blanch

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From Middle English blaunchen, from Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”), from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleyǵ- (“to shine”). Cognates Cognate with blench (“to deceive, to trick”) through Proto-Indo-European, whence other etymology of blanch.

Variant of blench, of same Proto-Indo-European origin.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: побелявам (pobeljavam) — to grow or become white
• Dutch: verbleken — to grow or become white
• Finnish: kalveta — to grow or become white
• French: blanchir — to grow or become white
• German: erbleichen — to grow or become white
• Ancient Greek: λευκαίνω (leukaínō) — to grow or become white
• Irish: bánaigh — to grow or become white
• Norwegian: blekne — to grow or become white
• Polish: blaknąć — to grow or become white
• Polish: zblaknąć — to grow or become white
• Polish: blednąć — to grow or become white
• Polish: zblednąć — to grow or become white
• Polish: płowieć — to grow or become white
• Polish: spłowieć — to grow or become white
• Russian: бледне́ть (blednétʹ) — to grow or become white
• Russian: побледне́ть (poblednétʹ) — to grow or become white
• Russian: беле́ть (belétʹ) — to grow or become white
• Russian: побеле́ть (pobelétʹ) — to grow or become white
• Spanish: palidecer — to grow or become white
• Spanish: empalidecer — to grow or become white
• Spanish: emblanquecerse — to grow or become white
• Spanish: lividecer — to grow or become white
• Spanish: amarillear — to grow or become white
• Swedish: blekna — to grow or become white
• Ottoman Turkish: بیاضلانمق (beyâzlanmak) — to grow or become white
• Bulgarian: избелвам (izbelvam) — to make white
• Dutch: bleken — to make white
• Dutch: witten — to make white
• Finnish: valkaista — to make white
• French: blanchir — to make white
• Ancient Greek: λευκαίνω (leukaínō) — to make white
• Irish: bánaigh — to make white
• Norwegian Bokmål: bleke — to make white
• Polish: płowić — to make white
• Polish: wypławiać — to make white
• Polish: wypłowić — to make white
• Russian: бели́ть (belítʹ) — to make white
• Russian: побели́ть (pobelítʹ) — to make white
• Spanish: emblanquecer — to make white
• Spanish: blanquecer — to make white
• Spanish: blanquear — to make white
• Spanish: armiñar — to make white
• Swedish: bleka — to make white
• Bulgarian: бланширам (blanširam) — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Chinese Mandarin: 焯 (chāo) — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Dutch: blancheren — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Finnish: kaltata — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• French: blanchir — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• French: monder — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Galician: aferventar — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• German: blanchieren — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Hungarian: blansíroz — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Norwegian Bokmål: skålde — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Polish: blanszować — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Polish: zblanszować — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Russian: бланширова́ть (blanširovátʹ) — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Spanish: escaldar — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Spanish: blanquear — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
• Swedish: blanchera — to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water