blanco
See also: Blanco
Aragonese
Adjective
blanco m sg (feminine singular blanca, neuter singular blanco, masculine and neuter plural blancos, feminine plural blances)
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “blanco”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blɑ̃.ko/
Italian
Etymology
Spanish (from the colour of their strip).
Spanish
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”), through a Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus. Found as early as the Cantar de Mio Cid[1]. Compare Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”). Cognate with English blank, Dutch blank, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblanko/, [ˈblãŋko]
Audio (Latin America) (file)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Chavacano: blangko, blangku
- Papiamentu: blancu
See also
Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text) | ||||
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blanco | gris | negro | ||
rojo ; carmín, carmesí | naranja, anaranjado ; marrón | amarillo ; crema | ||
lima | verde | |||
cian ; azul-petróleo | azur | azul | ||
violeta ; añil, índigo | magenta ; morado, púrpura | rosa |
Further reading
- “blanco” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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