Italian

Proper noun

Bianco m (Feminine: Bianca)

1. A male given name especially popular in Tuscany

Istriot

Adjective

bianco

1. white
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.

     Dear, with that little white and red face.

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus (compare French blanc, Spanish blanco, Portuguese branco), 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjan.ko/, [ˈbjäŋko̞]
• Hyphenation: biàn‧co

Adjective

bianco m ‎(feminine singular bianca, masculine plural bianchi, feminine plural bianche)

1. white

Noun

bianco m ‎(plural bianchi)

1. white
2. (feminine bianca) white man
3. linen

Derived terms

Anagrams

• bacino
• cibano

See also