# blanquette

> English word · Noun · IPA /blɒ̃ˈkɛt/

## Definitions
1. A white meat stew in which neither the meat nor the sauce is browned.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French blanquette, from Provençal blanqueto, a diminutive of blanc (“white”), derived, through early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).
 Compare blanket.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blanquette