blianc
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Old French blanc, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).
Adjective
blianc (feminine singular bliainche)
- white
Derived terms
- bliainchi
Norman
Alternative forms
- bllànc (Guernsey)
- bllaunc (continental Normandy)
Etymology
From Old French blanc, from Late Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjɑ̃/, /bʎɑ̃/
Adjective
blianc m
- (Jersey) white
Antonyms
- nièr, né
Derived terms
- blianc-bouais (“white poplar”)
- blianc d'oeu (“egg white”)
- blianche alouette (“snow bunting”)
- blianche-coue (“wheatear”)
- blianche danme, blianche femme (“white lady”) (type of apparition)
- blianche êpîngne (“hawthorn”)
- blianche gorge (“whitethroat”)
- blianche orme (“Dutch elm”)
- blianche-ortchie (“white dead-nettle”)
- blianche plianche (“whiteboard”)
- blianche s'nîle (“fat hen”)
- blianchi (“to bleach”)
- blianc-ours (“polar bear”)
- blianc vîn (“white wine”)
- mêle à blianche gorge (“ring-ouzel”)