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Pronunciation
AHD|wīt, IPA|/waɪt/, SAMPA|/waIt/ or AHD|hwīt, IPA|/�aɪt/, SAMPA|/WaIt?/ (in Scottish English and some English accents)
audio|en-us-white.ogg|Audio (US)
Homophones
wight (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
wite (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology
ME. < OE. hwīt.
Adjective
en-adj|whit|er
- bright|Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
- Of Caucasian race.
Antonyms
i-c|bright and colourless black
Translations
trans-top|bright and colourless
Albanian: t+|sq|bardhë|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|اب�ض|أب�ض unicode|(�ábya�) m, ARchar|ب�ضاء unicode|(béi�a�) f
Aromanian: t|roa-rup|albu
Basque: t-|eu|zuri|xs=Basque
Bulgarian: б�л (bjal) m, б�ла (bjala) f, б�ло (bjalo) n, бели (beli) p
Catalan: t+|ca|blanc
Cebuano: puti
Chinese: � (bái)
Croatian: t-|hr|bio, t-|hr|bijel
Czech: t+|cs|bÃlý|m
Danish: t-|da|hvid
Dutch: t+|nl|wit
Esperanto: t-|eo|blanka|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|valge
Fijian: vulavula
Finnish: t+|fi|valkoinen, t+|fi|valkea
French: t+|fr|blanc|m, t+|fr|blanche|f
German: wei�, weiss (Swiss)
Greek, Ancient: λε�κ�� (leukos)
Greek: t+|el|ά���ο�|m|scGrek (áspros), t+|el|λε�κ��|scGrek (lefkós)
Hawaiian: kea
Hausa: feri
Hebrew: t-|he|�ָ�ָ�|sc=Hebr
Hungarian: t+|hu|fehér
Icelandic: t+|is|hvÃtur
Ido: blanka
Indonesian: t+|id|putih|xs=Indonesian
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Interlingua: blanc
Irish: t-|ga|bán|xs=Irish
Istro-Romanian: tø|ruo|åb|xs=Istro-Romanian
Italian: t+|it|bianco
Japanese: �� (���, shiroi)
Korean: �� (huida) (predicative), � (huin) (attributive)
Kurdish: t+|ku|spî, t+|ku|vebiye
Latin: t+|la|albus|m, t-|la|alba|f, t-|la|album|n, t-|la|candidus|m
Latvian: t+|lv|balts|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: t-|lt|baltas|xs=Lithuanian
Maltese: t-|mt|abjad|m|xsMaltese, t-|mt|bajda|f|xsMaltese
Maori: t-|mi|tea|xs=Maori
Megleno-Romanian: tø|ruq|alb|xs=Megleno-Romanian
Norwegian: hvite
Novial: blanki
Persian: FAchar|س���د (sefid)
Polish: bia�y m, bia�a f, bia�e n
Portuguese: t+|pt|branco|m, t+|pt|branca|f
Romanian: t+|ro|alb
Russian: t+|ru|бел�й|trbélyj|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: geal
Setswana: sweu
Slovak: biely
Slovene: t+|sl|bel
Spanish: t+|es|blanco
Swedish: t+|sv|vit
Tagalog: puti
Telugu: త�ల�లని (tellani)
Turkish: t+|tr|beyaz, t+|tr|ak
Vietnamese: t+|vi|trắng|xsVietnamese, t+|vi|bạch|xsVietnamese
Welsh: t+|cy|gwyn|m|xsWelsh, t-|cy|gwen|f|xsWelsh
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trans-top|Caucasian
Dutch: t+|nl|blank
Finnish: valkoinen, valkoihoinen
French: t+|fr|blanc|m, t+|fr|blanche|f
German: wei� (weiss)
Hausa: bature (m); baturia (f)
Indonesian: bule, orang kulit putih
Italian: t+|it|bianco|m, t+|it|bianca|f
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Lakota: wasicu
Novial: blanki
Portuguese: t+|pt|branco|m, t+|pt|branca|f
Setswana: lekgoa
Swedish: t+|sv|vit|c
Turkish: t+|tr|beyaz
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Noun
en-noun
- colour The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
- A Caucasian person.
- A European person.
- slang Street name for cocaine.
- The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
- anatomy The sclera, white of the eye.
- A common name for the Pieris genus of butterflies.
- context|sports|billiards|snooker|pool The cue ball in cue games.
