English Explanatory Dictionary

blanquette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/blɒ̃ˈkɛt/ /blɑ̃ˈkɛt/ /blɑŋˈkɛt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-blanquette.wav

Word forms

blanquette blanquettes blanquet

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.

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