"blank" meaning in Afrikaans

See blank in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /blaŋk/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-blank.wav Forms: blanke [attributive], blanker [comparative], blankste [superlative]
Etymology: From Dutch blank. Etymology templates: {{root|af|ine-pro|*bʰleyǵ-}}, {{inh|af|nl|blank}} Dutch blank Head templates: {{af-adj}} blank (attributive blanke, comparative blanker, superlative blankste)
  1. white
    Sense id: en-blank-af-adj-AY-pakRx Categories (other): Colors Disambiguation of Colors: 59 41
  2. White; Caucasian
    Sense id: en-blank-af-adj-Mgv9Ot37 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 13 87

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "swart"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleyǵ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "blank"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch blank",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch blank.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blanke",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanker",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blankste",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "blank (attributive blanke, comparative blanker, superlative blankste)",
      "name": "af-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "af",
          "name": "Colors",
          "orig": "af:Colors",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "white"
      ],
      "id": "en-blank-af-adj-AY-pakRx",
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "White; Caucasian"
      ],
      "id": "en-blank-af-adj-Mgv9Ot37",
      "links": [
        [
          "White",
          "White#English"
        ],
        [
          "Caucasian",
          "Caucasian"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blaŋk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-blank.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-blank.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-blank.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "blank"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "swart"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Afrikaans adjectives",
    "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
    "Afrikaans lemmas",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰleyǵ-",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
    "Pages with 11 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "af:Colors"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleyǵ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "blank"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch blank",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch blank.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blanke",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanker",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blankste",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "blank (attributive blanke, comparative blanker, superlative blankste)",
      "name": "af-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "white"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "White; Caucasian"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "White",
          "White#English"
        ],
        [
          "Caucasian",
          "Caucasian"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blaŋk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-blank.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-blank.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-blank.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-blank.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-blank.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blank"
}

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