blancor

Asturian

Alternative forms

• blancura

Noun

blancor m or f (plural blancores)

1. whiteness (state of being white)

Catalan

Etymology

From blanc +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bləŋˈko]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [blaŋˈkoɾ]

Noun

blancor f (uncountable)

1. whiteness

   Synonym: blancúria

Old Spanish

Etymology

From blanco (“white”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blanˈkoɾ/

Noun

blancor m (plural blancores)

1. white, whiteness
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 19r:

     […] &́ vieron la gĺa de iſŕl dedios. Como huebra de blãcor. &́ de cristal. ⁊ como color de los cielo^s módos […]

     […] and they saw the glory of the God of Israel, like a work of white and crystal, and like the color of realm of the heavens. […]

Synonyms

• blanco

Descendants

• Spanish: blancor

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish blancor, or coined again from blanco +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blanˈkoɾ/ [blãŋˈkoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: blan‧cor

Noun

blancor m (plural blancores)

1. whiteness

   Synonym: blancura

Further reading

• “blancor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28