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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/blæŋk/}}
* {{IPA|en|/blæŋk/}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-blank.ogg|Audio (AU)}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-blank.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|æŋk|s=1}}
* {{rhymes|en|æŋk|s=1}}


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# {{lb|en|archaic}} White or pale; without colour.
# {{lb|en|archaic}} White or pale; without colour.
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|IX|To the '''blanc''' Moone / Her office they preſcrib'd,|lines=656–657|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F08CAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP311}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=IX|passage=To the '''blanc''' Moone / Her office they preſcrib'd,|lines=656–657|year=1873}}
# Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
# Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
#: '''''blank''' paper''
#: '''''blank''' paper''
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#: ''Failing to understand the question, he gave me a '''blank''' stare.''
#: ''Failing to understand the question, he gave me a '''blank''' stare.''
# Utterly confounded or discomfited.
# Utterly confounded or discomfited.
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|VIII|''Adam'' {{...}} Aſtonied ſtood and '''Blank''',|lines=888–890|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F08CAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP280}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=VIII|passage=''Adam'' {{...}} Aſtonied ſtood and '''Blank''',|lines=888–890|year=1873}}
# Empty; [[void]]; without result; [[fruitless]].
# Empty; [[void]]; without result; [[fruitless]].
#: {{ux|en|a '''blank''' day}}
#: {{ux|en|a '''blank''' day}}
# Devoid of [[thoughts]], [[memory]], or [[inspiration]].
# Devoid of [[thoughts]], [[memory]], or [[inspiration]].
#: {{ux|en|The shock left his memory blank.}}
#: {{ux|en|The shock left his memory '''blank'''.}}
# {{lb|en|military}} Of [[ammunition]]: having [[propellant]] but no [[bullet]]s; [[unbulleted]].
# {{lb|en|military}} Of [[ammunition]]: having [[propellant]] but no [[bullet]]s; [[unbulleted]].
#: {{ux|en|The recruits were issued with '''blank''' rounds for a training exercise.}}
#: {{ux|en|The recruits were issued with '''blank''' rounds for a training exercise.}}
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{{trans-top|without color}}
{{trans-top|without color}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бял}}, {{t+|bg|безцветен}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бял}}, {{t+|bg|безцветен}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|farveløs}}, {{t+|da|tom}}, {{t|da|blank}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|farveløs}}, {{t+|da|tom}}, {{t+|da|blank}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|valkoinen}}, {{t+|fi|väritön}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|valkoinen}}, {{t+|fi|väritön}}
* German: {{t+|de|ausdruckslos}}
* German: {{t+|de|ausdruckslos}}
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* Romanian: {{t+|ro|inexpresiv|m|n}}, {{t|ro|neexpresiv|m|n}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|inexpresiv|m|n}}, {{t|ro|neexpresiv|m|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бе́лый}}, {{t+|ru|бле́дный}}, {{t+|ru|бесцве́тный}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бе́лый}}, {{t+|ru|бле́дный}}, {{t+|ru|бесцве́тный}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|en blanco}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|en blanco}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|trắng}}, {{t|vi|để trắng}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|trắng}}, {{t|vi|để trắng}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|чи́стый}}, {{t+|ru|пусто́й}}, {{t|ru|неиспи́санный}}, {{t+|ru|незапо́лненный}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|чи́стый}}, {{t+|ru|пусто́й}}, {{t|ru|неиспи́санный}}, {{t+|ru|незапо́лненный}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|හිස්තැන}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|හිස්තැන}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|en blanco}}, {{t+|es|virgen}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|en blanco}}, {{t+|es|virgen}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|blank}}, {{t+|sv|tom}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|blank}}, {{t+|sv|tom}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|trống}}, {{t+|vi|trắng}}, {{t|vi|để trống}}, {{t|vi|để trắng}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|trống}}, {{t+|vi|trắng}}, {{t|vi|để trống}}, {{t|vi|để trắng}}
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{{en-noun}}
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# {{lb|en|archaic|historical|obsolete}} A small French [[coin]], originally of [[silver]], afterwards of [[copper]], worth 5 [[denier]]s; also a [[silver coin]] of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 [[pence]] {{defdate|15th–17th century}}.
# {{lb|en|archaic|historical|obsolete}} A small French [[coin]], originally of [[silver]], afterwards of [[copper]], worth 5 [[denier]]s; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 [[pence]] {{defdate|15th–17th century}}.
#* {{quote-book|en|author={{w|Jean Froissart}}, transl. by {{w|John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners}}|title=Cronycles of Englande, Fraunce etc.|year=1523 |url=|passage=Whosoeuer brought a fagot before the kynges tent, he shulde haue a '''blanke''' of Fraunce.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author={{w|Jean Froissart}}, transl. by {{w|John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners}}|title=Cronycles of Englande, Fraunce etc.|year=1523 |url=|passage=Whosoeuer brought a fagot before the kynges tent, he shulde haue a '''blanke''' of Fraunce.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[nonplus]] {{def-date|16th century}}.
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[nonplus]] {{def-date|16th century}}.
# The [[white]] [[spot]] in the [[centre]] of a [[target]]; hence {{lb|en|figuratively}} the [[object]] to which anything is [[directed]] or [[aimed]], the [[range]] of such [[aim]] {{defdate|since the 16th century}}.
# The [[white]] [[spot]] in the [[centre]] of a [[target]]; hence {{lb|en|figuratively}} the [[object]] to which anything is [[directed]] or [[aimed]], the [[range]] of such [[aim]] {{defdate|since the 16th century}}.
#* {{quote-book|en|author={{w|William Shakespeare}}|title={{w|The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice}}|year=1603|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=1WZZAAAAcAAJ&dq=I%20have%20stood%20within%20the%20blank%20of%20his%20displeasure%20For%20my%20free%20speech&hl=de&pg=PA59#v=onepage&q&f=false|passage=''Des.'' {{...}} And stood within the '''blank''' of his displeasure / For my free speech! (Act III, scene 11)}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:William Shakespeare|title=w:The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice|year=1603|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=1WZZAAAAcAAJ&dq=I%20have%20stood%20within%20the%20blank%20of%20his%20displeasure%20For%20my%20free%20speech&hl=de&pg=PA59#v=onepage&q&f=false|passage=''Des.'' {{...}} And stood within the '''blank''' of his displeasure / For my free speech! (Act III, scene 11)}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author={{w|William Shakespeare}}| title={{w|King Lear}}| year=1606| url=https://books.google.de/books?id=HvcqAAAAYAAJ&dq=Let%20me%20still%20remain%20%2F%20The%20true%20blank%20of%20thine%20eye.&hl=de&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q&f=false| passage=''Kent.'' See better, Lear, and let me still remain / The true '''blank''' of thine eye. (Act I, scene 2)}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:William Shakespeare| title=w:King Lear| year=1606| url=https://books.google.de/books?id=HvcqAAAAYAAJ&dq=Let%20me%20still%20remain%20%2F%20The%20true%20blank%20of%20thine%20eye.&hl=de&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q&f=false| passage=''Kent.'' See better, Lear, and let me still remain / The true '''blank''' of thine eye. (Act I, scene 2)}}
