synonyms
References
- Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
French
Etymology
From Middle French blanc, from Old French blanc, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, a borrowing of Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch "bright, white" (German blank "polished, naked"), Old Norse blankr "white" (Danish blank "bright, shiny"), Dutch blank "white, shining". More at blink, blank.
Pronunciation
Adjective
blanc (feminine blanche, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanches)
- white color
- Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white.
- blank, unused
- (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression
Derived terms
Noun
blanc m (plural blancs)
- white (color)
- silence while in a dialog.
- 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.
- (informal) white wine.
- Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine.
- white person, person with a white complexion.
- white, egg white
- white meat
- correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex
Synonyms
- (correction fluid) blanco, correcteur liquide, tipex
Derived terms
Descendants
- Antillean Creole: blan
- Guianese Creole: blan
- Haitian Creole: blan
- Karipúna Creole French: blã
- Louisiana Creole: blan, blon
- Seychellois Creole: blan
- Tayo: bla
See also
blanc | gris | noir |
rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
lime | vert | menthe |
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
Further reading
- “blanc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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
Interlingua
Pronunciation
Adjective
blanc (comparative plus blanc, superlative le plus blanc)
- white (having a light colour, reflecting all light)
- white (having a light skin colour, mostly associated with European descent)
Derived terms
Related terms
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French blanc.
Noun
blanc m (uncountable)
Adjective
blanc m (feminine singular blanche, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanches)
Descendants
- French: blanc (see there for further descendants)
Occitan
Alternative forms
- blan (Mistralian)
Etymology
From Old Occitan 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”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
blanc m (feminine singular blanca, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blancas)
Old English
Alternative forms
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 blank (“shiny”), Swedish blank (“shiny”), Dutch blank (“white", "shining”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
blanc
Declension
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Descendants
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.
Pronunciation
Adjective
blanc m (oblique and nominative feminine singular blanche)
Declension
Noun
blanc oblique singular, m (oblique plural blans, nominative singular blans, nominative plural blanc)
- 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)
- Ses haubers est coverz de sanc:
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Related terms
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
Old Occitan
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)
Descendants
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, feminine plural (before noun) blankès)
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