| White, Andrew Dickson 1832-1918. American educator and diplomat who founded Cornell University with Ezra Cornell and was its first president (1868-1885). He also served as U.S. ambassador to Germany (1897-1902). |
| White, Byron Raymond 1917-2002. American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1962-1993). |
| White, Edward Douglass 1845-1921. American jurist who served as an associate justice (1894-1910) and the chief justice (1910-1921) of the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| White, E(lwyn) B(rooks) 1899-1985. American writer and humorist who contributed essays, editorials, and parodies to the New Yorker. He also wrote children's books, including Charlotte's Web (1952), and revised a 1918 writing manual, The Elements of Style (1959). |
| White, Patrick 1912-1990. Australian writer whose powerfully descriptive and original novels include The Tree of Man (1955) and Voss (1957). He won the 1973 Nobel Prize for literature. |
| White, Stanford 1853-1906. American architect. A member of the prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, he was particularly known for his interior designs and his ornate, eclectic buildings. |
| White, T(erence) H(anbury) 1906-1964. British writer best known for the novel The Once and Future King (1958), a retelling of the Arthurian legend. |
| White, T(heodore) H(arold) 1915-1986. American political journalist noted for his commentaries on presidential elections, including The Making of the President 1960 (1961). |
| White, William Allen 1868-1944. American newspaper editor and writer noted for his politically influential editorials and for his autobiography (1946). |
white (hw t, wt)n. 1. The achromatic color of maximum lightness; the color of objects that reflect nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; the complement or antagonist of black, the other extreme of the neutral gray series. Although typically a response to maximum stimulation of the retina, the perception of white appears always to depend on contrast. 2. The white or nearly white part, as: a. The albumen of an egg. b. The white part of an eyeball. c. A blank unprinted area, as of an advertisement. 3. One that is white or nearly white, as: a. whites White trousers or a white outfit of a special nature: tennis whites. b. whites The white dress uniform of the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard. c. A white wine. d. A white pigment. e. A white breed, species, or variety of animal. f. also White A member of a racial group of people having light skin coloration, especially one of European origin. See Usage Note at black. g. Products of a white color, such as flour, salt, and sugar. Often used in the plural. 4. Games a. The white or light-colored pieces, as in chess. b. The player using these pieces. 5. a. The outermost ring of an archery target. b. A hit in this ring. 6. whites Pathology Leukorrhea. 7. A politically ultraconservative or reactionary person. adj. whit·er, whit·est 1. Being of the color white; devoid of hue, as new snow. 2. Approaching the color white, as: a. Weakly colored; almost colorless; pale: white wine. b. Pale gray; silvery and lustrous: white hair. c. Bloodless; blanched. 3. Light or whitish in color or having light or whitish parts. Used with animal and plant names. 4. also White Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration, especially one of European origin: voting patterns within the white population. 5. Not written or printed on; blank. 6. Unsullied; pure. 7. Habited in white: white nuns. 8. Accompanied by or mantled with snow: a white Christmas. 9. a. Incandescent: white flames. b. Intensely heated; impassioned: white with fury. 10. Ultraconservative or reactionary. 11. With milk added. Used of tea or coffee. tr.v. whit·ed, whit·ing, whites 1. Printing To create or leave blank spaces in (printed or illustrated matter). Often used with out. 2. Archaic a. To whiten; whitewash. b. To blanch. [Middle English, from Old English hw t; see kweit- in Indo-European roots.]white  ness n. |
white [waɪt]
adj
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) having no hue due to the reflection of all or almost all incident light Compare black [1]
2. (Physics / General Physics) (of light, such as sunlight) consisting of all the colours of the spectrum or produced by certain mixtures of three additive primary colours, such as red, green, and blue
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) comparatively white or whitish-grey in colour or having parts of this colour white clover
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of an animal) having pale-coloured or white skin, fur, or feathers
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) bloodless or pale, as from pain, emotion, etc.
6. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) (of hair, a beard, etc.) silvery or grey, usually from age
7. benevolent or without malicious intent white magic
8. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) colourless or transparent white glass
9. capped with or accompanied by snow a white Christmas
10. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (sometimes capital) counterrevolutionary, very conservative, or royalist Compare Red [2]
11. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) blank, as an unprinted area of a page
12. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (of wine) made from pale grapes or from black grapes separated from their skins
13. (Cookery)
a. (of coffee or tea) with milk or cream
b. (of bread) made with white flour
14. (Physics / General Physics) Physics having or characterized by a continuous distribution of energy, wavelength, or frequency white noise
15. Informal honourable or generous
16. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) (of armour) made completely of iron or steel (esp in the phrase white harness)
17. Rare morally unblemished
18. Rare (of times, seasons, etc.) auspicious; favourable
19. Poetic or archaic having a fair complexion; blond
bleed white to deprive slowly of resources
whiter than white
a. extremely clean and white
b. Informal very pure, honest, and moral
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a white colour
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) the condition or quality of being white; whiteness
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) the white or lightly coloured part or area of something
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (usually preceded by the) the viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of a bird's egg, esp a hen's egg; albumen
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy the white part (sclera) of the eyeball
6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various butterflies of the family Pieridae See large white, small white, cabbage white
7. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess draughts
a. a white or light-coloured piece or square
b. (usually capital) the player playing with such pieces
8. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) anything that has or is characterized by a white colour, such as a white paint or pigment, a white cloth, a white ball in billiards
9. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) an unprinted area of a page
10. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) Archery
a. the outer ring of the target, having the lowest score
b. a shot or arrow hitting this ring
11. (Literature / Poetry) Poetic fairness of complexion
12. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry)
in the white (of wood or furniture) left unpainted or unvarnished
vb
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (usually foll by out) to create or leave white spaces in (printed or other matter)
White1
n
1. (Biographies / White, Gilbert (1720-1793) M, English, RELIGION: clergyman, SCIENCE: naturalist) Gilbert. 1720-93, English clergyman and naturalist, noted for his
2. (Biographies / White, Jimmy (1962 M, British, SPORT AND GAMES: snooker player) Jimmy. born 1962, British snooker player
3. (Biographies / White, Marco Pierre (1961 M, British, COOKERY: chef) Marco Pierre. born 1961, British chef and restaurateur
4. (Biographies / White, Patrick (Victor Martindale) (1912-1990) M, Australian, WRITING: novelist) Patrick (Victor Martindale). 1912-90, Australian novelist: his works include Voss (1957), The Eye of the Storm (1973), and A Fringe of Leaves (1976): Nobel prize for literature 1973
5. (Biographies / White, T(erence) H(anbury) (1906-1964) M, British, WRITING: novelist) T(erence) H(anbury). 1906-64, British novelist: author of the Arthurian sequence The Once and Future King (1939-58)
6. (Biographies / White, Willard (Wentworth) (1946 M, British, MUSIC: operatic bass) Willard (Wentworth) (ˈwɪlɑːd). born 1946, British operatic bass, born in Jamaica
White2
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of the Caucasoid race
2. (Social Science / Peoples) a person of European ancestry
adj
(Social Science / Peoples) denoting or relating to a White or Whites
White
See Also: COLORS, COMPLEXION, PALLOR
- (Face) more white than sin —Dame Edith Sitwell
- Pure white as china door knobs —Reynolds Price
- White and bare as a winter moon —George Garrett
- White and clean as driftwood —George Garrett
See Also: CLEANLINESS
- (A yacht) white and pretty as a birthday cake —George Garrett
See Also: BEAUTY
- White and wan, like the head and skin of a dying man —Percy Bysshe Shelley
- (The desert is) white as a blind man’s eye —Sylvia Plath
- (He’s as) white as a chicken —Honore de Balzac
- (Face) white as a bandage —Helen Hudson
- White as a dog’s bone —Anne Sexton
- White as a foam-flower —Henry Van Dyke
- (Ball) white as a leghorn egg —W. P. Kinsella
- White as a lily —William Shakespeare
- (In marble halls as) white as milk —Anon old English riddle
Some variations to intensify the image: “White as new milk” by Dorothy Canfield Fisher and “Snow white as white milk from a white cow” by Eleanor Wylie.
- White as a milk tooth —Charles Simic
- (Body) white as an aspirin —Richard Ford
- White as any bough that blooms in May —Geoffrey Chaucer
- White as a peeled stick —Helen Hudson
- (Moon) white as a sand dollar —Diane Ackerman
- White as blanched almonds —Charles Cotton
- (Teeth) white as detergent —Margaret Atwood
- White as ermine —Dame Edith Sitwell
- (Her neck and temples were) white as flour —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- White as frost —G. K. Chesterton
An extension of this opening line of Chesterton’s poem, The Mirror of Madmen, is “White as hoarfrost.”
- White as ivory —Oscar Wilde
An extension by a contemporary short story writer, Barry Targan: “White as polished ivory.”
- White as lightning —Cynthia Ozick
The comparison is being used to describe the look of a woman in a nurse’s uniform.
