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blanchet.

whitish

8 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/blɑ̃.ʃɛ/

  1. whitish

Where this word comes from

From Middle French blanchet, from Old French blancet, blanket (“woolen cloth" also "white horse”), a blend of calqued Old English hwītel (“white woolen cloth”) and Old English blanca (“white horse”). Equivalent to blanc + -et.

noun/blɑ̃.ʃɛ/

  1. a grey, woolen cloth

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French blanchet, from Old French blancet, blanket (“woolen cloth" also "white horse”), a blend of calqued Old English hwītel (“white woolen cloth”) and Old English blanca (“white horse”). Equivalent to blanc + -et.

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