bianco

See also: Bianco

Istriot

Etymology

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

Adjective

bianco

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 (“pure white, or very light”) or (rare) bianchétto or (rare) bianchìno or (rare) biancùccio, augmentative (rare) biancóne, pejorative biancàccio (“dirty white”))

white (bright and colourless/colorless)
Synonym: albo

Antonym: nero

Descendants

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

Noun

bianco m (plural bianchi)

white (the color of snow or milk)
Antonym: nero
blank
linen

Noun

bianco m (plural bianchi, feminine bianca)

white man, white person

Derived terms

Anagrams

bacino, cibano

Venetan

Alternative forms

biank (Northern, eastern Trentino)
blanco (obsolete) [13th–14th c.]

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbjaŋko]
Hyphenation: biàn‧co

Adjective

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

white (bright and colourless)
- 1201–1230, Proverbia quae dicuntur super natura feminarum, lines 359–360^[1]:
  de vermeio e de blanco serà sì adobata // q'ela parà una 'magena quand'è ben vernicata.
  of vermilion and white she will be so much decorated // that she will look like a painting when it is well varnished.
- 1267, Manuscript from the archive of the Procurators of Saint Mark^[2]:
  (et) lib. d(e) ba(m)bacio xv (et) costa s. iij la livra (et) dnr. g(r)ossi xxij p(er) la cositura d(e)la coltra (et) dnr. g(r)ossi vj p(er) leace bla(n)ce
  and 15 pounds of cotton wool, which costs 3 soldi per pound, and 22 grossi for the sewing of the quilt and 6 grossi for the white laces
- 1308, Description of the horses taken with Paolo Donato on his council trip to Candia^[3]:
  Inp(ri)ma cavalo j bru(n) baio tuto cu(m) alqua(n)ti peli blanchi i(n) lo fronte
  First was an entirely dark-red horse, with some white hair on the forehead
- 1324, Marco Bragadin, First document with inventory and value of movable goods found in Marco Polo's house after his death, lines 14–15^[4]:
  Item foleseli bianchi de seda ll. 24 – ll. 2 de gross.
  Also white silk enemas, 24 pounds, 2 lire di grossi.
- 1350, Annotation on a horse sale, folio 1, lines 5–6^[5]:
  un caval brun, stela en lo front, / muso blancho, balçan di piè dedrie' extimà lbr. ij;
  a brown horse, with a star [white marking] on the forehead, white face, with white markings on the rear legs, valued 2 lire.

Derived terms

Multiword terms

Descendants

→ Dalmatian: blank

References

Galepin, “biànco” [2677]
Ferguson (2007), page 224: “blanco”
Rosman (1922), page 13a: “bianco”
Nazari (1876), page 54b: “bianco del ovo”
Boerio (1867), page 79a: “bianco”
Patriarchi (1821), page 21a: “bianca”, “bianco”
TLIO, “bianco”

[1] Contini (1960), page 538

[2] Formentin & Ciaralli (2014), page 16

[3] Tomasin (2013), page 34

[4] Formentin & Schiavon (2024), page 217

[5] Panontin (2022), page 234

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

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