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branco
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French
Etymology
Clipping of brancardier + -o.
Pronunciation
Noun
branco m (plural brancos)
- (military, colloquial) stretcher-bearer
- 2016, Jacques Tardi, Dominique Grange, Le dernier assaut, Bruxelles; Paris: Casterman, →ISBN, page 10:
- Le barbu s'appelle Augustin, l'autre, c'est Sauvageon. Ils sont tous les deux brancos au 98e R.I. Le type qu'ils trimballent sur le brancard, c'est Grumeau.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese branco, inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank.
Pronunciation
Adjective
branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)
- white (colour)
See also
branco | gris | negro, preto |
vermello; carmín | laranxa; castaño, marrón | amarelo; crema |
verde lima | verde | menta; verde escuro |
ciano; azul verdoso | cerúleo | azul |
violeta; anil | maxenta; púrpura | rosa |
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Italian
Etymology
From branca.
Pronunciation
Noun
branco m (plural branchi)
Mirandese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Adjective
branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)
References
- Ferreira, Amadeu; Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona (2003–2022), “branco”, in Dicionário de Mirandês-Português [Mirandese-Portuguese Dictionary].
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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank.
Pronunciation
Adjective
branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)
- white
- 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)
- […] mia ſennor branca e / uermella.
- […] my lady of white skin and / reddish face.
- 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)
Descendants
See also
branco, blanco, alvo | gris | negro, preto |
vermelho | castanho | amarelo |
verde | ||
azur | ||
cardẽo | rosa |
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese branco, inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus with regular dissimilation of -l- to -r- after a consonant. Compare Galician branco, Spanish blanco. Doublet of Bianca, a name borrowed from Italian.
Pronunciation
Noun
branco m (plural brancos)
- white (color)
- (Brazil, informal) blackout (failure in recalling something)
- Synonym: branca
- Me deu um branco na prova!
- I couldn’t remember anything during the test!
- (oenology) ellipsis of vinho branco
Derived terms
- dar um branco
Noun
branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)
- a white person
- Synonyms: (formal and relatively uncommon) caucasiano, (derogatory) branquelo
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:branco.
Adjective
branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas, comparable, comparative mais branco, superlative o mais branco or branquíssimo, diminutive branquinho, augmentative brancão)
- white in color
- (of a person) white; Caucasian
- Synonym: (formal and relatively uncommon) caucasiano
- (of a person) pale; pallid
- Synonym: pálido
- white (lightest in color compared to similar objects)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:branco.
Derived terms
- azul e branco
- branco do olho
- branco-gelo
- branco-marfim
- brancor
- brancura
- branquear
- branquismo
- branquitude
- em branco
- embranquecer
- glóbulo branco
- pano branco
- vinho branco
Descendants
See also
branco, alvo, cândido | cinza, gris, cinzento |
preto, negro, atro |
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim |
laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom |
amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre |
verde-limão | verde | verde-água; verde-menta |
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo |
azul-bebê / azul-bebé, azul-celeste | azul, índigo, anil |
violeta, lilás |
magenta; roxo, púrpura | rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque |
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