blanchet

== French == === Etymology === From Middle French blanchet, from Old French blancet, blanket (“woolen cloth" also "white horse”), a blend of calqued Old English hwītel (“white woolen cloth”) and Old English blanca (“white horse”). Equivalent to blanc +‎ -et. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === blanchet (feminine blanchette, masculine plural blanchets, feminine plural blanchettes) whitish === Noun === blanchet m (plural blanchets) a grey, woolen cloth === See also === === Further reading === “blanchet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012