blanchir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French blanchir, from Vulgar Latin *blancīre, a verb based on Frankish *blank. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɑ̃.ʃiʁ/ === Verb === blanchir to launder, wash to make white; to whiten to grow or become white to blanch or bleach (money) to launder to whitewash (to cover over errors or bad actions) ==== Conjugation ==== This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → German: blanchieren→ Hungarian: blansíroz → Dutch: blancheren → Polish: blanszować → Russian: бланшировать (blanširovatʹ) → Swedish: blanchera === Further reading === “blanchir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *blancīre, a verb based on Frankish *blank. === Verb === blanchir This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ====