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• Canada, US: /ˈbleɪ̯ŋk/
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• Canada, US: [ˈbleɪ̯ŋk]
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• Canada, US: /ˈblɛ̃ŋk/
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• Canada, US: [ˈblɛ̃ŋk]
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From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Old French blanc, feminine blanche, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Spanish blanco. More at blink, blind, blanch. Doublet of blanc.

* As a Dutch and German surname, from the adjective blank (“shining, pale, white”). * As an English and Jewish surname, spelling variant of Blanc, Blanck.

196 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: бял (bjal) — (archaic) without color
• Bulgarian: безцветен (bezcveten) — (archaic) without color
• Danish: farveløs — (archaic) without color
• Danish: tom — (archaic) without color
• Danish: blank — (archaic) without color
• Finnish: valkoinen — (archaic) without color
• Finnish: väritön — (archaic) without color
• German: ausdruckslos — (archaic) without color
• Italian: intonso — (archaic) without color
• Macedonian: бел (bel) — (archaic) without color
• Macedonian: блед (bled) — (archaic) without color
• Macedonian: бе́збоен (bézboen) — (archaic) without color
• Polish: bezbarwny — (archaic) without color
• Romanian: inexpresiv — (archaic) without color
• Romanian: neexpresiv — (archaic) without color
• Russian: бе́лый (bélyj) — (archaic) without color
• Russian: бле́дный (blédnyj) — (archaic) without color
• Russian: бесцве́тный (bescvétnyj) — (archaic) without color
• Spanish: en blanco — (archaic) without color
• Vietnamese: trắng — (archaic) without color
• Vietnamese: để trắng — (archaic) without color
• Arabic: خَالٍ (ḵālin) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Arabic: اَلْخَالِي (al-ḵālī) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Arabic: فَارِغ (fāriḡ) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Bulgarian: празен (prazen) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Bulgarian: неизписан (neizpisan) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Bulgarian: непопълнен (nepopǎlnen) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Chinese Mandarin: 空白 (kòngbái) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Ngazidja Comorian: -eu — free from writing, printing or marks
• Danish: tom — free from writing, printing or marks
• Danish: ubeskrevet — free from writing, printing or marks
• Estonian: tühi — free from writing, printing or marks
• Finnish: tyhjä — free from writing, printing or marks
• French: blanc — free from writing, printing or marks
• French: vierge — free from writing, printing or marks
• Galician: en branco — free from writing, printing or marks
• Galician: virxe — free from writing, printing or marks
• Georgian: სუფთა (supta) — free from writing, printing or marks
• German: unbeschrieben — free from writing, printing or marks
• German: unausgefüllt — free from writing, printing or marks
• Ido: vakua — free from writing, printing or marks
• Italian: in bianco — free from writing, printing or marks
• Italian: vuoto — free from writing, printing or marks
• Italian: intatto — free from writing, printing or marks
• Italian: vergine — free from writing, printing or marks
• Macedonian: пра́зен (prázen) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Macedonian: неи́спишан (neíspišan) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Norwegian: blank — free from writing, printing or marks
• Polish: czysty — free from writing, printing or marks
• Polish: pusty — free from writing, printing or marks
• Polish: niewypełniony — free from writing, printing or marks
• Polish: niezapisany — free from writing, printing or marks
• Polish: niezadrukowany — free from writing, printing or marks
• Portuguese: em branco — free from writing, printing or marks
• Portuguese: virgem — free from writing, printing or marks
• Romanian: nescris — free from writing, printing or marks
• Romanian: curat — free from writing, printing or marks
• Romanian: necompletat — free from writing, printing or marks
• Russian: чи́стый (čístyj) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Russian: пусто́й (pustój) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Russian: неиспи́санный (neispísannyj) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Russian: незапо́лненный (nezapólnennyj) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Sinhalese: හිස්තැන (histæna) — free from writing, printing or marks
• Spanish: en blanco — free from writing, printing or marks
• Swedish: blank — free from writing, printing or marks
• Swedish: tom — free from writing, printing or marks
• Vietnamese: trống — free from writing, printing or marks
• Vietnamese: trắng — free from writing, printing or marks
• Vietnamese: để trống — free from writing, printing or marks
• Vietnamese: để trắng — free from writing, printing or marks
• Finnish: paukku- — of ammunition
• French: balles à blanc — of ammunition
• Greek: αβολίδωτος (avolídotos) — of ammunition
• Italian: cartuccia a salve — of ammunition
• Portuguese: bala de festim — of ammunition
• Russian: холосто́й (xolostój) — of ammunition
• Spanish: de fogueo — of ammunition
• Vietnamese: mã tử — of ammunition
• Bulgarian: празнина́ (prazniná) — void space on a paper
• Bulgarian: пра́зно мя́сто (prázno mjásto) — void space on a paper
• Danish: tom plads — void space on a paper
• Finnish: tyhjä tila — void space on a paper
• French: blanc — void space on a paper
• Macedonian: пра́знина (práznina) — void space on a paper
• Polish: puste miejsce — void space on a paper
• Portuguese: branco — void space on a paper
