bianco

See also: Bianco

Istriot

Etymology

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

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.

Italian

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

bianco (feminine bianca, masculine plural bianchi, feminine plural bianche, superlative bianchissimo, diminutive biancolìno or (rare) bianchétto or (rare) bianchìno or (rare) biancùccio, augmentative (rare) biancóne, pejorative biancàccio)

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

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

Noun

bianco m (plural bianchi)

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

Noun

bianco m (plural bianchi, feminine bianca)

  1. white man, white person

Derived terms

See also
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 tè              azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro              blu; blu scuro
             violetto; indaco              magenta; viola              rosa; fucsia; porpora

Anagrams

Venetian

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. white

Descendants

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