lelieblank
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˌleː.liˈblɑŋk/
adj
Definitions
- lily-white, pale white now mainly referring to (pale) white skin tones
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish lelie (lily) + Dutch, Flemish blank (white, shining).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
blank
Gloss
white, shining
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
白
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lily English
- lily-white English
- white English
- blank Dutch, Flemish
- blanken Dutch, Flemish
- blankvoorn Dutch, Flemish
- cobralelie Dutch, Flemish
- kafferlelie Dutch, Flemish
- lelie Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- liliwhite Middle English
- blanc Middle Dutch
- lilie Middle Dutch
- blank Afrikaans