branco

French

Etymology

Abbreviation of brancardier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɑ̃.ko/

Noun

branco m (plural brancos)

1. (military, colloquial) stretcher-bearer

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese branco, inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Adjective

branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)

1. white (colour)

See also

Italian

Etymology

From branca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbran.ko/
• Rhymes: -anko
• Hyphenation: bràn‧co

Noun

branco m (plural branchi)

1. flock (of sheep)
2. pack (of wolves or dogs)
3. gang (of people)

Mirandese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐ̃.ku/

Adjective

branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)

1. white

References

“branco” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank.

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾã.ko/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾã.kʊ/

Adjective

branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)

1. white
   • 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)

     […] mia ſennor branca e / uermella.

     my lady of white skin and / reddish face.

Descendants

• Fala: blãcu
• Galician: branco
• Portuguese: branco (see there for further descendants)

See also

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

branco

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese branco, inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus with regular dissimilation of -l- to -r- after a consonant. Compare Galician branco, Spanish blanco. Doublet of Bianca, a name borrowed from Italian.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ku
• Hyphenation: bran‧co

Noun

branco m (plural brancos)

1. white (color)

   Synonyms: (poetic) alvo, cândido

   1. (heraldry) argent
   2. white clothing
2. (Brazil, informal) blackout (failure in recalling something)

   Synonym: branca

   Me deu um branco na prova!

   I couldn’t remember anything during the test!

3. (oenology) Ellipsis of vinho branco.

Derived terms

Noun

branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)

1. a white person

   Synonyms: (formal and relatively uncommon) caucasiano, (derogatory) branquelo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:branco.

Adjective

branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas, comparable, comparative mais branco, superlative o mais branco or branquíssimo, diminutive branquinho, augmentative brancão)

1. white in color
2. (of a person) white; Caucasian

   Synonym: (formal and relatively uncommon) caucasiano

3. (of a person) pale; pallid

   Synonym: pálido

4. white (lightest in color compared to similar objects)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:branco.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Angolar: baanku
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: branku
• Indo-Portuguese: branco
• Kabuverdianu: bránku
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: brak
• Kristang: brangku
• Principense: baanku
• Sãotomense: blanku

See also