French

Noun

Blanc m ‎(plural Blancs, feminine Blanche)

1. white person

Proper noun

Blanc

1. A surname​, from the common noun/adjective blanc

English

Noun

blanc

1. A white cosmetic.
2. A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used especially for braised meat.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal blanc, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus (compare Occitan and French blanc, Spanish blanco, Portuguese branco, Italian bianco), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz ‎(“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- ‎(“to shine”).

Adjective

blanc m ‎(feminine blanca, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanques)

1. white

See also

French

Etymology

From Middle French blanc, from Old French blanc, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, 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): /blɑ̃/

Adjective

blanc m ‎(feminine singular blanche, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanches)

1. white color

   Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white.

2. blank, unused
3. (figuratively, one's look) blank, without expression

Derived terms

• blanc comme neige
• blanc comme un linge
• blancheur

Noun

blanc m ‎(plural blancs)

1. white (color)
2. silence while in a dialog.
3. 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.

4. (informal) white wine.

   Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine.

5. white person, person with a white complexion.
6. white, egg white
7. white meat

Derived terms

• blanc de blancs
• blanc de noirs

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: blan
• Guianese Creole: blan
• Haitian Creole: blan
• Karipúna Creole French: blã
• Louisiana Creole French: blan, blon
• Seychellois Creole: blan
• Tayo: bla

See also

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus (compare Ladin blanch, Italian bianco, French blanc, Spanish blanco, Portuguese branco), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz ‎(“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- ‎(“to shine”).

Adjective

blanc

1. white

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaŋk/

Adjective

blanc ‎(comparative plus blanc, superlative le plus blanc)

1. white

Derived terms

• blanchir

Middle French

Noun

blanc m (uncountable)

1. white

Adjective

blanc m ‎(feminine singular blanche, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanches)

1. white

Descendants

Occitan

Alternative forms

• blan (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Provençal blanc, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus (compare Catalan and French blanc, Spanish blanco, Portuguese branco, Italian bianco), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz ‎(“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- ‎(“to shine”).

Adjective

blanc m (feminine singular blanca, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blancas)

1. white

Old English

Alternative forms

• blonc

Etymology

From 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

1. White
2. greyish-white, pale, pallid

Declension

Related terms

• blonca, blanca
• blencan

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, 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 ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular blanche)

1. white

Declension

Noun

blanc m ‎(oblique plural blans, nominative singular blans, nominative plural blanc)

1. 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)

Related terms

• blanchoier

Descendants

Old Provençal

Etymology

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

Adjective

blanc m ‎(feminine singular blancha, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanchas)

1. white

Descendants

• Catalan: blanc
• Occitan: blanc

Walloon

Etymology

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

Adjective

blanc m (feminine singular blanke, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blankes)

1. white