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Italian
Etymology
From bianco + -astro. Compare French blanchâtre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjanˈka.stro/
- Rhymes: -astro
- Hyphenation: bian‧cà‧stro
Adjective
biancastro (feminine biancastra, masculine plural biancastri, feminine plural biancastre)
- whitish
- Synonyms: (uncommon) biancheggiante, bianchiccio, (literary) biancicante, (literary, archaic) biancoso
- Antonyms: nerastro, (literary) nereggiante, (uncommon) nericcio, (literary, rare) nerigno, nerognolo
Further reading
- biancastro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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