Italian

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Etymology

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From bianco +‎ -astro. Compare French blanchâtre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bjanˈka.stro/
  • Rhymes: -astro
  • Hyphenation: bian‧cà‧stro

Adjective

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biancastro (feminine biancastra, masculine plural biancastri, feminine plural biancastre)

  1. whitish
    Synonyms: (uncommon) biancheggiante, bianchiccio, (literary) biancicante, (literary, archaic) biancoso
    Antonyms: nerastro, (literary) nereggiante, (uncommon) nericcio, (literary, rare) nerigno, nerognolo

Further reading

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  • biancastro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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