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• 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.

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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.

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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

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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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• blancs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of blanc

< French, Old French: white; see blank

Example Sentences

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Roses are all over the place, replacing many whites, such as sauv blanc and viognier, which we were growing.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

“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

John Torode: "The stomp is really well made, I love the gravy. Your boudin blanc is a little bit grainy, it should be more of a mousse texture. It's not quite perfect but pretty good."

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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

There were cars and fancy watches, Mont Blanc pens and espresso machines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

"The board has been surprised and disappointed to learn of governance oversight and conduct issues it deems unacceptable and has taken decisive action," Amanda Blanc, a senior independent director at BP, said in a statement.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

“The board has been surprised and disappointed to learn of governance oversight and conduct issues it deems unacceptable and has taken decisive action,” said Amanda Blanc, the company’s senior independent director.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

After celebrating its first anniversary in November, “Queer Roast for the Straight Hosts” has successfully brought together a powerhouse of comedians, including Jenny Yang, Brendan Scannell, Liz Blanc, Guy Branum and Paige Gallagher, among others.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

“So how did it go down? Tell me everything. C'était un surprise,” I add as Madame Blanc makes her way up my row.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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

Here we bargain and chaffer with towering bonnets blancs for peasant pottery and faïence, paintable half-worn stuffs, and delicious ancestral odds and ends of broken peasant households.

From Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various