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blanquette

/blɒ̃ˈkɛt/ UK
/blɑ̃ˈkɛt/ US
/blɑŋˈkɛt/ US

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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”).

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noun blanquettes · blanquet

countable, uncountable A white meat stew in which neither the meat nor the sauce is browned.

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noun white meat stew which is not browned

한국어	블랑켓 beullangket
日本語	ブランケット buranketto
Français	blanquette

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"blanquette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blanquette. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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blanquette. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blanquette

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"blanquette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blanquette.

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@misc{blanquette_2026,
  title = {blanquette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blanquette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}