# A [[lot]] by which nothing is [[gained]]; a [[ticket]] in a [[lottery]] on which no [[prize]] is [[indicated]] {{def-date|since the 16th century}}.
# A [[lot]] by which nothing is [[gained]]; a [[ticket]] in a [[lottery]] on which no [[prize]] is [[indicated]] {{def-date|since the 16th century}}.
#* {{RQ:Dryden Juvenal Satires|Juvenal|13|257|{{...}} and in Fortune's ''Lottery'' lies / A heap of '''''Blanks''''', like this, for one ſmall Prize.}}
#* {{RQ:Dryden Juvenal Satires|Juvenal|13|257|{{...}} and in Fortune's ''Lottery'' lies / A heap of '''''Blanks''''', like this, for one ſmall Prize.}}
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## [[Provisional]] [[word]]s printed in [[italics]] (instead of blank spaces) in a [[bill]] before [[Parliament]], being matters of [[practical]] [[detail]], of which the final form will be settled in [[Committee]] {{defdate|since the 19th century}}.
## [[Provisional]] [[word]]s printed in [[italics]] (instead of blank spaces) in a [[bill]] before [[Parliament]], being matters of [[practical]] [[detail]], of which the final form will be settled in [[Committee]] {{defdate|since the 19th century}}.
# {{lb|en|now|chiefly|U.S.}} A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank [[charter]], [[ballot]], [[form]], [[contract]], etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form {{defdate|since the 16th century}}.
# {{lb|en|now|chiefly|U.S.}} A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank [[charter]], [[ballot]], [[form]], [[contract]], etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form {{defdate|since the 16th century}}.
#* {{quote-book|en|author={{w|John Gorham Palfrey}}|title=History of New England| volume=1| year=1859| url=https://books.google.de/books?id=Td4yAQAAIAAJ&dq=The%20freemen%20signified%20their%20approbation%20by%20an%20inscribed%20vote%2C%20and%20their%20dissent%20by%20a%20blank.&hl=de&pg=PA429#v=onepage&q&f=false| passage={{...}} and the freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a '''blank'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:John Gorham Palfrey|title=History of New England| volume=1| year=1859| url=https://books.google.de/books?id=Td4yAQAAIAAJ&dq=The%20freemen%20signified%20their%20approbation%20by%20an%20inscribed%20vote%2C%20and%20their%20dissent%20by%20a%20blank.&hl=de&pg=PA429#v=onepage&q&f=false| passage={{...}} and the freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a '''blank'''.}}
## An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all {{defdate|since the 17th century}}.
## An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all {{defdate|since the 17th century}}.
## An unprinted leaf of a book {{def-date|20th century}}.
## An unprinted leaf of a book {{def-date|20th century}}.
# {{lb|en|literature}} [[blank verse|Blank verse]] {{defdate|since the 16th century}}.
# {{lb|en|literature}} [[blank verse|Blank verse]] {{defdate|since the 16th century}}.
# {{lb|en|mechanics|engineering}} A [[piece]] of [[metal]] (such as a coin, [[screw]], [[nuts]]), [[cut]] and [[shaped]] to the [[required]] [[size]] of the thing to be made, and ready for the [[finishing]] operations; {{lb|en|coining}} the [[disc]] of [[metal]] before [[stamping]] {{defdate|since the 16th century}}.
# {{lb|en|mechanics|engineering}} A piece of material roughly cut, forged, cast, etc. to the size and shape of the thing to be made, and ready for the [[finishing]] operations; {{lb|en|coining}} the [[disc]] of [[metal]] before [[stamping]] {{defdate|since the 16th century}}.
## Any [[article]] of [[glass]] on which [[subsequent]] [[processing]] is required {{def-date|since the 19th century}}.
## Any [[article]] of [[glass]] on which [[subsequent]] [[processing]] is required {{def-date|since the 19th century}}.
## {{lb|en|electric recording}} The [[shaved]] [[wax]] ready for placing on a [[recording machine]] for making [[wax record]]s with a [[stylus]] {{def-date|20th century}}.
## {{lb|en|electric recording}} The [[shaved]] [[wax]] ready for placing on a recording machine for making [[wax]] [[record]]s with a [[stylus]] {{def-date|20th century}}.
# {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[vacant]] space, [[place]], or [[period]]; a void {{def-date|since the 17th century}}.
# {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[vacant]] space, [[place]], or [[period]]; a void {{def-date|since the 17th century}}.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Twelfth Night|II|iv|263|1|[[w:Orsino (Twelfth Night)|''Du.'']] And what's her hiſtory?<br>[[w:Viola (Twelfth Night)|''Vio.'']] A '''blanke''' my Lord:}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Twelfth Night|II|iv|263|1|[[w:Orsino (Twelfth Night)|''Du.'']] And what's her hiſtory?<br>[[w:Viola (Twelfth Night)|''Vio.'']] A '''blanke''' my Lord:}}
# The <sup>1</sup> / <sub>230400</sub> of a [[grain]] {{def-date|17th century}}.
# The <sup>1</sup> / <sub>230400</sub> of a [[grain]] {{def-date|17th century}}.
# An empty space in one's [[memory]]; a [[forgotten]] item or memory {{def-date|since the 18th century}}.
# An empty space in one's [[memory]]; a [[forgotten]] item or memory {{def-date|since the 18th century}}.
#* {{quote-book|en|author={{w|Jonathan Swift}}|title=Letters|year=1736| url=https://books.google.de/books?id=JqYDAAAAQAAJ&dq=I%20cannot%20write%20a%20paper%20full%2C%20I%20used%20to%20do%3B%20and%20yet%20I%20will%20not%20forgive%20a%20blank%20of%20half%20an%20inch%20from%20you.&hl=de&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false| passage=My head is so ill that I cannot write a paper full as I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a '''blank''' of half an inch from you.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Jonathan Swift|title=Letters|year=1736| url=https://books.google.de/books?id=JqYDAAAAQAAJ&dq=I%20cannot%20write%20a%20paper%20full%2C%20I%20used%20to%20do%3B%20and%20yet%20I%20will%20not%20forgive%20a%20blank%20of%20half%20an%20inch%20from%20you.&hl=de&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false| passage=My head is so ill that I cannot write a paper full as I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a '''blank''' of half an inch from you.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author={{w|Henry Hallam}}|title=View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages| year=1818| url=https://books.google.de/books?id=4ZVMAAAAcAAJ&dq=From%20this%20time%20there%20ensues%20a%20long%20blank%20in%20the%20history%20of%20French%20legislation.&hl=de&pg=PA114#v=onepage&q&f=false|passage=From this time there ensues a long '''blank''' in the history of French legislation.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Henry Hallam|title=View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages| year=1818| url=https://books.google.de/books?id=4ZVMAAAAcAAJ&dq=From%20this%20time%20there%20ensues%20a%20long%20blank%20in%20the%20history%20of%20French%20legislation.&hl=de&pg=PA114#v=onepage&q&f=false|passage=From this time there ensues a long '''blank''' in the history of French legislation.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author={{w|George Eliot}}|title={{w|Romola}}| year=1863| url=https://books.google.de/books?id=4ZVMAAAAcAAJ&dq=From%20this%20time%20there%20ensues%20a%20long%20blank%20in%20the%20history%20of%20French%20legislation.&hl=de&pg=PA114#v=onepage&q&f=false| passage=“I was ill. I can't tell how long &mdash; it was a '''blank'''. {{...}}”}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:George Eliot|title=w:Romola| year=1863| url=https://books.google.de/books?id=4ZVMAAAAcAAJ&dq=From%20this%20time%20there%20ensues%20a%20long%20blank%20in%20the%20history%20of%20French%20legislation.&hl=de&pg=PA114#v=onepage&q&f=false| passage=“I was ill. I can't tell how long &mdash; it was a '''blank'''. {{...}}”}}
