Blanc
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Anglo-Norman
Etymology
Late Latin *blancus, of Germanic origin, 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.
Adjective
Blanc m. (feminine blanche)
Noun
Blanc m. (oblique plural blans, nominative singular blans, nominative plural Blanc)
Catalan
Adjective
See also
- (basic colors) color; blanc, blau, gris, groc, lila, marró, negre, porpra, roig, rosa, taronja, verd, vermell, violat (Category: ca:Colors) [edit]
French
Etymology
Middle French blanc, from Old French blanc, from Late Latin *blancus, of Germanic origin, 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. (f. blanche, m. plural Blancs, f. plural blanches)
- white color
- Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white.
Derived terms
Noun
Blanc m. (plural Blancs)
- 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
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA: /blaŋk/
Adjective
Blanc (comparative plus Blanc, superlative le plus Blanc)
Middle French
Noun
Blanc m. (uncountable)
Adjective
Blanc m. (feminine singular blanche, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanches)
Descendants
- French: blanc
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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 and Swedish blank ("shiny", asf), Dutch blank (“white", "shining”).
Adjective
blanc
Related terms
Old French
Etymology
Late Latin *blancus, of Germanic origin, 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.
Adjective
Blanc m. (feminine blanche)
Declension
Noun
Blanc 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
- French: blanc
Old Provençal
Adjective
Blanc m. (feminine singular blancha, masculine plural Blancs, feminine plural blanchas)
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- Anglo-Norman nouns
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- French terms derived from Middle French
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