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blanch¹
- /blɑːnt͡ʃ/
- /blænt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -ɑːntʃ, -æntʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English blaunchen, from Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”), from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).
Cognates
Cognate with blench (“to deceive, to trick”) through Proto-Indo-European, whence other etymology of blanch.
verb blanches · blanching · blanched
- To grow or become white. His cheek blanched with fear.
- To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach. to blanch linen
- To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
- To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices.
- To bleach by excluding light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants by earthing them up or tying them together.
- To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding. to blanch almonds
- To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
- To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
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To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
c. 1680, John Tillotson, The indispensable necessity of the knowledge of the Holy Scripture
Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things.
Similar: palliate
blanch²
- /blɑːnt͡ʃ/
- /blænt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -ɑːntʃ, -æntʃ
Where it comes from
Variant of blench, of same Proto-Indo-European origin.
verb blanches · blanching · blanched
- To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. Ifs and ands to qualify words of treason; whereby every man might express his malice, and blanch his danger.
- To cause to turn aside or back. to blanch a deer
- To use evasion. Books will speak plain, when counsellors blanch.
Blanch³
proper noun
- A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Blanche. That daughter there of Spain, the Lady Blanch, / Is near to England: look upon the years / Of Lewis the Dauphin and the lovely maid. / If lusty love should go in quest of beauty, / Where should he find it fairer than in Blanch?
Translations
Every language
verb to grow or become white
| Español | palidecer, empalidecer, emblanquecerse, lividecer, amarillear |
|---|---|
| Français | blanchir |
| Deutsch | erbleichen |
| Русский | бледне́ть blednétʹ, побледне́ть poblednétʹ, беле́ть belétʹ, побеле́ть pobelétʹ |
verb to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
| Español | escaldar, blanquear |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 焯 chāo |
| Français | blanchir, monder |
| Deutsch | blanchieren |
| Русский | бланширова́ть blanširovátʹ |
verb to make white
| Español | emblanquecer, blanquecer, blanquear, armiñar |
|---|---|
| Français | blanchir |
| Русский | бели́ть belítʹ, побели́ть pobelítʹ |
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title = {blanch},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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