# A [[dash]] written in place of an [[omitted]] [[letter]] or [[word]] {{def-date|since the 18th century}}
# A [[dash]] written in place of an [[omitted]] [[letter]] or [[word]] {{def-date|since the 18th century}}
# The [[space]] character; the [[character]] resulting from pressing the [[space-bar]] on a [[keyboard]].
# The [[space]] character; the [[character]] resulting from pressing the [[space bar]] on a [[keyboard]].
# {{lb|en|dominoes}} A [[domino]] without [[point]]s on one or both of its [[division]]s.
# {{lb|en|dominoes}} A [[domino]] without [[point]]s on one or both of its [[division]]s.
#: {{ux|en|the double '''blank'''}}
#: {{ux|en|the double '''blank'''}}
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{{trans-top|piece of metal}}
{{trans-top|workpiece}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|загото́вка|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|загото́вка|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|råemne|n}}
* Danish: {{t|da|råemne|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|aihio}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|aihio}}
* French: {{t+|fr|préforme}}
* French: {{t+|fr|préforme}}
* German: {{t+|de|Rohling}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|загото́вка|f}}, {{t+|ru|болва́нка|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|загото́вка|f}}, {{t+|ru|болва́нка|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ämne|n}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ämne|n}}
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* Danish: {{t|da|[[løs]] [[patron]]|c}}
* Danish: {{t|da|[[løs]] [[patron]]|c}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|losse flodder}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|losse flodder}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|paukkupatruuna}}, {{t+|fi|räkäpää}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|paukkupatruuna}}, {{t+|fi|räkäpää}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* French: {{t|fr|[[balle]] [[à blanc]]|f}}, {{t|fr|[[cartouche]] [[à blanc]]|f}}
* French: {{t|fr|[[balle]] [[à blanc]]|f}}, {{t|fr|[[cartouche]] [[à blanc]]|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Platzpatrone|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Platzpatrone|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|vaktöltény}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|vaktöltény}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|peluru kosong}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|peluru kosong}}
* Italian: {{t|it|[[cartuccia]] [[a]] [[salve]]|f}}
* Italian: {{t|it|[[cartuccia]] [[a]] [[salve]]|f}}
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# {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[ignore]] (a person) deliberately.
# {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[ignore]] (a person) deliberately.
#: {{ux|en|She '''blanked''' me for no reason.}}
#: {{ux|en|She '''blanked''' me for no reason.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13045623/Taylor-Swift-goes-viral-BLANKING-Celine-Dion.html|title=Taylor Swift goes viral for BLANKING Celine Dion on stage at Grammys 2024 after diva emerges from battle with stiff-person syndrome to present her with historic Album of the Year|text=Taylor Swift goes viral for '''blanking''' Celine Dion on stage at Grammys 2024 {{...}} Taylor Swift received backlash for being 'disrespectful' by 'ignoring' Celine Dion while accepting the award for Album of the Year at the Grammys on Sunday.|date=2024-02-04|work=dailymail.co.uk|author=Sonia Horon}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|aviation|of a [[control surface]]}} To render [[ineffective]] by [[blanket]]ing with [[turbulent]] [[airflow]], such as from aircraft [[wake]] or [[reverse thrust]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|aviation|of a [[control surface]]}} To render [[ineffective]] by [[blanket]]ing with [[turbulent]] [[airflow]], such as from aircraft [[wake]] or [[reverse thrust]].
#: {{ux|en|At high angles of attack, the shuttle's rudder is '''blanked''' by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its RCS thrusters for yaw control.}}
#: {{ux|en|At high angles of attack, the shuttle's rudder is '''blanked''' by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its RCS thrusters for yaw control.}}
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#: {{ux|en|England '''blanks''' Wales to advance to the final.}}
#: {{ux|en|England '''blanks''' Wales to advance to the final.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become [[#Adjective|blank]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become [[#Adjective|blank]].
#* {{quote-book|en|author=NASA|authorlink=National Aeronautics and Space Administration|title=Contingency Aborts 21007/31007|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/383441main_contingency_aborts_21007_31007.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308040714/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/383441main_contingency_aborts_21007_31007.pdf|archivedate=8 March 2022|date=14 February 2007|accessdate=15 April 2022|chapter=4.5.2 Two-Engine-Out Contingency Software Termination|page=45|text=In OPS 6, the 2 EO color field does '''blank''' at SSME fine count. Once in fine count in route to an RTLS MECO, the energy state is such that one engine can carry the orbiter though powered pitch-down to a healthy MECO condition with standard RTLS guidance.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]]|title=Contingency Aborts 21007/31007|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/383441main_contingency_aborts_21007_31007.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308040714/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/383441main_contingency_aborts_21007_31007.pdf|archivedate=8 March 2022|date=14 February 2007|accessdate=15 April 2022|chapter=4.5.2 Two-Engine-Out Contingency Software Termination|page=45|text=In OPS 6, the 2 EO color field does '''blank''' at SSME fine count. Once in fine count in route to an RTLS MECO, the energy state is such that one engine can carry the orbiter though powered pitch-down to a healthy MECO condition with standard RTLS guidance.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be temporarily unable to [[remember]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be temporarily unable to [[remember]].
#: {{ux|en|I'm '''blanking''' on her name right now.}}
#: {{ux|en|I'm '''blanking''' on her name right now.}}
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* Danish: {{t|da|strege}}
* Danish: {{t|da|strege}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tyhjentää}}, {{t+|fi|kumittaa}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tyhjentää}}, {{t+|fi|kumittaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|effacer}}, {{t+|fr|annuler}}, {{t+|fr|blancoter}} {{qualifier|familiar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|apagar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|apagar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стира́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|стере́ть|pf}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стира́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|стере́ть|pf}}
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===Derived terms===
===Derived terms===
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{{col-auto|en|blanagram|blankable|blankless|Blanksville|nonblank|photoblank|reblank|unblank|title=Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb ''blank''|blank canvas|blank check|blank end|blanken|blankish|blankly|blankness|blank out|Blankshire|Blanktown|blank verse|Blankville|draw a blank|draw blanks|in blank|blank page|blank sheet|blank slate|blank-cartridge|draw blank|fill in the blank|lens blank|point blank|point-blank|proxy in blank}}


