white

Meaning

Synonyms

light-colored

be white

light-coloured

white cloth

become white

very white

white colour

make white

light grey

fine thing

white person

pipe-clay

pure white

white line

european

white-skinned

something white

albicans

white color

ox-eye

American chub

chivin

ash-colour

light complexion

Delphinapterus leucas

silk cotton-tree

not black

not blue

of the colour of day

white-colored

poor visibility

roughnosed chub

leukous

leuko

albus

White person

white of egg

roasted chick pea

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/waɪt/
Etymology

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”).

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