- (The air blew white in my face,) white as my daughter’s communion dress, white as a bridal veil —Elizabeth Spencer
- (The little space between earth and sky was filled by a broken veil of drifting flakes as) white as pear blossoms —Phyllis Bottome
- (Teeth,) white as peeled almonds —Gerald Kersh
- (Veins) white as porkfat —Sylvia Plath
- White as pulverized bone —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- White as rice —Reynolds Price
- White as sheets and blizzards —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- White as snow —The Holy Bible
Similes comparing the whiteness of complexions, hair and miscellaneous objects to snow can be found throughout literature as well as in our everyday language. Some well-known variations include: “White as driven snow” by William Shakespeare, “White as new-fallen snow” by William Wordsworth, “White as dead snow” by Algernon Charles Swinburne and “White as the snow on high hills” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
- (Teeth) white as sun-cured bone —Beryl Markham
- (Hand) white as talcum —Mavis Gallant
- (Teeth) white as the petals of a daisy —Dan Jacobson
- White as the sun —Henry Chettle
- White as the surf —Oscar Wilde
- (Face is) white as the wall —Daphne du Maurier
- (Chest … ) white as wax —Patricia Henley
- (Hair) white as whipped cream —W. P. Kinsella
- (Face) white like a whitewashed fence —William Faulkner
- White like May-blossom —Charlotte Bronte
- White like salt —Aharon Megged
- White like sea foam —Joan Chase
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  White - a member of the Caucasoid race individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" Aryan - (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew) Circassian - a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia paleface - (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians) Semite - a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa Elamite - a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC white man - a man who is White white woman - a woman who is White poor white trash, white trash - (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant - a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination |
| 2. | white - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or grey or black alabaster - a very light white bleach - the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications" chalk - a pure flat white with little reflectance hoariness, frostiness - a silvery-white color | |
| 3. | White - United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921) | |
| 4. | White - Australian writer (1912-1990) | |
| 5. | White - United States political journalist (1915-1986) | |
| 6. | White - United States architect (1853-1906) | |
| 7. | White - United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) | |
| 8. | White - United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) | |
| 9. |  White - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern MissouriArkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR - a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War Missouri, Show Me State, MO - a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union | |
| 10. |  white - the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"fixings, ingredient - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" | |
| 11. | white - (board games) the lighter pieces checkers, draughts - a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king man, piece - game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" black - (board games) the darker pieces | |
| 12. |  white - (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white clothtrouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one | |
| Verb | 1. |  white - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"bleach - make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry" |
| Adj. | 1. |  white - being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"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" black - being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil" |
| 2. | white - of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population" black - of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr. | |
| 3. | white - free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor" pure - (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow" | |
| 4. | white - marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter" covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony" | |
| 5. | white - restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization" segregated, unintegrated - separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood" | |
| 6. | white - glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire" hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" | |
| 7. | white - benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you" good - morally admirable | |
| 8. | white - (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" empty - holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" | |
| 9. | white - (of coffee) having cream or milk added | |
| 10. |  white - (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful | |
| 11. | white - anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful | |
| 12. | white - of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights" light - characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light" |
white
adjective
1. pale, grey, ghastly, wan, pasty, bloodless, pallid, ashen, waxen, like death warmed up (informal), wheyfaced He turned white and began to stammer.
2. silver (only used of hair) grey, snowy, grizzled, hoary an old man with white hair
whiter than white immaculate, innocent, virtuous, saintly, clean, pure, worthy, noble, stainless, impeccable, exemplary, spotless, squeaky-clean, unblemished, untainted, unsullied, irreproachable, uncorrupted A man in his position has to be seen as being whiter than white. see shades from black to white
Translations
white [waɪt]
A. ADJ (whiter (compar) (whitest (superl)))
1. (gen) → blanco; [wine, grape, chocolate] → blanco; [coffee] (= milky) → con leche; (= with dash of milk) → cortado
to go or turn white (in face) → ponerse blanco or pálido, palidecer
whiter than white [person, way of life] → sin tacha, angelical
