# biancu
## Corsican
### Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin blancus. Compare Italian bianco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbjãnku]
* Hyphenation: bian‧cu

### Adjective

biancu (feminine bianca, masculine plural bianchi, feminine plural bianche)
* white

### Noun

biancu m (plural bianchi)
* white (color)
* white person
* blank, void

#### Synonyms

* (white): albu

#### Derived terms

* orsu biancu

#### Descendants

* Gallurese: biancu

### References

* “biancu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

## Gallurese
### Etymology

From Corsican biancu, from Early Medieval Latin blancus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbjanku/

### Adjective

biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine and feminine plural bianchi)
* white (having a white colour)
    Synonym: albu

### Noun

biancu m (plural bianchi)
* (uncountable) white (colour)
* white (Caucasian person)

#### Derived terms

* biancareddu
* bianchesa
* bianchisginu
* bianculinu
* biancàccio
* sbiancà

#### Related terms

* biancali
* biancheria
* biancori
* biancura

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* brancu

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbjanku/

### Adjective

biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine plural biancos, feminine plural biancas)
* (Logudorese) white
    Synonym: albu
biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine plural biancos, feminine plural biancas)
* (Campidanese) white
    Synonym: albu

#### Derived terms

* biancatzu
* biancheddu
* bianchesa
* bianchinu
* biancolinu
* biancore
* biancura
* biancùmene
* biancatzu
* biancheddu
* biancheria
* bianchittu
* bianchixeddu
* bianchixinu
* biancori
* bianculinu
* biancura
* biancàcciu

### Noun

biancu m (uncountable)
* white (color)
    Synonym: albu

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Sassarese
### Etymology

Likely borrowed from Italian bianco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbjanku/

### Adjective

biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine and feminine plural bianchi)
* white (having a white colour)
** 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter V, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎, London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 36, page 16:Nè pa lu to’ cabbu hai a giurà, palchì no poi fà un pelu biancu, o nieddu.[Né pa’ lu to’ cabbu hai a giurà, parchì no poi fà un peru biancu, o nieddu.]And you will not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
** c. 19th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese [Popular songs in Sassarese dialect]‎, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 64, page 158:Sia lu me’ colpu viltiddu D’un sumbreri pampanuddu Mezzu biancu e mezzu nieddu Mannu cant’un caniltreddu[Sia lu me’ cóipu visthiddu D’un sumbreri pampanuddu Mezzu biancu e mezzu nieddu Mannu cant’un canisthreddu]May my body be clothed with a fancy hat, half white and half black, as big as a basket
** 1957, Salvator Ruju, “Don Paschuari nósthru si lamènta [Our Don Pasquale complains]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 194:La mòscha virinòsa, la ruia, la bïanca e la nïédda, è trabanèndi finza lu zaibéddu, di tant’iscillaradi.The venomous fly, the red [one], the white [one], and the black [one], is penetrating even in the brain of many wicked ones.
** 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Femmina [Woman]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 21:l’arecci bianca a punta più no timuI no longer fear the white, pointy ear

### Noun

biancu m (plural bianchi)
* (uncountable) white (colour)
* white (Caucasian person)
* egg white, albumen

#### Related terms

* biancaria
* bianchittu
* bianchèzia
* biancori
* biancumu

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Sicilian
### Adjective

biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine and feminine plural bianchi)
* Alternative form of jancu (“white”)