blanka
Esperanto
Etymology
Common Romance (French blanc, Italian bianco, Spanish blanco). Perhaps also influenced by Polish biały, Russian бе́лый (bélyj).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
blanka (accusative singular blankan, plural blankaj, accusative plural blankajn)
- Template:colorbox white
- En okcidenta civilizo, nur la fianĉino devas porti blankan robon ĉe nupto.
- In Western society, only the bride should wear a white dress at a wedding.
- blank
- La artisto fikse rigardis la blankan kanvason ĝis li trovis inspiron.
- The artist stared at the blank canvas until he found inspiration.
Derived terms
- blanka nano (“white dwarf”)
- blanki (“to be blank; to be white”)
- blanko (“white color”)
- blankulo (“white person”)
See also
blanka | griza | nigra |
ruĝa; karmezina | oranĝokolora; oranĝkolora; oranĝo; bruna | flava; kremkolora |
limekolora | verda | |
cejanblua; turkisa | lazura | blua |
violkolora; viola; indiga | magenta; purpura | rozokolora |
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto blanka, English blank, French blanc, German blank, Italian bianco, Spanish blanco.
Pronunciation
Adjective
blanka
Derived terms
See also
blanka | griza | nigra |
reda; karmezina | oranjea; bruna | flava; kremea |
limetea | verda | |
ciana | azurea | blua |
violea; indigea | purpurea | rozea |
Ladino
Adjective
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Swedish
Adjective
blanka
- (deprecated template usage) inflection of blank:
Verb
blanka
- to polish, to make shining (blank), to shine shoes or other leather items; to groom (brush) animals
- I stallet blankade Petter seldonen
- In the stable, Petter polished the harnesses
- Hela huset vändes upp och ner, flygeln målades om, korna i ladugården blankades, trädgårdslanden snyggades upp
- The whole house was turned around, the wing was repainted, the cows in the barn were brushed, the garden patch was shaped up
- I stallet blankade Petter seldonen
- to erase all text; to blank
- (finance) To sell valuable papers one doesn't own, in the hope that the price will drop sufficiently to allow the trader to buy them back, while still making net money on the transaction.
- Då blankades teknikaktierna för fullt, vilket gick lätt att räkna hem.
- (cooking) to finish off a sauce by adding fat (?)
- Mot slutet silades såsen av, och blankades med lite smör för att ge den en lite avrundad mjukhet.
Conjugation
Conjugation of blanka (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | blanka | blankas | ||
Supine | blankat | blankats | ||
Imperative | blanka | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | blanken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | blankar | blankade | blankas | blankades |
Ind. plural1 | blanka | blankade | blankas | blankades |
Subjunctive2 | blanke | blankade | blankes | blankades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | blankande | |||
Past participle | blankad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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