"Bleacho" washes whiter than white → "Bleacho" deja la colada blanca como la nieve
he went white at the age of 30 → el pelo se le puso blanco a los 30 años, encaneció a los 30 años
she was white with rage → estaba pálida de la rabia
to show the white feather → mostrarse cobarde
to be as white as a sheet or ghost → estar pálido como la muerte
see also bleed B3
to go or turn white (in face) → ponerse blanco or pálido, palidecer
whiter than white [person, way of life] → sin tacha, angelical
"Bleacho" washes whiter than white → "Bleacho" deja la colada blanca como la nieve
he went white at the age of 30 → el pelo se le puso blanco a los 30 años, encaneció a los 30 años
she was white with rage → estaba pálida de la rabia
to show the white feather → mostrarse cobarde
to be as white as a sheet or ghost → estar pálido como la muerte
see also bleed B3
B. N
1. (= colour) → blanco m
his face was a deathly white → su rostro estaba blanco or pálido como la muerte
the sheets were a dazzling white → las sábanas eran de un blanco deslumbrante
to be dressed in white → ir vestido de blanco
see also black A1, B1
his face was a deathly white → su rostro estaba blanco or pálido como la muerte
the sheets were a dazzling white → las sábanas eran de un blanco deslumbrante
to be dressed in white → ir vestido de blanco
see also black A1, B1
2. (= white person) → blanco/a m/f
4. [of egg] → clara f
5. [of eye] → blanco m
C. CPD white blood cell N → glóbulo m blanco
white chocolate N → chocolate m blanco
white Christmas N → Navidades fpl blancas or con nieve
white coffee N (milky) → café m con leche; (with dash of milk) → café m cortado
white dwarf N (Astron) → enana f blanca
white elephant N (fig) → elefante m blanco
white elephant stall tenderete donde se venden cachivaches
white ensign N (Brit) → enseña f blanca
white flag N (Mil) → bandera f blanca
white fox N = arctic fox white gold N → oro m blanco
white goods NPL → electrodomésticos mpl
white grape N → uva f blanca
white heat N (Phys) → calor m blanco
white hope N the great white hope → la gran esperanza dorada
white horses NPL (on waves) → cabrillas fpl
the White House N (in US) → la Casa Blanca
white knight N (Fin) → caballero m blanco
white lead N (Chem) → albayalde m
white lie N → mentira f piadosa
to tell a white lie → decir una mentira piadosa
white light N (Phys) → luz f blanca
white magic N → magia f blanca
white meat N (Culin) → carne f blanca
White Nile N = Nile white noise N (Acoustics) → ruido m blanco or uniforme
white owl N → búho m blanco
White Paper N (Brit, Australia, Canada) (Parl) → libro m blanco
white pepper N → pimienta f blanca
White Russia N (Hist) → la Rusia Blanca
White Russian N (Hist) → ruso/a m/f blanco/a
white sale N (Comm) → rebajas fpl de ropa blanca
white sapphire N → zafiro m blanco
white sauce N → salsa f bechamel, besamel f
the White Sea N → el Mar Blanco
white shark N → tiburón m blanco
white slave trade N → trata f de blancas
white spirit N (Brit) → trementina f
white tie N (= tie) → pajarita f blanca; (= outfit) → traje m de etiqueta con pajarita blanca
see also white-tie white trash N (US) (pej) término ofensivo contra la clase blanca pobre estadounidense
white water N → aguas fpl rápidas
white water rafting → piragüismo m en aguas rápidas, rafting m
white wedding N to have a white wedding → casarse de blanco(y por la iglesia)
white whale N → ballena f blanca
white wine N → vino m blanco
white wood N → madera f blanca
see also supremacist
white chocolate N → chocolate m blanco
white Christmas N → Navidades fpl blancas or con nieve
white coffee N (milky) → café m con leche; (with dash of milk) → café m cortado
white dwarf N (Astron) → enana f blanca
white elephant N (fig) → elefante m blanco
white elephant stall tenderete donde se venden cachivaches
white ensign N (Brit) → enseña f blanca
white flag N (Mil) → bandera f blanca
white fox N = arctic fox white gold N → oro m blanco
white goods NPL → electrodomésticos mpl
white grape N → uva f blanca
white heat N (Phys) → calor m blanco
white hope N the great white hope → la gran esperanza dorada
white horses NPL (on waves) → cabrillas fpl
the White House N (in US) → la Casa Blanca
white knight N (Fin) → caballero m blanco
white lead N (Chem) → albayalde m
white lie N → mentira f piadosa
to tell a white lie → decir una mentira piadosa
white light N (Phys) → luz f blanca
white magic N → magia f blanca
white meat N (Culin) → carne f blanca
White Nile N = Nile white noise N (Acoustics) → ruido m blanco or uniforme
white owl N → búho m blanco
White Paper N (Brit, Australia, Canada) (Parl) → libro m blanco
white pepper N → pimienta f blanca
White Russia N (Hist) → la Rusia Blanca
White Russian N (Hist) → ruso/a m/f blanco/a
white sale N (Comm) → rebajas fpl de ropa blanca
white sapphire N → zafiro m blanco
white sauce N → salsa f bechamel, besamel f
the White Sea N → el Mar Blanco
white shark N → tiburón m blanco
white slave trade N → trata f de blancas
white spirit N (Brit) → trementina f
white tie N (= tie) → pajarita f blanca; (= outfit) → traje m de etiqueta con pajarita blanca
see also white-tie white trash N (US) (pej) término ofensivo contra la clase blanca pobre estadounidense
white water N → aguas fpl rápidas
white water rafting → piragüismo m en aguas rápidas, rafting m
white wedding N to have a white wedding → casarse de blanco(y por la iglesia)
white whale N → ballena f blanca
white wine N → vino m blanco
white wood N → madera f blanca
see also supremacist
white [ˈhwaɪt]
adj → blanc*(blanche)
He's got white hair → Il a les cheveux blancs.
a white shirt → une chemise blanche
fluffy white clouds → de blancs nuages moutonneux
the land of the long white cloud → le pays du long nuage blanc
to turn white [hair] → blanchir
to paint sth white → peindre qch en blanc
He's got white hair → Il a les cheveux blancs.
a white shirt → une chemise blanche
fluffy white clouds → de blancs nuages moutonneux
the land of the long white cloud → le pays du long nuage blanc
to turn white [hair] → blanchir
to paint sth white → peindre qch en blanc
(= refined) [flour, bread, pasta, rice] → blanc*(blanche); [sugar] → blanc*(blanche)
a white loaf → une miche de pain blanc
a white loaf → une miche de pain blanc
white coffee → café au lait
Would you like your coffee black or white? - White, please → Vous voulez votre café noir ou avec du lait? - Avec du lait, s'il vous plaît.
