blanquet

English

Noun

blanquet (countable and uncountable, plural blanquets)

1. Obsolete spelling of blanquette

Catalan

Etymology

From blanc +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bləŋˈkɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bləŋˈkət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [blaŋˈket]

Noun

blanquet m (plural blanquets)

1. white lead, ceruse
2. a white pigment made from white lead, zinc oxide, bismuth oxynitrate, etc. and generally applied to the face
3. a type of pork sausage made with pinenuts and flavoured with anise

Further reading

• “blanquet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “blanquet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.