white

Signification (Anglais)

1. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
2. Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.
3. Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry):.
4. By U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
5. Designated for use by Caucasians.
6. Relatively light or pale in colour.
7. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
8. Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
9. Affected by leucism.
10. Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
11. The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
12. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
13. Honourable, fair; decent.
14. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
15. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
16. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
17. Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
18. Made from immature leaves and shoots.
19. Not containing characters; see white space.
20. Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”).
21. Characterised by the presence of snow.
22. Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.

blanc

blanche

devenir blanc

très blanc

gris clair

oryx algazelle

albumen

blanc d’œuf

aubour

acacia fourager

arbre blanc

light-colored

be white

light-coloured

white cloth

become white

gabardine

very white

white colour

make white

light grey

fine thing

white person

pipe-clay

pure white

white line

european

white-skinned

something white

Caucasoid

albicans

white color

ox-eye

unmutilated

American chub

chivin

ash-colour

light complexion

honkey

Delphinapterus leucas

beluga whale

silk cotton-tree

not black

not blue

of the colour of day

white-colored

fallfish

little corella

poor visibility

roughnosed chub

leukous

leuko

albus

corella

White person

gray

grey

white of egg

roasted chick pea

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/waɪt/

Inherited from Middle English whit, hwit, from Old English hwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós, a byform of *ḱweytós (“bright; shine”). cognates * West Frisian wyt *Dutch wit * German weiß * German weiss * Norwegian Bokmål hvit * Norwegian Nynorsk kvit * Lithuanian šviẽsti (“to gleam”), šviesa (“light”) * Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ, “light”), свѣтьлъ (světĭlŭ, “clear, bright”) * Persian سفید (sefid) * Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (spaēta, “white”) * Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, “white, bright”).