==Afrikaans==
==Afrikaans==
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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|af|/blaŋk/}}
* {{IPA|af|/blaŋk/}}
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-blank.wav|Audio}}
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-blank.wav}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
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# [[shiny]], [[reflective]], [[glossy]]
# [[shiny]], [[reflective]], [[glossy]]
#: {{ant|da|mat}}
#: {{ant|da|mat}}
# {{lb|da|of e.g. paper}} [[empty]], [[blank]], bearing no [[inscription]] or [[drawing]]s
# {{lb|da|of e.g. paper}} [[empty]], {{l|en|blank}}, bearing no [[inscription]] or [[drawing]]s
# direct, without circumvention or additions
# direct, without circumvention or additions
#* {{quote-text|da|date=17 January 2023|author=Malte Bruhn|title=Altinget|passage=“En samlet opposition siger blankt nej til regeringens adgangsbillet til forsvarsforlig.”|url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/en-samlet-opposition-siger-blankt-nej-regeringens-adgangsbillet-til-forsvarsforlig}}
#* {{quote-text|da|date=17 January 2023|author=Malte Bruhn|title=Altinget|passage=“En samlet opposition siger blankt nej til regeringens adgangsbillet til forsvarsforlig.”|url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/en-samlet-opposition-siger-blankt-nej-regeringens-adgangsbillet-til-forsvarsforlig}}
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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/blɑŋk/}}
* {{IPA|nl|/blɑŋk/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-blank.ogg|Audio}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-blank.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|blank}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|blank}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ɑŋk}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ɑŋk}}
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# [[white]], [[pale]]
# [[white]], [[pale]]
# [[white]] {{gloss|having a light skin tone}}
# [[white]] {{gloss|having a light skin tone}}
#: {{syn|nl|wit}}
#: {{coord|nl|zwart|bruin|donker}}
# not written or printed on
# not written or printed on
⚫
#: {{ux|nl|Heb je nog een blank velletje papier voor me?}}
#: {{syn|nl|blanco}}
#: {{syn|nl|blanco}}
⚫
#: {{ux|nl|Heb je nog een '''blank''' velletje papier voor me?|Do you have a '''blank''' sheet of paper for me?}}
# [[colorless]], [[transparent]]
# [[colorless]], [[transparent]]
# [[pure]]
# [[pure]]


