blank
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunche from Old French blanc, feminine blanche, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”) from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Spanish blanco. More at blink, blind, blanch.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blank (comparative blanker or more blank, superlative blankest or most blank)
- (archaic) White or pale; without colour.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- To the blank moon / Her office they prescribed.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
- blank paper
- a blank check
- a blank ballot
- (sports) Scoreless; without any goals or points.
- 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Referee Michael Oliver failed to detect a foul in a crowded box and the Canaries escaped down the tunnel with the scoreline still blank.
- (figuratively) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
- a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness
- Absolute; downright; sheer.
- There was a look of blank terror on his face.
- Without expression.
- Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare.
- Utterly confounded or discomfited.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- Adam […] astonied stood, and blank.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
- a blank day
- Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
- The shock left his memory blank.
- (military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
- The recruits were issued with blank rounds for a training exercise.
Descendants[edit]
- Belizean Creole: blank
Translations[edit]
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Noun[edit]
blank (plural blanks)
- A cartridge that is designed to simulate the noise and smoke of real gunfire without actually firing a projectile.
- An physical empty space; a void, for example on a paper
- An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory
- (Can we date this quote?) Jonathan Swift
- I cannot write a paper full, I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from you.
- (Can we date this quote?) Hallam
- From this time there ensues a long blank in the history of French legislation.
- (Can we date this quote?) George Eliot
- I was ill. I can't tell how long — it was a blank.
- (Can we date this quote?) Jonathan Swift
- A space to be filled in on a form or template.
- Write your answers in the blanks.
- A paper without marks or characters, or with space left for writing; a ballot, form, contract, etc. that has not yet been filled in.
- A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.
- (archaic, historical) A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence
- (archaic, historical) a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
- (engineering) A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, such as a coin, screw, nuts.
- (dominoes) A domino without spots
- the double blank
- the six blank
- The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
- The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot
- (figuratively) The object to which anything is directed or aimed.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
- Let me still remain / The true blank of thine eye.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
- Aim; shot; range.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
- I have stood […] within the blank of his displeasure / For my free speech.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
- (chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
Synonyms[edit]
- (bullet that doesn't harm): blank cartridge, blank bullet
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Verb[edit]
blank (third-person singular simple present blanks, present participle blanking, simple past and past participle blanked)
- (transitive) To make void; to erase.
- I blanked out my previous entry.
- (transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
- She blanked me for no reason.
- (transitive) To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.
- The team was blanked.
- England blanks Wales to advance to the final.
- (intransitive) To become blank.
- (intransitive) To be temporarily unable to remember.
- I'm blanking on her name right now.
Usage notes[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Derived terms[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blank (attributive blanke, comparative blanker, superlative blankste)
Antonyms[edit]
Dalmatian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blank m (plural blanke, feminine blanka)
- Alternative form of blanc
Danish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blank
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of blank | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | blank | blankere | blankest2 |
Neuter singular | blankt | blankere | blankest2 |
Plural | blanke | blankere | blankest2 |
Definite attributive1 | blanke | blankere | blankeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
References[edit]
- “blank” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Dutch *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blank (comparative blanker, superlative blankst)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of blank | ||||
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uninflected | blank | |||
inflected | blanke | |||
comparative | blanker | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | blank | blanker | het blankst het blankste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | blanke | blankere | blankste |
n. sing. | blank | blanker | blankste | |
plural | blanke | blankere | blankste | |
definite | blanke | blankere | blankste | |
partitive | blanks | blankers | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: blank
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German blanc, from Old High German blanc (“shining, bright”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blank (comparative blanker, superlative am blanksten)
- (archaic) bright
- spotlessly clean; shining; polished
- Du musst die Platte blank scheuern.
- You must rub the platter until it is shining.
- bare; naked; uncovered
- mit blankem Hintern ― with one’s behind uncovered
- pure; sheer
- Blanke Wut packte ihn.
- Sheer anger seized him.
- (colloquial) broke; out of money
- (card games) being a player’s last one of a respective grouping of cards (which means that the card is unprotected when the player must follow suit in trick-taking games)
- Hätte ich Trumpf ausgespielt, wäre mein Fuchs blank gewesen.
- If I had played trump, my “fox” [ace of diamonds in Doppelkopf] would have been my last trump card.
