blanquet

English

Noun

blanquet (countable and uncountable, plural blanquets)

Obsolete spelling of blanquette

Catalan

Etymology

blanc +‎ -et

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /bləŋˈkət/

(Central) IPA^(key): /bləŋˈkɛt/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /blaŋˈket/

Noun

blanquet m (plural blanquets)

white lead, ceruse
A white pigment made from white lead, zinc oxide, bismuth oxynitrate, etc. and generally applied to the face.
A type of pork sausage made with pinenuts and flavoured with anise.

Further reading

“blanquet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“blanquet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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