====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
* In the 2010s, ''{{l|nl|wit}}'' has come to be increasingly used in continental Dutch among youth and others (associated with social justice movements) as a more neutral alternative to the most commonly used {{l|nl|blank}}, which is argued to be tainted by the colonial era (see {{cog|af|blank}}) and have a connotation of "cleanliness" and "purity" that ''wit'' does not really have. See ''{{w|nl:Blank en wit in het racismedebat|Blank en wit in het racismedebat}}'' on nlwiki.
* {{sense|having a light skin tone}} ''Blank'' is the traditional word for “white” in Dutch, particularly in Europe, and is usually intended as a neutral descriptor. It is sometimes asserted to be tainted by the colonial era and to have a supposed connotation of cleanliness and purity. Certain people, in particular people of colour and activists, and media in Europetherefore prefer {{m|nl|wit}} since the late 2010s, possibly influenced by other languages, although ''blank'' remains very common among white people. See ''{{w|nl:Blank en wit in het racismedebat|Blank en wit in het racismedebat}}'' on the Dutch Wikipedia.


====Inflection====
====Inflection====
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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/blaŋk/}}
* {{IPA|de|/blaŋk/}}
* {{audio|de|De-blank.ogg|Audio}}
* {{audio|de|De-blank.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|de|aŋk|s=1}}
* {{rhymes|de|aŋk|s=1}}


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{{nb-adj-1}}
{{nb-adj-1}}


# {{l|en|glossy}}, {{l|en|shining}}, {{l|en|shiny}}
# [[glossy]], [[shining]], [[shiny]]
# {{l|en|bright}}, {{l|en|clear}}, {{l|en|glittering}}, {{l|en|sunny}}
# [[bright]], [[clear]], [[glittering]], [[sunny]]
# {{l|en|blank}} {{q|e.g. cheque, paper, mind}}
# {{l|en|blank}} {{q|e.g. cheque, paper, mind}}


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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|no|/blɑŋk/}}
* {{IPA|nn|/blɑŋk/}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{nn-adj-1}}
{{nn-adj-1}}


