blanka

See also: Blanka, blänka, blanką, and Blanką

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance (French blanc, Italian bianco, Spanish blanco). Perhaps also influenced by Polish biały, Russian бе́лый (bélyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblanka]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anka
• Hyphenation: blan‧ka

Adjective

blanka (accusative singular blankan, plural blankaj, accusative plural blankajn)

1. white

   En okcidenta civilizo, nur la fianĉino devas porti blankan robon ĉe nupto.

   In Western society, only the bride should wear a white dress at a wedding.

2. blank

   La artisto fikse rigardis la blankan kanvason ĝis li trovis inspiron.

   The artist stared at the blank canvas until he found inspiration.

Derived terms

• blanka nano (“white dwarf”)
• blanki (“to be blank; to be white”)
• blanko (“white color”)
• blankulo (“white person”)

See also

Colors in Esperanto · koloroj (layout · text)

blanka	griza	nigra
ruĝa; karmezina	oranĝokolora; oranĝkolora; oranĝo; bruna	flava; kremkolora
limekolora	verda
cejanblua; turkisa	lazura	blua
violkolora; viola; indiga	magenta; purpura	rozokolora

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto blanka, English blank, French blanc, German blank, Italian bianco, Spanish blanco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblan.ka/

Adjective

blanka

1. white
2. (figuratively) blank

Derived terms

• blankajo (“white object”)
• blankatra (“whitish”)
• blanke (“in white”, adverb)
• blankeskar (“to turn white”)
• blankigar (“to whiten”)
• blanko (“white person”)

 

See also

Colors in Ido · kolori (layout · text)

blanka	griza	nigra
reda; karmezina	oranjea; bruna	flava; kremea
limetea	verda
ciana	azurea	blua
violea; indigea	purpurea	rozea

Ladino

Adjective

blanka (Latin spelling, masculine blanko)

1. white

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbɫanka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈblanka/

Noun

blanka f

1. diminutive of blána

Declension

Declension of blanka (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	blanka	blancě	blanky
genitive	blanky	blankú	blanek
dative	blancě	blankama	blankám
accusative	blanku	blancě	blanky
vocative	blanko	blancě	blanky
locative	blancě	blankú	blankách
instrumental	blankú	blankama	blankami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “blanka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Alternative forms

• blank

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin plancus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaŋ.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aŋka
• Syllabification: blan‧ka
• Homophone: Blanka

Noun

blanka f

1. (architecture, military) cop, merlon (any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement)

   Synonym: ząb

Declension

Declension of blanka

	singular	plural
nominative	blanka	blanki
genitive	blanki	blanek
dative	blance	blankom
accusative	blankę	blanki
instrumental	blanką	blankami
locative	blance	blankach
vocative	blanko	blanki

Derived terms

adjective

• blankowy

 

Related terms

nouns

• blank
• blanki

 

Further reading

• blanka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• blanka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Adjective

blanka

1. inflection of blank:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Verb

blanka (present blankar, preterite blankade, supine blankat, imperative blanka)

1. to polish, to make shining (blank), to shine shoes or other leather items; to groom (brush) animals

   I stallet blankade Petter seldonen

   In the stable, Petter polished the harnesses

   Hela huset vändes upp och ner, flygeln målades om, korna i ladugården blankades, trädgårdslanden snyggades upp

   The whole house was turned around, the wing was repainted, the cows in the barn were brushed, the garden patch was shaped up

2. to erase all text; to blank
3. (finance) To sell valuable papers one doesn't own, in the hope that the price will drop sufficiently to allow the trader to buy them back, while still making net money on the transaction.

   Då blankades teknikaktierna för fullt, vilket gick lätt att räkna hem.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (cooking) to finish off a sauce by adding fat (?)

   Mot slutet silades såsen av, och blankades med lite smör för att ge den en lite avrundad mjukhet.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of blanka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	blanka		blankas
Supine	blankat		blankats
Imperative	blanka		—
Imper. plural1	blanken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	blankar	blankade	blankas	blankades
Ind. plural1	blanka	blankade	blankas	blankades
Subjunctive2	blanke	blankade	blankes	blankades
	Participles
Present participle	blankande
Past participle	blankad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• Balkan