blanquette

English

Alternative forms

• blanquet (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French blanquette, from Provençal blanqueto, a diminutive of blanc (“white”), derived, through early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).
Compare blanket.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /blɒ̃ˈkɛt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /blɑ̃ˈkɛt/, /blɑŋˈkɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

blanquette (countable and uncountable, plural blanquettes)

1. A white meat stew in which neither the meat nor the sauce is browned.

   Hypernyms: ragout, stew

   Hyponym: blanquette de veau

Translations

white meat stew which is not browned

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} keusteurenn (br) f
• Finnish: vatkuli (fi); blanquette (fi)
• French: blanquette (fr) f
• Ido: blanka raguto
• Japanese: ブランケット (ja) (buranketto)
• Korean: 블랑켓 (beullangket)
• Occitan:

  Provençal: blanqueto m

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Provençal blanqueto, a diminutive of blanc (“white”), derived, through early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Equivalent to blanc (“white”) +‎ -ette (feminine diminutive suffix). Doublet of blanchette.

blanquette de Limoux

blanquette de veau à l'ancienne (Old-fashioned veal blanquette)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɑ̃.kɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

blanquette f (plural blanquettes)

1. (uncountable) a variety of white grapes

   Synonym: chasselas doré

   Hypernym: raisin

   1. (countable or uncountable) sparkling white wine from Languedoc made from white grapes of the "mauzac" variety

      Hypernyms: vin, vin blanc, vin mousseux

      Hyponym: blanquette de Limoux

2. (countable) a type of summer white pear

   Hypernym: poire

3. (countable or uncountable) the first clear distillation of a brandy

   Hypernym: eau-de-vie

4. (countable or uncountable) blanquette (white meat stew which is not browned)

   Hypernym: ragoût

   Hyponyms: blanquette d’agneau, blanquette de veau

5. (uncountable, slang, popular) silverware

   Synonym: argenterie

Further reading

• “blanquette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.