# {{l|en|shiny}}, {{l|en|reflective}}
# [[shiny]], [[reflective]]
#: ''Dei pussa sølvtøyet så det vart '''blankt'''.''
#: {{ux|nn|Dei pussa sølvtøyet så det vart '''blankt'''.|They shined the silver until it was '''shiny'''.}}
⚫
# [[exactly]], point zero (''of time'')
#:: They shined the silver until it was '''shiny'''.
⚫
#: {{ux|nn|Han sprang 100 meter på ti '''blank'''.|He ran 100 meters in ten '''point zero''' seconds.}}
⚫
# {{l|en|exactly}}, point zero (''of time'')
⚫
# {{l|en|blank}}, [[empty]]
#: ''Han sprang 100 meter på ti '''blank'''.''
⚫
#: {{ux|nn|Ho gav dottera eit '''blankt''' ark til å teikna på.|She gave her daughter a '''blank''' piece of paper to draw on.}}
⚫
#:: He ran 100 meters in ten '''point zero''' seconds.
⚫
# {{l|en|blank}}, {{l|en|empty}}
#: ''Ho gav dottera eit '''blankt''' ark til å teikna på.''
⚫
#:: She gave her daughter a '''blank''' piece of paper to draw on.
# without knowledge about something
# without knowledge about something
#: ''Eg er heilt '''blank''' om dette temaet.''
#: {{ux|nn|Eg er heilt '''blank''' om dette temaet.|I '''know nothing''' about this subject.}}
#:: I '''know nothing''' about this subject.


===References===
===References===
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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{szl-IPA}}
{{szl-pr}}
* {{hyph|szl|caption=Syllabification|blank}}


===Adverb===
===Adverb===
{{head|szl|adverb}}
{{szl-adv}}


# [[completely]], [[entirely]], [[wholly]]
# [[completely]], [[entirely]], [[wholly]]
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{{sv-adj}}
{{sv-adj}}


# [[smooth]], [[clean]], and [[shiny]]
# [[smooth]] and [[shiny]], [[glossy]]
#: {{ux|sv|'''blank''' is|'''smooth''', '''shiny''' (and sometimes by implication slippery) ice}}
#: {{ux|sv|en '''blank''' yta|a '''smooth and shiny''' surface}}
#: {{ux|sv|polera ytan '''blank'''|polish the surface '''smooth and shiny'''}}
#: {{ux|sv|'''blank''' is / '''blank'''is|'''smooth''', '''shiny''' (and sometimes by implication slippery) ice}}
#: {{ux|sv|Pokalen var '''skinande blank'''|The trophy was '''smooth, clean, and super shiny''' / had a '''spotless shine''' ("skinande blank" (shining ''blank'') is a common [[collocation]])}}
# {{l|en|blank}} (without text, of something ordinarily having text)
# {{l|en|blank}} (without text, of something ordinarily having text)
#: {{ux|sv|en '''blank''' sida|a '''blank''' page}}
#: {{ux|sv|en '''blank''' sida|a '''blank''' page}}
# {{lb|sv|in some expressions}} [[unequivocal]]
# {{lb|sv|in some expressions}} [[unequivocal]], [[straight-up]]
#: {{ux|sv|Jag säger '''blankt''' nej|I reject it '''absolutely'''}}
#: {{ux|sv|Jag säger '''blankt''' nej|I reject it '''absolutely'''}}


Revision as of 19:00, 21 July 2024

See also: Blank and blänk

Englisch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blank (comparative blanker or more blank, superlative blankest or most blank)

  1. (archaic) White or pale; without colour.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 656–657:
      To the blanc Moone / Her office they preſcrib'd,
  2. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
    blank paper
    a blank check
    a blank ballot
    a blank CD
    • 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Referee Michael Oliver failed to detect a foul in a crowded box and the Canaries escaped down the tunnel with the scoreline still blank.
  3. (figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
    a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness
  4. Absolute; downright; sheer.
    There was a look of blank terror on his face.
    a blank refusal to cooperate
  5. Without expression, usually due to incomprehension.
    Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare.
  6. Utterly confounded or discomfited.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 888–890:
      Adam […] Aſtonied ſtood and Blank,
  7. Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
    a blank day
  8. Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
    The shock left his memory blank.
  9. (military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
    The recruits were issued with blank rounds for a training exercise.

Descendants

  • Belizean Creole: blank

Translations

Nomen

blank (plural blanks)

