blanquet

English

Noun

blanquet (countable and uncountable, plural blanquets)

Obsolete spelling of blanquette

Catalan

Etymology

From blanc +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [bləŋˈkɛt]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bləŋˈkət]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [blaŋˈket]

Noun

blanquet m (plural blanquets)

white lead, ceruse
a white pigment made from white lead, zinc oxide, bismuth oxynitrate, etc. and generally applied to the face
a type of pork sausage made with pinenuts and flavoured with anise

Further reading

“blanquet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“blanquet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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