pale

pale 1  (pl) n. 1. A stake or pointed stick; a picket. 2. A fence enclosing an area. 3. The area enclosed by a fence or boundary. 4. a. A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction. b. Pale The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used with the. 5. Heraldry A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon. tr.v. paled, pal·ing, pales To enclose with pales; fence in. Idiom: beyond the pale Irrevocably unacceptable or unreasonable: behavior that was quite beyond the pale. [Middle English, from Old French pal, from Latin plus; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]

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pale ¹

Adjective

1. (of a colour) whitish and not very strong: pale yellow

2. (of a complexion) having a whitish appearance, usually because of illness, shock, or fear

3. lacking brightness or colour: the pale, chill light of an October afternoon

Verb

[paling, paled]

to become pale or paler: the girl paled at the news [Latin pallidus]

paleness n

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pale ²

Noun

1. a wooden post used in fences

2.

a. a fence made of pales

b. a boundary

3. beyond the pale outside the limits of social convention: the destruction of forests is beyond the pale [Latin palus stake]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pale - a wooden strip forming part of a fence picket paling, picket fence - a fence made of upright pickets strip - thin piece of wood or metal
Verb	1.	pale - turn pale, as if in fear blanch, blench discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Adj.	1.	pale - very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes" light-colored, light - (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder"
	2.	pale - (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" wan, pallid, sick weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"
	3.	pale - lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance" pallid colorless, colourless - lacking in variety and interest; "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade"
	4.	pale - abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" pallid, wan colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
	5.	pale - not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song" thin - (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"

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pale ¹

adjective 1. light, soft, faded, subtle, muted, bleached, pastel, light-coloured

adjective 2. dim, weak, faint, feeble, thin, wan, watery

adjective 3. white, pasty, bleached, washed-out, wan, bloodless, colourless, pallid, anaemic, ashen, sallow, whitish, ashy, like death warmed up (informal) << OPPOSITE rosy-cheeked

adjective 4. poor, weak, inadequate, pathetic, feeble

verb 5. fade, dull, diminish, decrease, dim, lessen, grow dull, lose lustre

verb 6. become pale, blanch, whiten, go white, lose colour

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pale ²

noun post, stake, paling, upright, picket, slat, palisade beyond the pale unacceptable, not done, forbidden, irregular, indecent, unsuitable, improper, barbaric, unspeakable, out of line, unseemly, inadmissible

Translations

pale [peɪl] adj (gen) → pálido; [colour] → claro

n to be beyond the pale → pasarse de la raya vi → palidecer;

to grow or turn pale → palidecer;

to pale into insignificance (beside) → no poderse comparar (con)

pale [peɪl] adj → pâle

vi → pâlir

n to be beyond the pale → être au ban de la société;

to grow or turn pale [person] → pâlir;

pale blue adj → bleu pâle inv;

to pale into insignificance (beside) → perdre beaucoup d'importance (par rapport à)

pale [peɪl] adj → blass; [light] → fahl

vi → erblassen

n beyond the pale (unacceptable) (behaviour) → indiskutabel;

to grow or turn pale → erblassen, blass werden;

pale blue → zartblau;

to pale into insignificance (beside) → zur Bedeutungslosigkeit herabsinken (gegenüber +dat)

pale [peɪl] adj → pallido/a

vi → impallidire

n to be beyond the pale → aver oltrepassato ogni limite;

to grow or turn pale [person] → diventare pallido/a, impallidire;

to pale into insignificance (beside) → perdere d'importanza (nei confronti di);

pale blue → azzurro or blu pallido inv

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pale

adj pale [peil]

1 (of a person, his face etc) having less colour than normal a pale face; She went pale with fear.bleekشاحِبбледbledýblegblaßχλομός, ωχρόςpálidokahvatuرنگ پریدهkalpeapâleחִיווֵרफीकाsvjetaosápadtpucatfölurpallido青ざめた핏기가 없는, 창백한išblyškęs, išbalęsbāls; nobālispucatbleekblek, fargeløsbladypálidopalidбледныйbledýbledbledblekซีดsoluk, benzi uçuk蒼白的блідийفق، پھيکے رنگ کا، زردnhợt nhạt苍白的

2 (of a colour) closer to white than black; not dark pale green.vaalباهِت اللوْنсветълsvětlýbleg-blaßανοιχτός, ξεπλυμένος (για χρώμα)pálido, clarokahvatu-کمرنگvaalean-pâleחלשपीलाblijedhal(o)ványwarna mudafölurchiaroあわい(색깔이) 엷은blyškus, blankusgaišs, bālspucatlicht{#169}lyse-jasny, bladyclaropalсветлыйsvetlýsvetelbledsvag, ljus(สี) ซีดsoluk, açık淡的блідий, тьмянийپھيکا رنگtái淡的

v

to become pale She paled at the bad news.vaal word, verbleekيَشْحُب، يَمْتَقِعпребледнявамzblednoutblive blegerblassenχλομιάζωpalidecer, empalidecer, ponerse pálidokahvatumaرنگ پریده شدنkalvetapâlirלְהַחווִירपीला, फीका या धुंधला पड़ जाना या कर देनाproblijedjetielsápadmemucatfölnaimpallidire青ざめる창백해지다(iš)blykšti, (nu)blankti, (pa)baltinobālētmenjadi pucatverblekenblekneblednąć, zblednąćempalidecera păliпобледнетьzblednúťprebledetipobledetibleknaทำให้ซีดrengi atmak; solmak變蒼白，變淡，失色бліднути; тьмянітиچہرہ فق پڑناtrở nên tái đi变苍白，变淡，失色

n ˈpaleness

vaalheidشُحوبбледостbledostblegheddie Blässeχλομάδαpalidezkahvatusرنگ پریدگیkalpeuspâleurחִיווָרוֹןपीलापनbljedilosápadtságkepucatanfölvipallore青白さ창백함blyškumas, blankumasbālumskepucatanbleekheidblekhetbladośćpalidezpaloareбледностьbledosťbledostblediloblekhetความซีดsolgunluk, uçukluk淡色，蒼白блідістьپھيکا پن، زرديsự nhợt nhạt淡色，苍白