bianco

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

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjan.ko/

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• Rhymes: -anko
• Hyphenation: biàn‧co

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

1. white (bright and colourless/colorless)

   Synonym: albo

   Antonym: nero

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

bianco m (plural bianchi)

1. white (the color of snow or milk)

   Antonym: nero

2. blank
3. linen

bianco m (plural bianchi, feminine bianca)

1. white man, white person

• bacino, cibano

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

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

1. white

• →? Dalmatian: blanc