blafard
French
Etymology
From Middle High German bleichvar (“pale-coloured”), from bleich (“pale”) + var (“colour”) (compare German Farbe).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bla.faʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aʁ
Adjective
blafard (feminine blafarde, masculine plural blafards, feminine plural blafardes)
- pale, wan, pallid
- 1947, Boris Vian, L'écume des jours, Kindle edition:
- À travers les vitres, de chaque côté, on distinguait un soleil terne, blafard, semé de grandes taches noires, un peu plus lumineux en son centre.
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Further reading
- “blafard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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