"col blanc" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /kɔl blɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-col blanc.wav [France] (note: Somain), LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-col blanc.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: cols blancs [plural]
Etymology: Calque of English white-collar. Etymology templates: {{clq|fr|en|white-collar}} Calque of English white-collar Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} col blanc m (plural cols blancs)
  1. white collar Tags: masculine Coordinate_terms: col bleu
    Sense id: en-col_blanc-fr-noun-Le-ntkcL Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
  2. white-collar worker Tags: masculine Related terms: travailleur du savoir Coordinate_terms: col bleu
    Sense id: en-col_blanc-fr-noun-AdJdcOda Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
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