Translations
trans-top|color/colour
Arabic: ARchar|اب�ض|أب�ض unicode|(�ábya�) m, ARchar|ب�ضاء unicode|(béi�a�) f
Basque: zuri
Bosnian: t-|bs|bijela|f
Breton: gwenn
Bulgarian: б�ло (bjalo) n, б�л �в��
Catalan: blanc m, blanca f :ca:blanc|^ <small>which?</small>
Cebuano: puti
Chinese: �� (báisè)
Corsican: biancu
Croatian: bio, bijel <small>which?</small>
Czech: bÃlý, bÃlá <small>which?</small>
Danish: hvid <small>gender?</small>
Dutch: t+|nl|wit|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|blanko|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|valge
Finnish: valkoinen ??, valkea
French: blanc m, blanche f <small>which?</small>
Frisian: wyt n
German: Wei�, Weiss n (Swiss)
Greek: ά���ο (áspro) n, λε�κ� (lefkó) n
GuaranÃ: morotÄ©
Hebrew: ��� (laván)
Hindi: सफ�द (saphed), सफ़�द (safed)
Hungarian: t+|hu|fehér
Indonesian:
Interlingua: blanco
Irish: t-|ga|bán|xs=Irish
Italian: bianco m, bianca f <small>which?</small>
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Japanese: � (��, shiro), (��, haku)
Kurdish: t+|ku|spî, t+|ku|سپ�|sc=KUchar
Latin: albus m, alba f, album n <small>which?</small>, candidus m
Latvian: t+|lv|balts|xs=Latvian
Lojban: blabi
Malayalam: വ�ള�പ�പ� (veLuppu)
Maltese: abjad m, bajda f <small>which?</small>
Manchu: Å¡anyan, Å¡anggiyan
Manx: bane
Marathi: (pandhara)
Nahuatl: iztac
Persian: FAchar|س���د (sefid)
Polish: bia�y m, bia�a f, bia�e n <small>which?</small>
Portuguese: branco m, branca f <small>which?</small>
Romanian: t+|ro|alb
Russian: t+|ru|бел�й|trbélyj|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: geal, bà n, fionn
Serbian:
Slovak: biely
Slovene: t+|sl|bel, t-|sl|bela|f
Spanish: t+|es|blanco|m
Swedish: t+|sv|vitt|n
Tagalog: puti
Telugu: త�ల�ప� (telupu)
Tetum: mutin
Tibetan: ��ར��ོ� (dkar po)
Tupinambá: tinga
Turkish: beyaz, ak (1,4,5)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|bạch|xs=Vietnamese
Welsh: t+|cy|gwyn|xsWelsh, t-|cy|gwen|xsWelsh
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trans-top|Caucasian person
Bosnian: bijelac#Bosnian|bijelac m, bjelac#Bosnian|bjelac m, bijelkinja#Bosnian|bijelkinja f, bjelkinja#Bosnian|bjelkinja f
Bulgarian: б�л (bjal) m, б�ла (bjala) f, б�ло (bjalo) n, бели (beli) p
Chinese: �種人, �人
Czech: t-|cs|b�loch|m, t-|cs|b�loška|f
Danish: t-|da|hvid
Dutch: blanke m|f
Finnish: valkoinen, valkoihoinen
French: t+|fr|blanc|m, t+|fr|blanche|f
German: Wei�e m/f, Wei�er m
Indonesian: orang kulit putih, bule
Italian: t+|it|bianco|m, t+|it|bianca|f
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Kurdish: spî, çermspî
Serbian:
Swedish: t+|sv|vit|c
Telugu: త�ల�లవార� (tellavaaru)
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trans-top|albumen
Bulgarian: б�ло�о на �й�е�о, б�ло n, бел��к m
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Kurdish: KUchar|سپ��ا�
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trans-top|sclera
Bulgarian: б�ло�о на око�о, б�ло n, �кле�а f
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Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "white"
black-and-white
egg white
flake white
flat white
great white shark
honorary whtie
Large White
non-white
off-white,offwhite
snow-white
Snow White<!--character-->
titanium white
whit eheat
white admiral
white alkali
white area
white as a sheet
white ash
white as snow
White Australia Policy
white bacon
white bear
white belt
white blood cell
white book
white bread
white bryony
white cell
white chip
white Chirstmas
white chocolate
white cloud
white clover
white coal
white corpuscle
white crappie
white currant
white dwarf
white elephant
White Ensign
white feather
white fish
white flag
white flight
white flour
white fox
white frost
white gasoline
white gold
white goods
white gum
white hole
white hope
white horse
White House
white hunter
white knight
white lady
white lead
white leather
white lie
white light
white lightning
white lime
white line
white list
white magic
white man
white marlin
white matter
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white meat
white metal
white mica
white mustard
white night
white noise
white out
white pages
white pepper
white pointer
white pudding
white rice
white room
white rust
white sale
white sapphire
White Sea
white sheep
white space
white spirit
white stick
white sugar
white tie
white vitriol
white water
white wedding
white witch
whitebait
whitebeam
whiteboard
white-bread
white-breasted sea eagle
whitecap
whitecoat
white-collar
white-collar crime
white-collar worker
white-crowned sparrow
whitecurrant
whitedamp
white-eye
whiteface
white-faced
white-faced heron
whitefly
white-footed mouse
white-glove building
white-haired
white-headed
white-hot
white-knuckle
white-kuckle ride
white-livered
whitely
whiten
whiteness
white-out
whiter than white
whites
white-shoe law firm
white-sided dolphin
whitesmith
white-tablecloth restaurant
whitethroat
white-tie
whitewall
whitewall tire
whitewash
whitewater rafting
whitish
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See also
Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours
leucite
leukoma
leukosis
Sauvignon blanc
Svetambara
terra alba
pedialite|Race
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