Would you like your coffee black or white? - White, please → Vous voulez votre café noir ou avec du lait? - Avec du lait, s'il vous plaît.
n
[egg] → blanc m whites
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white:
adj (+er)
→ weiß; (with fear, anger, exhaustion etc also) → blass, kreidebleich; to go or turn white (thing) → weiß werden; (person also) → bleich or blass werden; as white as a sheet or ghost → leichenblass; whiter than white (lit, fig) → weißer als weiß
n
(= colour) → Weiß nt; (= person) → Weiße(r) mf; (of egg) → Eiweiß nt, → Klar nt (Aus); (of eye) → Weiße(s) nt; shoot when you see the whites of their eyes → schießt, wenn ihr das Weiße im Auge des Feinds erkennen könnt; whites (Brit) (household) → Weißwäsche f; (Sport) → weiße Kleidung; the tennis players were wearing whites (Brit) → die Tennisspieler trugen Weiß; I’ve forgotten my whites → ich habe mein Zeug vergessen
(also white wine) → Weißwein m
white:
whitebait
n pl <-bait> → Breitling m
whitebeam
n → Mehlbeere f
white bear
n → Eisbär m
white blood cell
n → weißes Blutkörperchen
whiteboard
n → Weißwandtafel f
white book
n (US Pol) → Weißbuch nt
white bread
n → Weißbrot nt
whitecap
n → Welle f → mit Schaumkronen
white coffee
n (Brit) → Kaffee m → mit Milch, Milchkaffee m
white-collar
adj white worker → Schreibtischarbeiter(in) m(f); white job → Angestelltenstelle f, → Schreibtisch- or Büroposten m; white criminal → Wirtschaftskriminelle(r) mf; white crime → Wirtschaftskriminalität f; a white crime → ein Wirtschaftsverbrechen nt; white union → Angestelltengewerkschaft f
white corpuscle
n → weißes Blutkörperchen
white:
white elephant
white elephant stall
n → Stand m → mit allerlei Krimskrams
White Ensign
n Fahne der Royal Navy
whitefish
n → Weißfisch m
white flag
white food
white fox
n → Polarfuchs m
white frost
n → Raureif m
white gold
n → Weißgold nt
white goods
pl (Comm: = electrical appliances) → Haushaltsgeräte pl (Kühlschrank, Waschmaschine, Herd etc)
white-haired
adj
Whitehall
white-headed
adj
gull, duck → weißköpfig
white heat
n → Weißglut f; (fig) → Hitze f; (with enthusiasm) → Feuereifer m; to work at white (under pressure) → fieberhaft arbeiten; in the white of his rage/passion → in seiner besinnungslosen Wut/Leidenschaft; his rage reached white → seine Wut erreichte den Siedepunkt
white horse
white lead
n → Bleiweiß nt
white lie
white list
n (Internet) → White List f, Liste spam- und virenfreier Websites, Absender und Programme
white man
n → Weiße(r) m
white:
White-Out®
whiteout
n
(= snow blindness) → Whiteout m
white paper
n (Pol) → Weißbuch nt → (on zu)
White Russia
n → Weißrussland nt
White Russian
n → Weißrusse m, → Weißrussin f
white sale
n → weiße Woche, Ausverkauf m → von Haus- und Tischwäsche
white sidewall haircut
n (inf) → Bürstenschnitt m (mit seitlich rasierten oder sehr kurzen Haaren)
white slaver
n → Mädchenhändler(in) m(f)
white slavery, white slave trade
n → Mädchenhandel m
white spirit
n (Brit) → Terpentinersatz m
white stick
n → Blindenstock m
white supremacy
n → Vorherrschaft f → der weißen Rasse
whitethorn
n → Weißdorn m
whitethroat
n → Grasmücke f
white tie
n (= tie) → weiße Fliege; (= evening dress) → Frack m; a white occasion/dinner → eine Veranstaltung/ein Essen mit Frackzwang
white:
whitewall (tyre)
n → Weißwandreifen m
whitewash
n → Tünche f; (fig) → Augenwischerei f
vt walls → tünchen; (fig) → schönfärben, beschönigen; (inf) person → reinwaschen; opponent → zu null schlagen
white water
n → Wildwasser nt
white-water rafting
n → Rafting nt, → Wildwasserfahren nt
white wine
n → Weißwein m
white woman
n → Weiße f
white [waɪt]
1. adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (gen) → bianco/a, candido/a
to turn or go white (person) → sbiancare (hair) → diventare bianco/a
a white man → un bianco
a white Christmas → un Natale con la neve
the great white hope (fig) → la promessa numero uno
to be as white as a sheet → essere bianco/a come un cencio
