blancherie, n.f. V. blanchisserie.
blanchet, n.m., strainer; (print.) blanket.
blancheur, n.f., whiteness; hoariness, cleanliness; light; purity, innocence, virtue.
blanchiment, n.m., bleaching, blanching, washing. Le — de l’argent; the washing of silver. Mettre des chandelles au —; to bleach candles.
blanchir, v.a., to whiten, to make white; to whitewash; to wash, to bleach, to make clean; to blanch; to boil off, to scald (fruits, greens); (print.) to white over; to plane, to rough down. — un plafond; to whitewash a ceiling. — des toiles; to bleach linen. — les flans; (coin.) to blanch planchets. — du linge; to wash linen. On me blanchit; they find me in washing. On blanchit aujourd’hui chez nous; this is washing-day with us. — un ais; to plane a board. — à neuf; to clear-starch.
blanchir, v.n., to whiten, to grow white, to foam. Il commence à —; he is getting gray. Tête de fou ne blanchit jamais; a fool’s head is never gray.
se blanchir, v.r., to whiten, to wash.
blanchissage, n.m., washing. — de fin or à neuf; clear-starching.
blanchissant, -e, adj., that whitens, grows white, foaming.
blanchisserie (-shis-rî), n.f., bleaching-house, laundry.