blanc

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. white color
2. blank, unused
3. blank, without expression

Noun

1. white (color)
2. silence while in a dialog
3. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form
4. (informal) white wine
5. white person, person with a white complexion
6. albumen, egg white
7. white meat
8. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex

Sinonieme

blanche

européen

blancheur

Européen

espace

clair

caucasien

glaire

blanchâtre

gris

gris clair

pur

très blanc

devenir blanc

place

propre

gabardine

rupture

simulation

vierge

espace en blanc

bian

de couleur blanche

achromatique

blanchir

blanc-seing

brillant

distance

éloignement

flanelle

imitation

local

mûr

nettoyer

simulacre

tweed

blanc d’œuf

cendré

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/blɑ̃/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle French: blanc

Geërf van Old French: blanc

Verwante met Old High German: blanch

Verwante met Duits: blank

Verwante met Old Norse: blankr

Verwante met Deens: blank

Verwante met Nederlands: blank

In summary

Inherited from Middle French blanc, from Old French blanc, from Early Medieval Latin blancus, a borrowing of Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).
Akin to Old High German blanch (“bright, white”) (German blank (“polished, naked”)), Old Norse blankr (“white”) (Danish blank (“bright, shiny”)), Dutch blank (“white, shining”). More at blink, blank.

Sinne

Tout le bâtiment est peint en blanc .

The whole building is painted white.

La tour est peinte en blanc et la lanterne est grise .

The tower is painted white and the lantern is grey.