blanc
English
noun
Definitions
- A white cosmetic.
- A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used especially for braised meat.
Etymology
Borrowed from French blanc (white) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (shine, strike).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleyǵ-
Gloss
shine, strike
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blancard English
- fligo Latin
- bianco Italian
- blank Dutch, Flemish
- blanc French
- blanchaille French
- blanchement French
- blanchir French
- blanquette French
- chèque en blanc French
- fer-blanc French
- *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *blaikaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- blanc Old French
- blanka Esperanto
- blanc Middle French
- blikisni Old Dutch
- blank Middle Low German
- блискъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- blan Haitian, Haitian Creole
- blan Antillean Creole