paleness

pale1

pale ¹

 (pāl)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old French pal, from Latin pālus; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]

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pale ²

 (pāl)

adj. pal·er, pal·est

1. Whitish in complexion; pallid.

2.

a. Of a low intensity of color; light.

b. Having high lightness and low saturation.

3. Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint: "a late afternoon sun coming through the el tracks and falling in pale oblongs on the cracked, empty sidewalks" (Jimmy Breslin).

4. Feeble; weak: a pale rendition of the aria.

v. paled, pal·ing, pales

v.tr.

To cause to turn pale.

v.intr.

1. To become pale; blanch: paled with fright.

2. To decrease in relative importance.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pallidus, from pallēre, to be pale; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]

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pale′ly adv.

pale′ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	paleness - unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) achromasia, lividness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, luridness, lividity complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face
	2.	paleness - the property of having a naturally light complexion blondness, fairness complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face
	3.	paleness - being deficient in color pallidity color property - an attribute of color

Translations

شُحوب

bledost

bleghed

Blässe

palidez

pâleur

fakósághalványságsápadtságszíntelenség

fölvi

pallore

blekhet

solgunlukuçukluk

淡色苍白

paleness

[ˈpeɪlnɪs] N → palidez f; [of skin] → blancura f

paleness

[ˈpeɪlnɪs] n → pâleur f

paleness

n → Blässe f

paleness

[ˈpeɪlnɪs] n → pallore m

pale

(peil) adjective

1. (of a person, his face etc) having less colour than normal. a pale face; She went pale with fear. bleek شاحِب блед pálido bledý blaß bleg χλομός, ωχρόςpálido kahvatu رنگ پریده kalpea pâleחיוור फीका svjetao sápadt pucat fölur pallido 青ざめた 창백한 išblyškęs, išbalęs bāls; nobālis pucat bleekblek, fargeløsblady پيكه، زيړ بخون، رنګ الوتى pálido palid бледный bledý bled bled blek ซีด soluk, benzi uçuk 蒼白的 блідий فق، پھيکے رنگ کا، زرد nhợt nhạt 苍白的

2. (of a colour) closer to white than black; not dark. pale green. vaal باهِت اللوْن светъл claro světlý blaß bleg- ανοιχτός, ξεπλυμένος pálido, claro kahvatu- کمرنگ vaalean pâleחלש पीला blijed hal(o)vány warna muda fölur chiaro あわい 엷은 blyškus, blankus gaišs, bāls pucat licht- lyse-jasny, blady زيړ بخون claro pal светлый svetlý svetel bled svag, ljus (สี) ซีด soluk, açık 淡的 блідий, тьмяний پھيکا رنگ tái 淡的

verb

to become pale. She paled at the bad news. vaal word, verbleek يَشْحُب، يَمْتَقِع пребледнявам empalidecer zblednout erblassen blive bleg χλομιάζω palidecer, empalidecer, ponerse pálido kahvatuma رنگ پریده شدن kalveta pâlir לְהַחווִיר पीला, फीका या धुंधला पड़ जाना या कर देना problijedjeti elsápad memucat fölna impallidire 青ざめる 창백해지다 (iš)blykšti, (nu)blankti, (pa)balti nobālēt menjadi pucat verblekenblekne blednąć, zblednąć رنګ الوتى empalidecer a păli побледнеть zblednúť prebledeti pobledeti blekna ทำให้ซีด rengi atmak; solmak 變蒼白，變淡，失色 бліднути; тьмяніти چہرہ فق پڑنا trở nên tái đi 变苍白，变淡，失色

ˈpaleness noun

vaalheid شُحوب бледост palidez bledost die Blässe bleghed χλομάδα palidez kahvatus رنگ پریدگی kalpeus pâleurחיוורון पीलापन bljedilo sápadtság kepucatan fölvi pallore 青白さ 창백함 blyškumas, blankumas bālums kepucatan bleekheidblekhet bladość پيكه توب palidez paloare бледность bledosť bledost bledilo blekhet ความซีด solgunluk, uçukluk 淡色，蒼白 блідість پھيکا پن، زردي sự nhợt nhạt 淡色，苍白