blanchir

Meaning

  1. to launder, wash
  2. to make white; to whiten
  3. to grow or become white
  4. to blanch or bleach
  5. to launder
  6. to whitewash (to cover over errors or bad actions)

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/blɑ̃.ʃiʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French blanchir, from Vulgar Latin *blancīre, a verb based on Frankish *blank.

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