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biélorussophone: a Belarusophone (One who speaks the Belarusian language.)
bjr: abbreviation of bonjour
bla bla: alternative spelling of bla-bla
bla bla bla: alternative spelling of bla-bla
bla-bla: blah, chit-chat, meaningless talk intended to deceive
bla-bla-bla: alternative spelling of bla-bla
bla-bla-bla: blah blah blah
blabla: post-1990 spelling of bla-bla
blablabla: post-1990 spelling of bla-bla-bla
blablater: to chit-chat, to engage in small talk
black: of black people or culture
black: black person
black bloc: black bloc
black-bottom: the Black Bottom (dance)
blackboulage: blackballing
blackbouler: to blackball
blacklister: to blacklist (to place on a blacklist)
blackstonie: yellowwort
blafard: pale, wan, pallid
blague: pouch, especially for tobacco; joke; a penis
blague de cul: dirty joke, sexual joke
blague à part: all kidding aside
blaguer: to joke, to joke about
blagueur: joker (person who makes jokes)
blair: nose: conk, hooter, schnozzle
blaireau: badger; shaving brush; fool
blaireau eurasiatique: the Eurasian badger
blaireau européen: the European badger
blairer: to stand, to stand the sight of
blairie: a former tax on grazing animals (in medieval France)
blairisme: Blairism
blanc: white color; blank, unused; blank, without expression
blanc: white (color); silence while in a dialog; empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form; white wine; A white person, person with a white complexion
blanc cassé: off-white (of a very pale colour that is almost white)
blanc cassé: off-white (a very pale colour that is almost white)
blanc comme neige: Beyond moral reproach; squeaky clean; clean as a whistle; pure as the driven snow
blanc comme un cachet d'aspirine: very white, pasty
blanc comme un cul: very white, untanned
blanc comme un linge: pale with fright; white as a sheet; white as a ghost
blanc comme un navet: very white, untanned; pasty
blanc d'œuf: egg white
blanc de blancs: champagne made exclusively from white grapes, especially from Pinot Blanc/Chardonnay grapes
blanc de noirs: champagne made exclusively from black grapes, especially from Pinot Noir grapes
blanc de peur: scared to death, white as a sheet, terrified
blanc de poulet: chicken breast
blanc-bec: greenhorn
blanc-bleu: trusted person
blanc-bleu: innocent
blanc-manger: blancmange
blanc-russien: White Russian (Belarusian)
blanc-seing: blank signature; a document so signed, a blank check etc.; carte blanche, license, free rein
blanc-étoc: the total cutting-down of a forest, wood etc, clearcutting
blanchaille: whitebait (young of various species of fish)
blanche: minim, half note
blanchement: cleanly; in clean clothes
blanchet: whitish
blanchet: a grey, woolen cloth
blancheur: whiteness
blanchiment: bleaching; laundering (especially of money); blanking; bloom (chocolate)
blanchiment d'argent: money laundering