blanc
French
adj
Definitions
- white color
- blank, unused
- (figurative) blank, without expression
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French blanc inherited from Old French blanc (white) inherited from Latin *blancus derived from Frankish *blank (gleaming, blinding, white, bright) derived from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (bright, white, blinding, shining) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (shine, strike), *bʰleyǵ- (shine, strike).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleyǵ-
Gloss
shine, strike
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blanc English
- blancard English
- blanquette English
- *blancus Latin
- *bláncọ Latin
- fligo Latin
- blanchieren German
- blank German
- blankpoliert German
- blankziehen German
- spiegelblank German
- biancastro Italian
- biancazzurro Italian
- biancheggiare Italian
- biancheria Italian
- bianchezza Italian
- bianchiccio Italian
- bianchire Italian
- bianchissimo Italian
- biancicare Italian
- bianco Italian
- biancoso Italian
- blanco Italian
- codibianco Italian
- culbianco Italian
- sbiancare Italian
- blank Dutch, Flemish
- blanchaille French
- blanchement French
- blanchiment French
- blanchir French
- blanchissage French
- blanchissement French
- blanchisseur French
- blanchisseuse French
- blanquette French
- chèque French
- chèque en blanc French
- en French
- fer French
- fer-blanc French
- ferblanterie French
- ferblantier French
- blanco Spanish, Castilian
- *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ-, *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ-- Proto-Indo-European
- antibranco Portuguese
- branco Portuguese
- branquear Portuguese
- branquelo Portuguese
- *blaikaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- blanc Old English
- blāc Old English
- blank Middle English
- blanket Middle English
- blonc Middle English
- blakkr Old Norse
- blankr Old Norse
- blanc Old French
- blanchir Old French
- blanka Esperanto
- blanka nano Esperanto
- blankhara Esperanto
- blankula Esperanto
- blankulo Esperanto
- branco Galician
- blanc Old High German
- blianc Norman
- bllaunc Norman
- bllànc Norman
- blanc Middle High German
- blanc Middle French
- *blank gmw-pro
- *blank Old Dutch
- blikisni Old Dutch
- branco Old Portuguese
- blank Middle Low German
- blank Old Saxon
- blancu Asturian
- блискъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- blanc Friulian
- *blank Frankish
- blanc Old Occitan
- blank Old Frisian
- biancu Sicilian
- jancu Sicilian
- blanc Dalmatian
- blan Haitian, Haitian Creole
- branku Kabuverdianu
- blanc Walloon
- blian Bourguignon
- blianc Bourguignon
- blanch Ladin
- biancu Sardinian
- bianco Istriot
- biancu Corsican
- branku Guinea-Bissau Creole
- blánker Scanian
- blan Antillean Creole
- blanqueto prv
- biânc Romagnol