English

Etymology
ME. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from F. blanc, feminine blanche, from OHG. blanch "shining, bright, white," G. blank; akin to Modern English blink, see also AS. blanc white. See blink, and confer blanch.

Pronunciation
rhymes|æ�k

Adjective
en-adj-both (all rarely used - by definition, blank is absolute and technically cannot be partial)

1. Without color; lacking characteristics which give variety.
2. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot.

Translations
trans-top|without color
Danish: farveløs, tom, #Danish|blank
German: ausdruckslos
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Russian: бел�й (b'élyj), бледн�й (bl'édnyj), бе��ве�н�й (b'escv'étnyj)
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trans-top|free from writing, printing or marks
Danish: tom, hvid, ubeskrevet
German: unbeschrieben, unausgefüllt
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Russian: �и���й (�ístyj), п���ой (pustój), неи�пи�анн�й (n'eispísannyj), незаполненн�й (n'ezapóln'enyj)
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Noun
en-noun

1. A bullet that doesn't harm; a cartridge inserted into a gun that fires no projectile.
2. A void space on a paper.
3. A space to be filled in on a form or template.
4. archaic A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence. Nares.
5. engineering A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.
6. context|dominoes A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the double blank"; the six blank." In blank, with an essential portion to be supplied by another; as, to make out a check in blank.
7. The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.

Translations
trans-top|a bullet that doesn't harm
Danish: løs patron c
German: Platzpatrone f
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Russian: �оло��ой па��он (�olostój patrón) m, �оло��ой (�olostój) m
Swedish: lös patron c
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trans-top|a void space on a paper
Danish: tom plads c
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trans-top|a space to be filled in on a form or template
Danish: rubrik c
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trans-top|a kind of base silver money
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trans-top|a piece of metal
Danish: råemne n
French: préforme
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Russian: заго�овка (zagotóvka) f, болванка (bolvánka) f
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trans-top|a piece or division of a piece
Danish: blanko-
French: préforme
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trans-top|the space character
Czech: mezera f
Danish: mellemrum n
German: Leerzeichen n
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Russian: п�обел (prob'el) m
Swedish: mellanslag n
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To make void; to erase.

#: I blanked out my previous entry.

1. To prevent from scoring, as in a sporting event.

#: The team was blanked.

Translations
trans-top|to make void
Danish: strege
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Russia: ��и�а��/��е�е�� (stirát'/st'er'ét')
Swedish: blanka#Swedish|blanka
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trans-top|to prevent from scoring
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Danish

Adjective
blank

1. bright, shining, glossy
2. empty
3. #English|blank
4. broke (be without money)

Category:Danish adjectives

Dutch

Adjective
nl-adj|compblanker|supblankst

1. italbrac|race white|White, Caucasian.

German

Adjective
blank

1. pure, sheer

#: Blanke Wut packte ihn. — Sheer anger seized him.

Swedish

Adjective
blank

1. reflective, shiny

Conjugation
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| width=100 | Sexus maskuline
| width=100 | Other sexus
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| blanke
| blanka
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| colspan=7 | blankare
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| blankaste
| blankaste
| blankaste
|- align=center
| bgcolor"#FFFFF0" width60 | Predicative
| colspan=5 | blankast
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