Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blanquette

/blɑ̃ˈkɛt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: blan-quette
IPA: /blɑ̃ˈkɛt/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: blanquette, blanqueto, blancus, *blank, *blankaz, *bhleg-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /blɑ̃ˈkɛt/
British English: /blɒ̃ˈkɛt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

blanquettes (plural) blanquet (alternative, obsolete)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce blanquette?: The recorded pronunciation is /blɑ̃ˈkɛt/.
What does blanquette mean?: A white meat stew in which neither the meat nor the sauce is browned.
Where does blanquette come from?: It is traced to French.

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