Blanc   White  

blanc (white, empty): blank (blanc, vide), blankly (l'esprit vide, carrément), blanket ('white sheet', couverture)
blanquette (veal with white sauce): blanquette
blanc-manger ('white food', white jelly): blanc-manger
carte blanche ('blank paper [already signed]'): carte blanche
Blanche (Alabama, Tennessee) means 'white'. Bois Blanc Island (Michigan) means 'white wood' island.  Bois: Wood. Chene Blanc or Chien Blanc (Louisiana) means 'white dog'.  Chien: Dog. Cote Blanche (Louisiana) means 'white shore'.

aube ('white [tunic]'): alb
aube ('[when the sky] becomes white', dawn): aubade ('morning [song]', aubade)
album ('white [tablet]'): album
 Ã‰volution phonétique: Phonetic evolution

candeur ('whiteness', 'brightness', innocence): candor, candid (sincère)   Candide (the hero's name in Voltaire's novel) means 'naive'.
 
  Blanc is of Germanic origin.

Es blanco (white)
It bianco (white)
Po branco (white), Casabranca ('white house', Casablanca)


Couleurs: Colors
Blanc: White
Noir: Black
绿 Vert: Green
Rouge: Red
Jaune: Yellow
Rose: Pink
Marron: Brown


© Renaud Bouret