French word

blancheur

Pronunciation

IPA/blɑ̃ʃœʁ/

Meaning

  • feminine nounwhiteness

Example

J'aime la blancheur de cette robe.

I like the whiteness of this dress.

Illustration for blancheur (whiteness)

More examples

On a repeint pour retrouver la blancheur des murs.

We repainted to restore the whiteness of the walls.

Core concept

A white visual quality measured by how fully something appears bright and without color.

Common phrases

  • préserver la blancheur

    preserve whiteness

  • la blancheur des murs

    the whiteness of the walls

Similar words

pâleur: Paleness in the skin or face caused by a loss of blood color.

Definition in French

Qualité d'être blanc; apparence ou intensité de la couleur blanche, parfois employée de façon littéraire pour désigner la pâleur.

Word origin

French formed blancheur from blanc by adding the productive noun suffix -eur, while blanc entered Old French from a Germanic source related to shining or brightness.

Usage tips

  • French usually uses pâleur for a person's pallor, whereas blancheur more often describes an object or gives a complexion a literary description.

Opposites

  • saletédirtnoun
  • ternissementtarnishingnoun

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