Meanings
plural blanquettes · alternative obsolete blanquet
- countableuncountableA white meat stew in which neither the meat nor the sauce is browned.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bhleg-“to shine”
- Proto-Germanic*blankaz“white, bright, blinding”
- Frankish*blank“gleaming, white, blinding”
- Medieval Latinblancus
- Provençalblanqueto
- Frenchblanquette
- Englishblanquette
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.
More words from French, Provençal, Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish vatkuli, blanquette
- vatkuliwhite meat stew which is not browned
- blanquettewhite meat stew which is not browned
French blanquette
- blanquettewhite meat stew which is not browned
Japanese ブランケット
- ブランケット (buranketto)white meat stew which is not browned
Korean 블랑켓
- 블랑켓 (beullangket)white meat stew which is not browned
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with blanquette
Cite this entry
blanquette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blanquette
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