Declension[edit]
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist blank | sie ist blank | es ist blank | sie sind blank | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | blanker | blanke | blankes | blanke |
genitive | blanken | blanker | blanken | blanker | |
dative | blankem | blanker | blankem | blanken | |
accusative | blanken | blanke | blankes | blanke | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der blanke | die blanke | das blanke | die blanken |
genitive | des blanken | der blanken | des blanken | der blanken | |
dative | dem blanken | der blanken | dem blanken | den blanken | |
accusative | den blanken | die blanke | das blanke | die blanken | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein blanker | eine blanke | ein blankes | (keine) blanken |
genitive | eines blanken | einer blanken | eines blanken | (keiner) blanken | |
dative | einem blanken | einer blanken | einem blanken | (keinen) blanken | |
accusative | einen blanken | eine blanke | ein blankes | (keine) blanken |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist blanker | sie ist blanker | es ist blanker | sie sind blanker | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | blankerer | blankere | blankeres | blankere |
genitive | blankeren | blankerer | blankeren | blankerer | |
dative | blankerem | blankerer | blankerem | blankeren | |
accusative | blankeren | blankere | blankeres | blankere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der blankere | die blankere | das blankere | die blankeren |
genitive | des blankeren | der blankeren | des blankeren | der blankeren | |
dative | dem blankeren | der blankeren | dem blankeren | den blankeren | |
accusative | den blankeren | die blankere | das blankere | die blankeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein blankerer | eine blankere | ein blankeres | (keine) blankeren |
genitive | eines blankeren | einer blankeren | eines blankeren | (keiner) blankeren | |
dative | einem blankeren | einer blankeren | einem blankeren | (keinen) blankeren | |
accusative | einen blankeren | eine blankere | ein blankeres | (keine) blankeren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am blanksten | sie ist am blanksten | es ist am blanksten | sie sind am blanksten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | blankster | blankste | blankstes | blankste |
genitive | blanksten | blankster | blanksten | blankster | |
dative | blankstem | blankster | blankstem | blanksten | |
accusative | blanksten | blankste | blankstes | blankste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der blankste | die blankste | das blankste | die blanksten |
genitive | des blanksten | der blanksten | des blanksten | der blanksten | |
dative | dem blanksten | der blanksten | dem blanksten | den blanksten | |
accusative | den blanksten | die blankste | das blankste | die blanksten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein blankster | eine blankste | ein blankstes | (keine) blanksten |
genitive | eines blanksten | einer blanksten | eines blanksten | (keiner) blanksten | |
dative | einem blanksten | einer blanksten | einem blanksten | (keinen) blanksten | |
accusative | einen blanksten | eine blankste | ein blankstes | (keine) blanksten |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- blank in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German blank
Adjective[edit]
blank (masculine and feminine blank, neuter blankt, definite singular and plural blanke, comparative blankere, indefinite superlative blankest, definite superlative blankeste)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blank (masculine and feminine blank, neuter blankt, definite singular and plural blanke, comparative blankare, indefinite superlative blankast, definite superlative blankaste)
- shiny, reflective
- Dei pussa sølvtøyet så det vart blankt.
- They shined the silver until it was shiny.
- Dei pussa sølvtøyet så det vart blankt.
- exactly, point zero (of time)
- Han sprang 100 meter på ti blank.
- He ran 100 meters in ten point zero seconds.
- Han sprang 100 meter på ti blank.
- blank, empty
- Ho gav dottera eit blankt ark til å teikna på.
- She gave her daughter a blank piece of paper to draw on.
- Ho gav dottera eit blankt ark til å teikna på.
- without knowledge about something
- Eg er heilt blank om dette temaet.
- I know nothing about this subject.
- Eg er heilt blank om dette temaet.
References[edit]
- “blank” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Plautdietsch[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blank
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German blank, from Old Saxon blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz. Displaced native Swedish black, from Old Norse blakkr.
Adjective[edit]
blank (comparative blankare, superlative blankast)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of blank | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | blank | blankare | blankast |
Neuter singular | blankt | blankare | blankast |
Plural | blanka | blankare | blankast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | blanke | blankare | blankaste |
All | blanka | blankare | blankaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. |
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- en:Chemistry
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- af:Colors
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