branco
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɾaŋkʊ/
Italian
Etymology
From branca.
Mirandese
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)
- 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.
- […] mia ſennor branca e / uermella.
- 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese branco (“white”), from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to shine”).
Cognate with Galician branco, Spanish blanco, Catalan blanc, Occitan blanc, French blanc, Italian bianco and English blank.
Noun
branco m (plural brancos)
Derived terms
- dar um branco
Noun
branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)
- a white person
- Synonym: caucasiano (relatively uncommon)
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:branco.
Adjective
branco m (feminine singular branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas, comparable)
Inflection
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
positive | branco | branca | brancos | brancas |
comparative | mais branco | mais branca | mais brancos | mais brancas |
superlative | o mais branco branquíssimo |
a mais branca branquíssima |
os mais brancos branquíssimos |
as mais brancas branquíssimas |
augmentative | brancão | brancona | brancões | branconas |
diminutive | branquinho | branquinha | branquinhos | branquinhas |
Quotations
For quotations of use of 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