as white as snow → niveo/a, bianco or candido come la neve
white with fear → pallido/a dalla paura
it washes the clothes whiter than white → lava più bianco del bianco
to turn or go white (person) → sbiancare (hair) → diventare bianco/a
a white man → un bianco
a white Christmas → un Natale con la neve
the great white hope (fig) → la promessa numero uno
to be as white as a sheet → essere bianco/a come un cencio
as white as snow → niveo/a, bianco or candido come la neve
white with fear → pallido/a dalla paura
it washes the clothes whiter than white → lava più bianco del bianco
adj white [wait]
1 of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed The bride wore a white dress. wit أبْيَض اللوْن бял bílý hvid weiß άσπρος blanco valge سفید valkoinen blanc לָבָן सफेद bijel fehér putih hvítur bianco 白い 흰, 순백의 baltas balts putih wit hvit biały branco alb белый biely bel beo vit ขาว beyaz 白的 білий سفید trắng 白的
2 having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent the first white man to explore Africa. wit أبْيَض البَشَرَه бял bílý hvid weiß λευκός blanco valge(nahaline) روشن valkoihoinen blanc לָבָן श्वेत svijetao fehér(bőrű) kulit putih hvítur bianco 白人の 피부가 흰 baltaodis baltais; baltādains kulit putih blank hvit biały branco alb белый biely belopolt beo vit ขาว; ซีด beyaz (ırktan) 白種人的 білий سفید رنگ کا da trắng 白种人
3 abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc He went white with shock. wit شاحِب اللوْن бял sinalý hvid; bleg weiß χλομός blanco kaame سفيد شدن kalpea blême חוור डर इत्यादि से पीला पड़ना blijed sápadt pucat náfölur bianco, pallido 青白い 창백한 išblyškęs bāls; nobālis pucat bleek hvit, blek biały branco palid бледный bledý bled bled vit ซีดเผือด sararmış, benzi atmış 蒼白的 блідий بے رنگ trắng bệch vì sợ hãi 苍白
4 with milk in it A white coffee, please. wit, met melk مع حَليب с мляко bílý med mælk; med fløde mit Milch με γάλα (για καφέ) con leche koore-, piima- شیری maidolla (au) lait עִם חָלָב दूध के साथ s mlijekom tejes dengan susu mjólkurbættur macchiato ミルク入りの 우유를 탄 baltintas (par tēju, kafiju) ar pienu susu met melk med melk zabielany, biały com leite cu lapte с молоком biely bel beo med mjölk ทำให้ขาว sütlü 加牛奶的 такий, що з молоком دودھ کے ساتھ có sữa 牛奶咖啡
n
1 the colour of the paper on which these words are printed White and black are opposites. wit اللون الأبْيَض бял цвят bělost hvid das Weiß άσπρο, λευκό blanco valge (värv) سفید valkoinen blanc לָבָן सफेद bjelina fehér warna putih hvítur litur bianco 白 백색 balta balts; balta krāsa kertas putih wit hvitt biel branco alb белый цвет biela farba bela barva bela boja vitt สีขาว beyaz renk 白色 білий колір سفید رنگ màu trắng 白色
2 a white-skinned person racial trouble between blacks and whites. witte الإنْسان الأبْيَض белокож човек běloch hvid der/die Weiße λευκός blanco valge(nahaline) سفید پوست valkoihoinen blanc, blanche לָבָן श्वेत bijelac fehér(bőrű) emberek orang kulit putih hvítur maður bianco 白人 백인 baltaodis baltais; baltādainais orang putih blanke hvit person biały branco (om) alb белый человек beloch belec belac vit ชาวผิวขาว beyaz ırktan olan kimse 白種人 біла раса سفید رنگ کی چمڑی والا شخص da trắng 白种人
3 (alsoˈegg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites. eiwit, eierwit بَياض البَيْض белтък bílek (ægge-)hvide das Eiweiß ασπράδι αβγού clara (de huevo) munavalge سفیده تخم مرغ valkuainen blanc (d'œuf) חֶלבּוֹן सफेदी bjelanjak tojásfehérje putih telur (eggja)hvíta bianco, albume 卵の白味 달걀의 흰자 baltymas (olas) baltums putih telur eiwit eggehvite białko clara albuş белок bielok beljak belance []vita ไข่ขาว yumurta akı 蛋白 білок انڈے کی سفیدی lòng trắng (trứng) 蛋清
4 (of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris The whites of her eyes are bloodshot. wit بَياض العَيْن бялото на окото bělmo det hvide das Weiße άσπρο ματιού blanco de los ojos silmavalge سفیدی چشم valkuainen blanc לוֹבֵן הַעָין सफेदी bjeloočnica szeme fehérje putih mata (augn)hvíta bianco 色白 눈의 흰자위 baltymas (acs) baltums bahagian putih mata oogwit det hvite (i øyet) białko branco dos olhos albul ochiului белок beľmo beločnica beonjača ögonvita ตาขาว ak 眼白 білок آنکھ کی پتلی کے پاس کا سفید حصہ lòng trắng (mắt) 眼白
