white

Signification

Adj

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.

Noun

1. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
2. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
3. Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
4. White wine.
5. White coffee
6. Any object or substance that is of the color white.
7. Any object or substance that is of the color white.
8. Any object or substance that is of the color white.
9. (slang) Any object or substance that is of the color white.
10. Any object or substance that is of the color white.
11. Any object or substance that is of the color white.
12. Any object or substance that is of the color white.
13. The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
14. The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
15. A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
16. The person playing with the white set of pieces.

Verb

To make white; to whiten; to bleach.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/waɪt/

Étymologie

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”).

Phrases

There are white stains above and behind each eye and behind each ear .

Il y a des taches blanches au-dessus et derrière chaque œil et derrière chaque oreille.

The gum was packaged in a red , white , and blue color scheme .

La gomme était emballée dans une palette de couleurs rouge, blanche et bleue.

The flag of Nutopia has only one colour: white .

Le drapeau de Nutopia n'a qu'une seule couleur: blanc.