bianco

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus (compare Italian bianco, Dalmatian blank, French blanc, Spanish blanco, Portuguese branco), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).

Adjective

bianco

1. white
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.

     Dear, with that little white and red face.

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus (compare French blanc, Spanish blanco, Portuguese branco), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“bright, white”) (German blank (“blank, white”)), Old Norse blankr (“white”) (Danish blank (“bright, shiny”)), Dutch blank (“white, shining”). More at blink, blind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjaŋko/

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• Hyphenation: biàn‧co

Adjective

bianco (feminine singular bianca, masculine plural bianchi, feminine plural bianche)

1. white

Noun

bianco m (plural bianchi)

1. white
2. blank
3. (feminine bianca) white man
4. linen

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

• bacino
• cibano