blianc

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French blanc, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).

Adjective

blianc (feminine singular bliainche)

1. white

Derived terms

• bliainchi

---

Norman

Alternative forms

• bllànc (Guernsey)
• bllaunc (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French blanc, from Late Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjɑ̃/, /bʎɑ̃/

Adjective

blianc m

1. (Jersey) white

Antonyms

• nièr, né

Derived terms

• blianc d'oeu (“egg white”)
• blianc vîn (“white wine”)
• blianc-bouais (“white poplar”)
• blianc-ours (“polar bear”)
• blianche alouette (“snow bunting”)
• blianche danme, blianche femme (“white lady”) (type of apparition)
• blianche êpîngne (“hawthorn”)
• blianche gorge (“whitethroat”)
• blianche orme (“Dutch elm”)
• blianche plianche (“whiteboard”)
• blianche s'nîle (“fat hen”)
• blianche-coue (“wheatear”)
• blianche-ortchie (“white dead-nettle”)
• blianchi (“to bleach”)
• mêle à blianche gorge (“ring-ouzel”)