blanchir

Inherited from Old French blanchir, from Vulgar Latin *blancīre, a verb based on Frankish *blank.

• IPA^(key): /blɑ̃.ʃiʁ/

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blanchir

1. to launder, wash

   Blanchir du linge.

   To wash linen.

2. to make white; to whiten

   La neige a blanchis les toits.

   The snow whitens the roofs.

3. to grow or become white

   Les cheveux blanchissent avec l’âge.

   Hair whitens with age.

4. to blanch or bleach

   Elle a blanchis quand elle a entendu les nouvelles.

   She blanched when she heard the news.

5. (money) to launder
6. to whitewash (to cover over errors or bad actions)

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

• → German: blanchieren
  • → Hungarian: blansíroz
• → Dutch: blancheren
• → Polish: blanszować
• → Russian: бланшировать (blanširovatʹ)
• → Swedish: blanchera

• “blanchir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Vulgar Latin *blancīre, a verb based on Frankish *blank.

blanchir

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This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.