Jump To:

• blanc
  blanc

  noun

  a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
• Blanc
  Blanc

  noun

  Jean Joseph Charles Louis 1811–82, French socialist and historian.

blanc

¹ American  

[blangk, blahn] / blæŋk, blɑ̃ /

noun

• blancs
  plural

1. a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.

2. an Anglo-Gallic copy of this coin, issued by Henry VI.

3. French Cooking. a liquid for poaching meat, fish, or vegetables, often containing wine, herbs, and vegetables; court-bouillon.

---

Blanc ² American  

[blahn, blangk] / blɑ̃, blæŋk /

noun

1. Jean Joseph Charles Louis 1811–82, French socialist and historian.

2. Mel(vin Jerome), 1908–1989, U.S. voice actor for cartoon characters, as Woody Woodpecker and Daffy Duck, in films.

3. Mont. Mont Blanc.

---

Blanc ¹ British  

/ blɑ̃ /

noun

1. See Mont Blanc

2. a headland in N Tunisia: the northernmost point of Africa

3. a peninsula in Mauritania, on the Atlantic coast

---

Blanc ² British  

/ blɑ̃ /

noun

1. ( Jean Joseph Charles ) Louis (lwi). 1811–82, French socialist and historian: author of L'Organisation du travail (1840), in which he advocated the establishment of cooperative workshops subsidized by the state

---

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• blancs
  plural

---

Etymology

Origin of blanc

< French, Old French: white; see blank

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

blanc Blanc blancs

The pan-seared salmon was another highlight, served over zucchini with coconut beurre blanc and curry-chili crisp.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Owen: It’s Grenache blanc grapes from the Languedoc region of France.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

“American Fiction” is a lot like Monk’s drink of choice, Chenin blanc: dry, bracing, elegant and a bit unexpected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

Joel Embiid will wear red, white and blue in Paris next summer - not rouge, blanc and bleu.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

The blanc mange was lumpy, and the strawberries not as ripe as they looked, having been skilfully ‘deaconed’.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The sliver of a country—176 square miles, the smallest in Africa—is stacked with luxury out-posts, including two Four Seasons, Raffles, Six Senses, Waldorf Astoria and Cheval Blanc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Blanc told the BBC's Big Boss Interview podcast that England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

"If you've got a lower state pension then you need a higher private pension, don't you? So you need to think about that balance," Blanc said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Chizay produces 1.3 million bottles a year, mostly from its white Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat and Riesling grapes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

The pewter-colored cell key was the biggest, its shaft as thick as a Mont Blanc pen, with a silver dollar-sized handle at one end and skeleton key-like chiselings in a tab at the other.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

It’s spectacular in beurre blancs atop crispy-skinned white fish or in creamy pan sauces for seared chicken.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025

This week we have two sauvignon blancs of different styles: a mineral-driven example from the Loire Valley in France and a riper, more effusive expression of the grape from New Zealand.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023

He was grooming his millions of followers, the petit blancs business owners and hustlers, into spreading the virus.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2022

Fifteen years before the boss bought the winery, the paper dropped into a review of California sauvignon blancs a tidbit about Moraga’s 1993 “meritage.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

Note.—Haricots blancs, when new and fresh, should be put into boiling water, and do not require any soaking previous to dressing.

From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---