  1. (archaic, historical, obsolete) A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence [15th–17th century].
  2. (obsolete) A nonplus [16th century].
  3. The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed oder aimed, the range of such aim [since the 16th century].
  4. A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].
  5. An empty space; a void, for example on a paper [since the 16th century].
    1. A space to be filled in on a form oder template.
      Write your answers in the blanks.
    2. Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form will be settled in Committee [since the 19th century].
  6. (now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form [since the 16th century].
    • 1859, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England‎[4], volume 1:
      […] and the freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a blank.
    1. An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all [since the 17th century].
    2. An unprinted leaf of a book [20th century].
  7. (literature) Blank verse [since the 16th century].
  8. (mechanics, engineering) A piece of material roughly cut, forged, cast, etc. to the size and shape of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping [since the 16th century].
    1. Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required [since the 19th century].
    2. (electric recording) The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus [20th century].
  9. (figurative) A vacant space, place, or period; a void [since the 17th century].
  10. The 1 / 230400 of a grain [17th century].
  11. An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory [since the 18th century].
    • 1736, Jonathan Swift, Letters‎[5]:
      My head is so ill that I cannot write a paper full as I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from you.
    • 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages‎[6]:
      From this time there ensues a long blank in the history of French legislation.
    • 1863, George Eliot, Romola‎[7]:
      “I was ill. I can't tell how long — it was a blank. […] ”
  12. A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word [since the 18th century]
  13. The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space bar on a keyboard.
  14. (dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
    the double blank
    the six blank
  15. (firearms) Short for blank cartridge. [since the 19th century].
    It was an unloaded gun that fired only blanks.
  16. (figurative, in the expression ‘shooting blanks’, sports) An ineffective effort which achieves nothing [since the 20th century].
    1. (chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
    2. (slang) Infertile semen.

Synonyms

Translations

Verb

blank (third-person singular simple present blanks, present participle blanking, simple past and past participle blanked)

  1. (transitive) To make void; to erase.
    I blanked out my previous entry.
  2. (transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
    She blanked me for no reason.
    • 2024 February 4, Sonia Horon, “Taylor Swift goes viral for BLANKING Celine Dion on stage at Grammys 2024 after diva emerges from battle with stiff-person syndrome to present her with historic Album of the Year”, in dailymail.co.uk‎[8]:
      Taylor Swift goes viral for blanking Celine Dion on stage at Grammys 2024 […] Taylor Swift received backlash for being 'disrespectful' by 'ignoring' Celine Dion while accepting the award for Album of the Year at the Grammys on Sunday.
  3. (transitive, aviation, of a control surface) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake oder reverse thrust.
    At high angles of attack, the shuttle's rudder is blanked by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its RCS thrusters for yaw control.
  4. (transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
    The team was blanked.
    England blanks Wales to advance to the final.
  5. (intransitive) To become blank.
    • 2007 February 14, NASA, “4.5.2 Two-Engine-Out Contingency Software Termination”, in Contingency Aborts 21007/31007‎[9], archived from the original on 8 March 2022, page 45:
      In OPS 6, the 2 EO color field does blank at SSME fine count. Once in fine count in route to an RTLS MECO, the energy state is such that one engine can carry the orbiter though powered pitch-down to a healthy MECO condition with standard RTLS guidance.
  6. (intransitive) To be temporarily unable to remember.
    I'm blanking on her name right now.

Usage notes

Translations

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch blank.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blank (attributive blanke, comparative blanker, superlative blankste)

  1. white
  2. White; Caucasian

Antonyms

Dalmatian

Adjective

blank m (plural blanke, feminine blanka)

  1. Alternative form of blanc

Dänisch

Etymology

From Middle Low German blank, from Old Saxon blank, from Proto-West Germanic *blank.

Adjective

blank

  1. shiny, reflective, glossy
    Antonym: mat
  2. (of e.g. paper) empty, blank, bearing no inscription or drawings
  3. direct, without circumvention or additions
    • 2023 January 17, Malte Bruhn, Altinget‎[10]:
      “En samlet opposition siger blankt nej til regeringens adgangsbillet til forsvarsforlig.”
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. (colloquial) broke (without money)
    Synonym: flad
  5. (colloquial) ignorant, clueless

Inflection

Inflection of blank
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular blank blankere blankest2
Indefinite neuter singular blankt blankere blankest2
Plural blanke blankere blankest2
Definite attributive1 blanke blankere blankeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch blanc, from Old Dutch *blank, from Proto-West Germanic *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blank (comparative blanker, superlative blankst)

  1. white, pale
  2. white (having a light skin tone)
    Synonym: wit
    Coordinate terms: zwart, bruin, donker
  3. not written or printed on
    Synonym: blanco
    Heb je nog een blank velletje papier voor me?
    Do you have a blank sheet of paper for me?
  4. colorless, transparent
  5. pure

Usage notes

  • (having a light skin tone): Blank is the traditional word for “white” in Dutch, particularly in Europe, and is usually intended as a neutral descriptor. It is sometimes asserted to be tainted by the colonial era and to have a supposed connotation of cleanliness and purity. Certain people, in particular people of colour and activists, and media in Europetherefore prefer wit since the late 2010s, possibly influenced by other languages, although blank remains very common among white people. See Blank en wit in het racismedebat on the Dutch Wikipedia.

Inflection

Declension of blank
uninflected blank
inflected blanke
comparative blanker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial blank blanker het blankst
het blankste
indefinite m./f. sing. blanke blankere blankste
n. sing. blank blanker blankste
plural blanke blankere blankste
definite blanke blankere blankste
partitive blanks blankers —

Derived terms

Descendants

German

Etymology

From Middle High German blanc, from Old High German blanc (“shining, bright”), from Proto-West Germanic *blank. Doublet of Plenk.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blank (strong nominative masculine singular blanker, comparative blanker, superlative am blanksten)

  1. (archaic) bright
  2. spotlessly clean; shining; polished
    Du musst die Platte blank scheuern.
    You must rub the platter until it is shining.
  3. bare; naked; uncovered
    mit blankem Hintern ― with one’s behind uncovered
  4. pure; sheer
    Blanke Wut packte ihn.
    Sheer anger seized him.
  5. (colloquial) broke; out of money
  6. (card games) being a player’s last one of a respective grouping of cards (which means that the card is unprotected when the player must follow suit in trick-taking games)
    Hätte ich Trumpf ausgespielt, wäre mein Fuchs blank gewesen.
    If I had played trump, my “fox” [ace of diamonds in Doppelkopf] would have been my last trump card.