v whiten
to make or become white or whiter She used a little bleach to whiten the sheets. verwit يُبَيِّض избелвам (vy)bělit blege weiß machen/werden ασπρίζω, λευκαίνω blanquear, enblanquecer valgendama سفيد کردن valkaista blanchir לְהַלבִּין सफेद करना izbijeliti fehérít memutihkan bleikja, hvítna imbiancare; sbiancare 白くする 희게 하다 (iš)baltinti balināt; kļūt baltākam menjadi putih; memutihkan bleken bleke, gjøre hvit(ere), kritte wybielić branquear a albi отбеливать (vy)bieliť pobeliti (se) izbeleti göra (bli) vit, bleka, vitna กลายเป็นสีขาว; ทำให้ขาว; ทำให้เป็นสีขาว beyazla(t)mak, ağar(t)mak (使)變白或更白 відбілювати سفید کرنا یا سفید ہونا làm trắng 刷白
n whiteness
witheid بَياض белота bělost hvidhed die Weiße ασπράδα, λευκότητα blancura valgeolek شاهد valkeus blancheur לוֹבֵן सफेदी bjelina fehérség warna putih hvítleiki, hvíta bianchezza 白さ 백색; 순수 baltumas, blyškumas baltums keputihan witheid hvithet, blekhet biel, bladość brancura albeaţă белизна belosť, beloba; bledosť belina belina vithet ความขาว beyazlık, aklık 白色 білизна; білий колір سفیدی sắc trắng 白色
n whitening
a substance used to make certain things (eg tennis shoes) white again. verwitter مادَّة التَّبْييض избелващо вещество plavená křída hvidtemiddel die Schlemmkreide στουπέτσι, λευκαντικό blanco (de España) valgendusaine سفید کننده valkaisuaine blanc הַלבָּנָה फिर से सफेद बनाने के लिए मिलाया जाने वाला पदार्थ izbjeljivač fehérítő pemutih hvítur (skó)áburður bianco 漂白剤 표백제 baltalas baltinātājs; krīts bahan pemutih witten bleke-/hvittemiddel, kalk bielidło branqueador înălbitor мел prášková krieda belilo izbeljivač blekmedel การทำให้ขาว; กระบวนการทำให้ขาว; การกลายเป็นสีขาว beyazlaş(tır)ma, ağar(t)ma 增白劑 крейда چونا جو سفیدی کرنے کے کام آتا ہے bột làm trắng 洁白
adj whitish
fairly white; close to white. witagtig ضارِب إلى البَياض бял bělavý hvidlig weißlich ασπριδερός blanquecino, blancuzco valkjas شیری vaalea blanchâtre לְבַנבַן सफेद-सा bjelkast fehéres hampir putih hvítleitur biancastro, bianchiccio 白っぽい 약간 흰 balsvas bālgans agak putih vaalwit hvitaktig białawy esbranquiçado alburiu белёсый belavý belkast beličast vitaktig ค่อนข้างขาว; ค่อนข้างซีด; ค่อนข้างซีดขาว beyazımsı, akça 相當白的，近白色的 білуватий, білястий سفیدی ماءل khá trắng 带白色的
adj white-ˈcollar
(of workers, jobs etc) not manual; (working) in an office etc. witboordjie ذوو الياقات البَيْضاء، المُوَظَّفون занимаващ се с нефизически труд úřednický kontor-; funktionær Kopf-... υπαλληλικός, μη χειρωνακτικός de oficina valgekrae کارمند دفترى valkokaulus- de bureau צַווָארוֹן לָבָן सफेदपोश administrativni službenici értelmiségi karyawan kantor hvítflibba-, skriftstofu- impiegatizio ホワイトカラーの 사무직의 tarnaujantis, tarnautojo iestādē strādājošs; ierēdņa- kolar putih; pekerja di pejabat kantoor{#169} hvitsnipp-, kontor- umysłowy burocrata de birou конторский úradnícky pisarniški kancelarijski manschett- เกี่ยวกับงานนั่งโต๊ะ มีเงินเดือนประจำ และไม่ต้องใช้แรงงาน büroda çalışan 白領階級的 службовець; “білий комірець” سفید پوش nhân viên hành chính 白领阶层的
white elephant
a useless, unwanted possession. wit olifant غَرَض غَيْر مُفيد وكَثير التَّكاليف безполезно притежание zbytečná věc hvid elefant lästiger Besitz δώρον άδωρον elefante blanco, maula nagu sangata kohver موقعیت ناخواسته turhuus objet superflu פִּיל לָבָן बेकार, खर्चीला beskorisna, neželjena stvar egy nyűg (igen terjedelmes, haszontalan tárgy) benda tak berguna gagnslítil eign (oggetto superfluo) もて余しもの 귀찮은 소유물 nereikalingas turtas/daiktas nevajadzīgs/nederīgs īpašums seperti gajah putih; sesuatu yang mahal tetapi tidak berguna sta{#169}in{#170}de{#169}weg unyttig (nips)gjenstand grat, nieprzydatny prezent obiect de prisos обременительное имущество príťaž, zbytočná vec nadležna posest beskoristan posed onödig lyx, ekonomisk belastning ของไม่มีประโยชน์ bir işe yaramayan eşya 沒有用或不想要的東西 непотрібна річ قیمتی لیکن بےکار شے vật cồng kềnh lắm tiền mà không có ích gì 无用的东西
