adjective/blɑ̃/
white color; blank, unused; blank, without expression
“Ce lait est blanc.” — This milk is white.
Inherited from Middle French blanc, from Old French blanc, branc, from Early Medieval Latin blancus, a borrowing of Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).
Akin to Old High German blanch (“bright, white”) (German blank (“polished, naked”)), Old Norse blankr (“white”) (Danish blank (“bright, shiny”)), Dutch blank (“white, shining”). More at blink, blank.
noun, masculine/blɑ̃/plural: blancs
white (color); silence while in a dialog; empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form; white wine; A white person, person with a white complexion
“Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page.” — Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page.
Synonyms: albumen, blanc d'œuf, glaire, blanco
Inherited from Middle French blanc, from Old French blanc, branc, from Early Medieval Latin blancus, a borrowing of Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).
Akin to Old High German blanch (“bright, white”) (German blank (“polished, naked”)), Old Norse blankr (“white”) (Danish blank (“bright, shiny”)), Dutch blank (“white, shining”). More at blink, blank.