See also: Bianco

Istriot

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Etymology

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Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish. Compare Italian bianco, Dalmatian blanc.

Adjective

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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.

Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus. Doublet of blanco, a borrowing from Spanish.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbjan.ko/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anko
  • Hyphenation: biàn‧co

Adjective

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bianco (feminine bianca, masculine plural bianchi, feminine plural bianche, superlative bianchissimo, diminutive biancolìno (pure white, or very light) or bianchétto or bianchìno or biancùccio, augmentative biancóne, pejorative biancàccio (dirty white))

  1. white (bright and colourless/colorless)
    Antonym: nero

Descendants

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  • German: blanko
  • Sabir: bianco
  • Sardinian: biancu

Noun

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bianco m (plural bianchi)

  1. white (the color of snow or milk)
    Antonym: nero
  2. blank
  3. linen

Noun

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bianco m (plural bianchi, feminine bianca)

  1. white man, white person

Derived terms

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Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
     bianco      argento; grigio      nero
             rosso; cremisi              arancione; marrone; bronzo              giallo; oro; crema
             verde chiaro; limetta              verde              verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
             ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di              azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro              blu; blu scuro
             violetto; indaco              magenta; viola              rosa; fucsia; porpora

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Venetian

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Etymology

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From Old Venetian blanco,[1] from Early Medieval Latin blancus.

Adjective

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

  1. white

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ferguson, Ronnie. 2007. A linguistic history of Venice. Florence: Olschki. Page 224.