Declension

Positive forms of blank
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist blank sie ist blank es ist blank sie sind blank
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative blanker blanke blankes blanke
genitive blanken blanker blanken blanker
dative blankem blanker blankem blanken
accusative blanken blanke blankes blanke
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der blanke die blanke das blanke die blanken
genitive des blanken der blanken des blanken der blanken
dative dem blanken der blanken dem blanken den blanken
accusative den blanken die blanke das blanke die blanken
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein blanker eine blanke ein blankes (keine) blanken
genitive eines blanken einer blanken eines blanken (keiner) blanken
dative einem blanken einer blanken einem blanken (keinen) blanken
accusative einen blanken eine blanke ein blankes (keine) blanken
Comparative forms of blank
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist blanker sie ist blanker es ist blanker sie sind blanker
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative blankerer blankere blankeres blankere
genitive blankeren blankerer blankeren blankerer
dative blankerem blankerer blankerem blankeren
accusative blankeren blankere blankeres blankere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der blankere die blankere das blankere die blankeren
genitive des blankeren der blankeren des blankeren der blankeren
dative dem blankeren der blankeren dem blankeren den blankeren
accusative den blankeren die blankere das blankere die blankeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein blankerer eine blankere ein blankeres (keine) blankeren
genitive eines blankeren einer blankeren eines blankeren (keiner) blankeren
dative einem blankeren einer blankeren einem blankeren (keinen) blankeren
accusative einen blankeren eine blankere ein blankeres (keine) blankeren
Superlative forms of blank
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am blanksten sie ist am blanksten es ist am blanksten sie sind am blanksten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative blankster blankste blankstes blankste
genitive blanksten blankster blanksten blankster
dative blankstem blankster blankstem blanksten
accusative blanksten blankste blankstes blankste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der blankste die blankste das blankste die blanksten
genitive des blanksten der blanksten des blanksten der blanksten
dative dem blanksten der blanksten dem blanksten den blanksten
accusative den blanksten die blankste das blankste die blanksten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein blankster eine blankste ein blankstes (keine) blanksten
genitive eines blanksten einer blanksten eines blanksten (keiner) blanksten
dative einem blanksten einer blanksten einem blanksten (keinen) blanksten
accusative einen blanksten eine blankste ein blankstes (keine) blanksten

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German blank.

Adjective

blank (masculine and feminine blank, neuter blankt, definite singular and plural blanke, comparative blankere, indefinite superlative blankest, definite superlative blankeste)

  1. glossy, shining, shiny
  2. bright, clear, glittering, sunny
  3. blank (e.g. cheque, paper, mind)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Adjective

blank (neuter blankt, definite singular and plural blanke, comparative blankare, indefinite superlative blankast, definite superlative blankaste)

  1. shiny, reflective
    Dei pussa sølvtøyet så det vart blankt.
    They shined the silver until it was shiny.
  2. exactly, point zero (of time)
    Han sprang 100 meter på ti blank.
    He ran 100 meters in ten point zero seconds.
  3. blank, empty
    Ho gav dottera eit blankt ark til å teikna på.
    She gave her daughter a blank piece of paper to draw on.
  4. without knowledge about something
    Eg er heilt blank om dette temaet.
    I know nothing about this subject.

References

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German blank, from Old Saxon blank, from Proto-West Germanic *blank.

Adjective

blank

  1. shiny, lustrous, glittering

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German blank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblank/
  • Rhymes: -ank
  • Syllabification: blank

Adverb

blank

  1. completely, entirely, wholly
  2. necessarily
  3. very

Further reading

  • blank in silling.org
  • Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “blank”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 39

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German blank, from Old Saxon blank, from Proto-West Germanic *blank. Displaced native Swedish black, from Old Norse blakkr.

Adjective

blank (comparative blankare, superlative blankast)

  1. smooth and shiny, glossy
    en blank yta
    a smooth and shiny surface
    polera ytan blank
    polish the surface smooth and shiny
    blank is / blankis
    smooth, shiny (and sometimes by implication slippery) ice
    Pokalen var skinande blank
    The trophy was smooth, clean, and super shiny / had a spotless shine ("skinande blank" (shining blank) is a common collocation)
  2. blank (without text, of something ordinarily having text)
    en blank sida
    a blank page
  3. (in some expressions) unequivocal, straight-up
    Jag säger blankt nej
    I reject it absolutely

Inflection

Inflection of blank
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular blank blankare blankast
Neuter singular blankt blankare blankast
Plural blanka blankare blankast
Masculine plural3 blanke blankare blankast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 blanke blankare blankaste
Alle blanka blankare blankaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

References

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