blancor
Asturian
Alternative forms
- blancura
Noun
blancor m or f (plural blancores)
- whiteness (state of being white)
Catalan
Etymology
blanc + -or
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /bləŋˈko/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /blaŋˈkoɾ/
Noun
blancor f (uncountable)
- whiteness
Synonyms
- blancúria
Old Spanish
Etymology
From blanco (“white”) + -or.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blanˈkoɾ/
Noun
blancor m (plural blancores)
- white, whiteness
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 19r.
- […] &́ vieron la gĺa de iſŕl dedios. Como huebra de blácor. &́ de cristal. ¬ como color de los cielos módos […]
- […] and they saw the glory of the God of Israel, like a work of white and crystal, and like the color of realm of the heavens. […]
- […] &́ vieron la gĺa de iſŕl dedios. Como huebra de blácor. &́ de cristal. ¬ como color de los cielos módos […]
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 19r.
Synonyms
- blanco
Descendants
- Spanish: blancor
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish blancor, or coined again from blanco + -or.
Noun
blancor m (plural blancores)
- whiteness
- Synonym: blancura
Further reading
- “blancor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014