n white horse
(usually in plural) a wave that has a crest of white foam. wit perd مَوْجَةٌ يُغَطّي الزَّبَدُ قِمَّتها вълна с бяла пяна zpěněná vlna bølge med skum på toppen schaumgekrönte Welle αφρισμένο κύμα cabrilla lainejänesed اسب سفید vaahtopää mouton(s) גַל झागदार लहरें valovi s bijelom pjenom na vrhu tajtékos (gerincű) hullám ombak hvítfyssandi alda (onde dalla cresta spumeggiante) 白波 (거품을 뒤집어쓴) 물마루, 흰 파도 bangos ketera baltā viļņa mugura ombak yg berbuih witgekuifde golf (bølge med) skumtopp grzywacz objecto sem utilidade valuri mici înspumate барашки spenená vlna spenjeni val talasi od bele pene vita gäss คลื่นที่แตกเป็นฟองขาว köpüklü dalga 白浪 гребінець піни ایک سخت اور نشیلا مادہ جو اسپرم وہیل کے جبڑے کے پاس ملتا ہے sóng bạc đầu 白浪
adj white-ˈhot
(of metals) so hot that they have turned white a white-hot poker. witwarm مُتَوَهِّج، مُحَمّى حتّى دَرَجَة الإبْيِضاض нажежен до бяло rozžhavený do běla hvidglødende weißglühend (λευκο)πυρωμένος candente, incandescente hõõguv داراى احساسات برانگيخته hehkuva chauffé à blanc חַם מְאוֹד श्वेत ताप usijan fehéren izzó panas sekali hvítglóandi incandescente 白熱した (금속이) 백열 상태인 įkaitęs iki baltumo nokaitēts līdz baltkvēlei panas putih witheet hvitglødende rozpalony do białości incandescente incandescent раскалённый добела rozžeravený do biela razbeljen belo usijan vitglödgad ซึ่งร้อนจัดจนมีแสงสีขาวแผ่ออกมา kızgın 白熱的 розжарений до білого انتہاءی گرم bị nung đỏ trắng 白热的
white lie
a not very serious lie I'd rather tell my mother a white lie than tell her the truth and upset her. witleuen كِذْبَه بَيْضاء благородна лъжа zbožná lež hvid løgn die Notlüge αθώο ψέμα mentira piadosa hädavale دروغ مصلحتی valkoinen valhe pieux mensonge שֶקֶר לָבָן सफेद झूठ bijela laž ártatlan füllentés kebohongan kecil hvít lygi (bugia innocente) 罪のない嘘 악의 없는 거짓말 nekaltas melas nevainīgi (saudzējoši) meli bohong sunat onschuldige leugen hvit løgn niewinne kłamstwo mentirinha minciună nevinovată ложь во спасение nevinná, milosrdná lož nedolžna laž bezazlene laži vit lögn การโกหกที่ไม่มีอันตราย zararsız yalan 善意的謊言 брехня задля порятунку سفید جھوٹ lời nói dối có thể chấp nhận được 善意的谎言
n whitewash
a mixture of usually lime and water, used for whitening walls. witsel طِلاء جيري مائي вар vápenné mléko kalk die Tünche ασβεστόχωμα cal lubivärv دوغاب اهک kalkkimaali lait/blanc de chaux סִיד पुताई vapno, kreč mész air kapur, cat kapur kalkhvíta/-vatn bianco, (bianco di calce) 水しつくい (벽, 천정 등의 겉에 바르는) 백도제 kalkės kaļķūdens (balsināšanai) cat kapur witsel hvittekalk, kalkmaling wapno cal var stins побелка vápno (na bielenie) apno za beljenje kreč limfärg, kalkfärg น้ำปูนขาวสำหรับทากำแพง badana 灰泥 вапняний розчин سفیدی nước vôi 石灰水
v
to cover with whitewash. verwit يَطلي بِطلاء جيري مائي варосвам bílit kalke tünchen ασπρίζω, ασβεστώνω encalar lubivärvima سفيد کارى کردن kalkita blanchir à la chaux לְסַיֵד पुताई करना okrečiti (be)meszel melabur kalka imbiancare, (dare il bianco) 水しつくいを塗る 백도제를 바르다 baltinti balsināt mengecat dengan cat putih witten kalke bielić caiar a vărui белить bieliť beliti z apnom krečiti vitlimma, vitmena ทากำแพงด้วยน้ำปูนขาว; ปิดบังความจริง badanalamak 用灰泥粉刷 білити سفیدی کرنا quét vôi 粉刷
adj whitewashed
verwitte مَطلي بِطلاء جيري مائي варосан vybílený kalket getüncht ασβεστωμένος encalado valgendatud اهکی valkaistu blanchi à la chaux מְסוּיַד पुताई की हुई okrečen fehérre meszelt dilabur kalkaður, kalkborinn imbiancato 水しつくいを塗った 백색 도료를 칠한 išbaltintas []balsināts mengalahkan dengan teruk gewit kalket bielony caiado a vărui побеленный vybielený pobeljen z apnom okrečen vitlimmad, vitmenad ที่ปิดบังความจริง badanalı 己粉刷的 побілений سفیدی کیا ہوا được quét vôi 己粉刷的
white wine, wine
White → أبيض bílý hvid weiß λευκός blanco valkoinen blanc bijeli bianco 白い 흰 wit hvit biały branco белый vit สีขาว beyaz trắng 白的
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