• Portuguese: lacuna — void space on a paper
• Russian: про́пуск (própusk) — void space on a paper
• Russian: пробе́л (probél) — void space on a paper
• Russian: пустота́ (pustotá) — void space on a paper
• Russian: пусто́е ме́сто (pustóje mésto) — void space on a paper
• Swedish: tomrum — void space on a paper
• Ottoman Turkish: آرالق (aralık) — void space on a paper
• Vietnamese: khoảng trống — void space on a paper
• Vietnamese: chỗ để trống — void space on a paper
• Bulgarian: пра́зно мя́сто (prázno mjásto) — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Danish: rubrik — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Finnish: aukko — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Finnish: tyhjä kohta — space to be filled in on a form or template
• German: Lücke — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Indonesian: isian — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Italian: bianco — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Italian: spazio — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Japanese: 余白 (yohaku) — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Japanese: 空欄 (kūran) — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Korean: 칸 (kan) — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Korean: 여백 (yeobaek) — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Korean: 공란 (gongnan) — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Korean: 빈칸 (binkan) — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Macedonian: пра́зно ме́сто (prázno mésto) — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Polish: puste miejsce — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Portuguese: lacuna — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Romanian: (necompletat) loc gol — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Russian: пусто́е ме́сто (pustóje mésto) — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Spanish: espacio en blanco — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Spanish: casilla — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Swedish: ruta — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Ottoman Turkish: آرالق (aralık) — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Vietnamese: khoảng trống — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Vietnamese: chỗ để trống — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Vietnamese: gạch để trống — space to be filled in on a form or template
• Bulgarian: загото́вка (zagotóvka) — workpiece
• Danish: råemne — workpiece
• Finnish: aihio — workpiece
• French: préforme — workpiece
• German: Rohling — workpiece
• Russian: загото́вка (zagotóvka) — workpiece
• Russian: болва́нка (bolvánka) — workpiece
• Swedish: ämne — workpiece
• Vietnamese: mẫu in — workpiece
• Danish: blanko- — piece or division of a piece
• Finnish: aihio — piece or division of a piece
• French: préforme — piece or division of a piece
• Esperanto: mensa malpleno — empty space in one's memory
• Bulgarian: интерва́л (intervál) — space character
• Bulgarian: шпа́ция (špácija) — space character
• Czech: mezera — space character
• Danish: mellemrum — space character
• Dutch: spatie — space character
• Esperanto: spaceto — space character
• Finnish: tyhjämerkki — space character
• Finnish: välilyönti — space character
• French: espace — space character
• German: Leerzeichen — space character
• German: Leerstelle — space character
• German: Wortzwischenraum — space character
• German: Spatium — space character
• Macedonian: интерва́л (intervál) — space character
• Norwegian Bokmål: mellomrom — space character
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mellomrom — space character
• Polish: spacja — space character
• Portuguese: espaço — space character
• Russian: пробе́л (probél) — space character
• Spanish: espacio — space character
• Swedish: mellanslag — space character
• Vietnamese: dấu cách — space character
• Vietnamese: khoảng cách — space character
• Chinese Mandarin: 空包彈 /空包弹 (kōngbāodàn) — simulation cartridge
• Danish: løs patron — simulation cartridge
• Dutch: losse flodder — simulation cartridge
• Finnish: paukkupatruuna — simulation cartridge
• Finnish: räkäpää — simulation cartridge
• French: balle à blanc — simulation cartridge
• French: cartouche à blanc — simulation cartridge
• German: Platzpatrone — simulation cartridge
• Hungarian: vaktöltény — simulation cartridge
• Indonesian: peluru kosong — simulation cartridge
• Italian: cartuccia a salve — simulation cartridge
• Japanese: 空包 (kūhō) — simulation cartridge
• Macedonian: ќо́р-фишек (ḱór-fišek) — simulation cartridge
• Macedonian: пла́шливец (plášlivec) — simulation cartridge
• Polish: ślepy nabój — simulation cartridge
• Polish: ślepak — simulation cartridge
• Portuguese: festim — simulation cartridge
• Romanian: cartuș orb (de exercițiu) — simulation cartridge
• Russian: холосто́й патро́н (xolostój patrón) — simulation cartridge
• Russian: холосто́й (xolostój) — simulation cartridge
• Spanish: cartucho de fogueo — simulation cartridge
• Spanish: bala de salva — simulation cartridge
• Swedish: lös patron — simulation cartridge
• Vietnamese: đạn mã tử — simulation cartridge
• Bulgarian: изтривам (iztrivam) — to make void
• Bulgarian: изличавам (izličavam) — to make void
• Danish: strege — to make void
• Finnish: tyhjentää — to make void
• Finnish: kumittaa — to make void
• French: effacer — to make void
• French: annuler — to make void
• French: blancoter — to make void
• Portuguese: apagar — to make void
• Russian: стира́ть (stirátʹ) — to make void
• Russian: стере́ть (sterétʹ) — to make void
• Spanish: borrar — to make void
• Spanish: blanquear — to make void
• Swedish: blanka — to make void
• Bulgarian: бия на нула (bija na nula) — to prevent from scoring