branco

branco

See also: Branco and branĉo

French

Etymology

Abbreviation of brancardier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɑ̃.ko/

Noun

branco m (plural brancos)

1. (military, colloquial) stretcher-bearer

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Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaŋkʊ/

Adjective

branco m (feminine singular branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)

1. white (colour)

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)

branco	gris	negro
vermello; carmín	laranxa; castaño, marrón	amarelo; crema
verde lima	verde	menta; verde escuro
ciano; azul verdoso	cerúleo	azul
violeta; anil	maxenta; púrpura	rosa

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Italian

Etymology

From branca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbran.ko/
• Rhymes: -anko
• Hyphenation: bràn‧co

Noun

branco m (plural branchi)

1. flock (of sheep)
2. pack (of wolves or dogs)
3. gang (of people)

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Mirandese

Adjective

branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)

1. white

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾã.ko/

Adjective

branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)

1. white
   • 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)

     […] mia ſennor branca e / uermella.

     […] my lady of white skin and / reddish face.

Descendants

• Fala: blãcu
• Galician: branco
• Portuguese: branco
  • Angolar: baanku
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: branku
  • Indo-Portuguese: branco
  • Kabuverdianu: bránku
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: brak
  • Kristang: brangku
  • Principense: baanku
  • Sãotomense: blanku

See also

Colors in Old Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)

branco, blanco, alvo	gris	negro, preto
vermello	castanho	amarelo
	verde
		azur
	cardẽo	rosa

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Portuguese

branco

Etymology

From Old Portuguese branco (“white”), from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus. The feminine is a doublet of Bianca.

Cognate with Galician branco, Spanish blanco, Catalan, Occitan, and French blanc, Italian bianco and English blank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐ̃.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ku
• Hyphenation: bran‧co

Noun

branco m (plural brancos)

1. white (color)

   Synonym: (poetic) alvo

   1. (heraldry) argent
   2. white clothing
2. (Brazil, informal) blackout (failure in recalling something)

   Me deu um branco na prova!

   I couldn’t remember anything during the test!

3. (oenology) Ellipsis of vinho branco.

Derived terms

• dar um branco

 

Uma mulher branca

Noun

branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)

1. a white person

   Synonyms: (formal and relatively uncommon) caucasiano, (derogatory) branquelo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:branco.

Adjective

branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas, comparable, comparative maisbranco, superlative o maisbranco or branquíssimo, diminutive branquinho, augmentative brancão)

1. white in color
2. (of a person) white; Caucasian

   Synonym: (formal and relatively uncommon) caucasiano

3. (of a person) pale; pallid

   Synonym: pálido

4. white (lightest in color compared to similar objects)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:branco.

Derived terms

• branco do olho
• branco-gelo
• branco-marfim
• brancor
• brancura
• branquear
• branquismo
• em branco
• embranquecer
• glóbulo branco
• vinho branco

 

Descendants

• Angolar: baanku
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: branku
• Indo-Portuguese: branco
• Kabuverdianu: bránku
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: brak
• Kristang: brangku
• Principense: baanku
• Sãotomense: blanku

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo, cândido	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro, atro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor-de-laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde, verde claro
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul céu, azul-celeste	azul,índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque