Meanings
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comparative whiter · comparative more white · superlative whitest · superlative most white · alternative obsolete whight · alternative obsolete whyte · alternative obsolete whyght · alternative White
- Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
Write in black ink on white paper.
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white as the whitest lily on a stream.
c. 1878, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, HolidaysWhile some of the more exotic varieties are becoming more popular with nationwide growers, such as the pale pinkish white pineberry, local farms will frequently plant a few different varieties to best suit their region.
2022 May 9, Casey Barber, “Strawberry season has arrived. Here are tips for enjoying spring’s sweetest treat”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2022 - capitalizedsometimesOf or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry).
If you're from Africa, why are you white?
2004, Tina Fey, Mean Girls, spoken by Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried)3 more examples
[…]more white corporations cognizant of the mounting purchasing power of the Negro consumer, have Negro representatives in the field[…].
1949, Wendell P. Alston, “The Green Book”, in The Negro Motorist Green Book, New York: Victor H. Green, published 1949, page 3Ms. Ringwald finds a few things about these films regrettable. One thing she found "significantly disturbing," she wrote, "was how white the films are."
2004 May 9, Michael Joseph Gross, “When the Losers Ruled in Teenage Movies”, in New York Times“In the United States of America, you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore.”
2025 December 21, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, quoting JD Vance, “Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC - capitalizedsometimesBy U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
- historicalDesignated for use by Caucasians.
white hospital
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white drinking fountain
- Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
Or whispering with white lips, "The foe! / They come! they come!"
1812–1818, Lord Byron, “(please specify |canto=I to IV)”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number) - With leucism.
Why should the birthplace of the gods in ancient Egyptian times align with the birthplace of the White Lions in our times?
2010, Linda Tucker, “Gold: Subterranean Sun” (chapter 21), in Mystery of the White Lions: Children of the Sun God, Hay House, page 218 - Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
Antonyms: black
- board gamesboard gamesThe standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.
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Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.
2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 21 - Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
a white monk
- offensiveoftenuncommonHonourable, fair, decent, kind; generous.
... the parson, […
1867, Mark Twain, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches, George Routledge and Sons, page 365 more examples
White as thy fame, and as thy honour clear.
1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Second Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC'The preacher had not proceeded far in his sermon,' said the man, ' before I thought him the whitest man I ever saw. My hat was instantly taken off and thrown under the seat, and I found myself listening with the most profound attention.'
1837, M. Huxley, in Timothy Mather Cooley, Sketches of the life and character of the Rev. Lemuel Haynes, A. M., for many years pastor of a church in Rutland, Vt., and late in Granville, New-York, page 73... Rayner seems powerful anxious to get you on the paper. A good fellow is Rayner; as white a man as I ever knew; and he has as many old friends as would make a good-sized city.
1877, Walter Besant, James Rice, The Golden Butterfly, page 218"So I'm here to say I'm sorry." Another big gulp. Troop heaved himself slowly off the locker he was sitting on and held out an eleven-inch hand. "I mistrusted 'twould do you sights o' good; an' this shows I weren't mistook in my jedgments^([sic])." "You're white," said Dan, as Harvey regained the deck, flushed to the tips of his ears.
1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains CourageousNo whiter page than Addison's remains. / He from the taste obscene reclaims our youth, / And sets the passions on the side of Truth,
1737, Alexander Pope, First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace; republished in The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902, page 194 - Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head / So old and white as this.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii] - archaicCharacterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as one of the white days of his life.
1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC - obsoleteRegarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
I am his white boy, and will not be gulled.
c. 1626, John Ford, Tis Pity She's a Whore - governmentPertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
Aimée de Coigny had always adopted with enthusiasm the political views of her ruling lover and she had thus already held nearly every shade of opinion from red republicanism to white reaction.
1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, published 2010, page 163 - Made from immature leaves and shoots.
Most often consisting of a budset pluck, a frost tea has the clarity and freshness of a white tea, with the richness and lingering finish of a finely crafted black tea.
2012, Mary Lou Heiss, Robert J. Heiss, The Tea Enthusiast's Handbook, →ISBN - mediaNot containing characters; see white space.
- Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.
For instance, tyro jousters in fifteenth-century Iberia wore “white armor,” while experienced men wore surcoats over their harness (Fallows 2010, 80), while fabric-covered breastplates are depicted in many examples of fifteenth-century northern European art.
2015 August 31, Albrecht Classen, Handbook of Medieval Culture, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN
plural whites · alternative obsolete whight · alternative obsolete whyte · alternative obsolete whyght · alternative White
- countableuncountableThe color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
Not only were the platforms tiled in white, the tunnels were painted white too - to prettify them, and make them less claustrophobic - and the Central proudly issued a postcard of its tunnel-whitening machine.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 117 - countableuncountableA person of European descent with light-colored skin.
We could have ridden for weeks, possibly months, and never seen a white man had it not been that Laurie was riding from scattered white to white.
1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 812 more examples
The Indians carried first our canoes and then our stores through the brushwood, which is very thick at this point, while we four whites, our rifles on our shoulders, walked between them and any danger coming from the woods.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLCThe War on Drugs proved popular among key white voters, particularly whites who remained resentful of black progress, civil rights enforcement, and affirmative action.
2012, Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow, →ISBN, page 54Synonyms: abelungu, ang moh, Angrez, balanda, béké, bule, cac, Caucasian
- countableuncountableAny butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
Several other beautiful butterflies rewarded my search in this place [...] The most abundant butterflies were the whites and yellows (Pieridae), several of which I had already found at Lombock and at Coupang, while others were new to me.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 297 - countableuncountableWhite wine.
A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In our Italian Restaurant.
1977, “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”, in Billy Joel (music), The Stranger1 more example
Those were my first impressions of wine: Ladies drink chilled, soft white while they gossip in the kitchen; old men drink strong, room-temperature red to get shellacked.
2014, Maximillian Potter, Shadows in the Vineyard - countableuncountableWhite coffee
- abbreviationellipsisuncountableEllipsis of white bread
- Any object or substance that is of the color white.
- countableuncountableanatomyThe sclera, white of the eye.
You could see from afar the white of their eyeballs glistening.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 203 - UKUScountableslanguncountableCocaine.
I've got to hit the streets; I've got to move this white.
2004, “On The Run”, Kanye West (music), performed by Bump J ft. Rick James, Atlantic2 more examples
Ten grand a week we were clearing: base, white, meth, weed, anything. I can get you anything to get you high.
2019 January 20, Ann Cleeves, Paul Matthew Thompson, “Cuckoo” (1:26:51 from the start), in Lawrence Gough, director, Vera, season 9, episode 2 (TV series), spoken by Tyler Lennon (Louis Healy)We was flyin' up O with white, we was buildin' lines, now it's clothing lines
2024, “Entrapreneur”, performed by Central CeeSynonyms: benzoylmethylecgonine, blow, Bolivian marching powder, booger sugar, boots, California corn flakes, charlie, ching
- countableuncountableThe snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
- countableuncountableA white bean.
Nearly two-thirds of the Idaho crop has been great northerns, one-sixth small reds, and the remainder small flat whites and pintos and seed for snap beans and baby limas (table 21).
1952, Columbia River and Tributaries, Northwestern United States, United States Government Printing Office, page 3764
- countableuncountablearcheryThe central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
'Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white.
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii] - countableuncountableThe enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
[…] the a. b. d. g. o. p. q. &c. […] must be made with equal whites.
1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid, London: T. Passinger, page 182 more examples
Also it giueth a great grace to your writing, if the whites of certeine letters bee made of one equall bignesse with the o. supposing the same were all round, as the white of the b. of the a. p. y. v. w. x. q. d. g. and s.
1594, Hugh Plat, chapter 38, in The Jewell House of Art and Nature, London, page 42She copied the whole alphabet like that, as though only the inside whites of the letters registered on her mind.
1931, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in Police at the Funeral, Penguin, published 1939, page 157 - countableuncountableA feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
The usual kinds of ostrich feathers known to the trade come into the Tripoli market. These are whites, blacks, feminas, byocks, spadonas, boos, drabs and floss.
1909 August 12, “Ostrich Feathers of Tripoli”, in Neenah Daily Times, volume 53, number 8,451, Neenah, Wis.; Menasha, Wis., column 53 more examples
3.—Wing-Quills or Remiges; Whites and Feminas.—The wing-quills are the largest feathers in the wing, and are arranged in a single row. They include the “Whites” in the cock, and the “Feminas” in the hen, as well as the “Byocks” or “Fancies” in the cock.
1909, Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope, page 514Whites, primes, pound, $120 to $300[…]The whites and blacks come from the male birds, the feminas and drabs from the female, the spadones are the first clipping taken from the young birds and the tails from each.
1910 October 30, The Arizona Republican, volume XXI, number 161, Phoenix, Ariz., page 9This parcel included 286 lbs. of feathers known as whites, and 211 lbs. of feathers known as feminas. The whites are described as lot 12, and the feminas as lot 13.
1923, South African Law Reports. Cape Provincial Division: Decisions of the Supreme Court of South Africa (Cape of Good Hope Provincial Decision)., page 532Synonyms: prime
- countableuncountableboard gamesboard gamesThe person playing with the white set of pieces.
In this position, white has an opportunity to make a good move.
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1...Qd3 2 Ne1 Nd2! wins since 3 Nxd3 Rxf1 mate while 3 Qxc7+ Kg6 only delays the end. The best White can do is 3 Qc3+ Qxc3 4 Rxc3 Rxe1 when Black also wins the Bf1 and will be two pieces up.
2023 January 13, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Carlsen takes on young guns at Wijk as world champion eyes record”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2023
present singular third person whites · participle present whiting · participle past whited · past whited · alternative obsolete whight · alternative obsolete whyte · alternative obsolete whyght · alternative White
- transitiveTo make white; to whiten; to bleach.
so as no fuller on earth can white them
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 9:32 more examples
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 23:27In a very few hours I arrived in a city that always makes me think of a whited sepulchre.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199
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plural Whites · alternative Whyte · alternative Wight
- countableuncountableA common British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname.
When Dana White barreled up to the microphone, at Donald Trump’s request, to say his piece on election night, it represented confirmation of the UFC CEO’s status as one of the key members of the president-elect’s inner circle.
2024 November 16, Aaron Timms, “How UFC head Dana White became the glue between Maga and the manosphere”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2025 - A locale in the United States:
- countableuncountableA minor city in Bartow County, Georgia; named for its first postmaster.
- countableuncountableA city in South Dakota; named for its first European settler.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Washington; named for a Washington state judge.
- countableuncountableA ghost town in Missouri; named for a local mining official.
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- CanadaUKUSnot comparablesometimesAlternative letter-case form of white (“of or relating to white complexion or Europeans”).
Unfortunately, many White people have been raised to believe that their race is intrinsically more prejudice than others.
2025 April 8, Sarah Stock, “Five Common Myths About White People — Debunked”, in Rift TV, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2026
plural Whites
- Alternative letter-case form of white (“European”).
The Whites on the mission were a special kind of white person, special in the way that my grandmother had explained to me, for they were holy.
1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 1551 more example
To add insult to injury, not only do Whites shame each other but every other race joins in because they are also educated to believe Whites have somehow screwed them over and are still screwing them over.
2025 April 8, Sarah Stock, “Five Common Myths About White People — Debunked”, in Rift TV, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2026 - historicalgovernmentAn anticommunist who fought against the Reds during the Russian Civil War; the term is mostly associated with monarchist forces.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
adjectiveContaining cream, milk, or creamer.
nounA person of European descent with light-colored skin.
nounCocaine.
nounA feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion
adjectivebeing of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
adjectiveof or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
adjectivefree from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
adjectiverestricted to whites only
adjectivebenevolent; without malicious intent
adjective(of hair) having lost its color
adjectiveanemic looking from illness or emotion
adjectiveof summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
nounthe quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
white · adjective, noun, verb
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱweyt-
- Proto-Germanic*hwītaz
- Proto-West Germanic*hwīt
- Old Englishhwīt
- Middle Englishwhit
- Englishwhite
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 * Swedish vit * Danish hvid * Lithuanian šviẽsti (“to gleam”), šviesa (“light”) * Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ, “light”), свѣтьлъ (světĭlŭ, “clear, bright”) * Persian سفید (sefid, “white”), Persian سپید (sepid, “white”) * Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (spaēta, “white”) * Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, “white, bright”)
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →White · proper noun
- Anglo-Normanle White
- Old English*wiht“bend”
- Middle EnglishWhite
- EnglishWhite
* As an English surname, from Middle English White, as a nickname for someone with white hair or pale complexion; in some cases from a personal name of the same meaning. See the modern adjective white. * Also as an English surname, from Old English *wiht (“bend”), found only in placenames, a derivative of the verb wican (“to yield, bend”); compare Wight. * As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, used as a translation of several Gaelic names containing the element bán and geal, including Mac Giolla bháin (McElwain, Kilbane), Ó Gealagáin (Galligan), Bán (Bane), and Ó Banáin (Bannon). * Also as a Scottish and Irish surname, an Anglicization of Irish de Faoite, itself from Anglo-Norman le White, le Whyte, from the same source as the English surname.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Anglo-Norman
Full word history & related roots →White · adjective, noun
Capitalized due to this racial sense's connotation of (current or historical) European origin, so as to follow the capitalization rules for nationalities and ethne, known in former centuries as “races” (e.g., “the Chinese race”, “the English race”), and also, perhaps, as a way to explicitly distinguish it from the color sense, which is never capitalized outside proper nouns.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans wit, wit
- witbright and colourless
- witcolor
- blankcolor
Ancient Greek λευκός
- λευκός (leukós)bright and colourless
Arabic أَبْيَض, أبيض
- أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ)bright and colourless
- أبيض (ʔabyaḍ)bright and colourless
- قَوْقَازِيّ (qawqāziyy)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- يَافِثِيّ (yāfiṯiyy)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- أبيض (abyaḍ)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- بيضا (bēḍa)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- بيض (bīḍ)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- قوقازى (qoqāzi)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- قوقازية (qoqazéyya)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- قوقازيين (qoqazeyyīn)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ)color
- بَيْضَاء (bayḍāʔ)color
- أبيض (abyaḍ)color
- بيضا (bēḍa)color
- بيض (bīḍ)color
- قَوْقَازِيّ (qawqāziyy)person of European descent
- يَافِثِيّ (yāfiṯiyy)person of European descent
- أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ)person of European descent
- أبيض (abyaḍ)person of European descent
- بيضا (bēḍa)person of European descent
- بيض (bīḍ)person of European descent
- قوقازى (qoqāzi)person of European descent
Basque zuri, zuri
- zuribright and colourless
- zuricolor
Bengali সাদা, সফেদ
- সাদা (śada)bright and colourless
- সফেদ (śophed)bright and colourless
- সুফেদ (śuphed)bright and colourless
- ধলা (dhola)bright and colourless
- সাদা মানুষ (śada manuś)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- ফিরিঙ্গী (phiriṅgi)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- গোরা (gōra)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- ফরসা (phorśa)relatively light or pale in colour
- ধলা (dhola)relatively light or pale in colour
- সাদা (śada)color
- সফেদ (śophed)color
- সাদা মানুষ (śada manuś)person of European descent
- ফিরিঙ্গী (phiriṅgi)person of European descent
Bulgarian бял, бял
- бял (bjal)bright and colourless
- бял (bjal)designated for use by Caucasians
- белоко́ж (belokóž)designated for use by Caucasians
- бя́ло (bjálo)color
- бял (bjal)person of European descent
- бя́ла (bjála)person of European descent
- бялото на окото (bjaloto na okoto)white of the eye
- бяло (bjalo)white of the eye
- склера (sklera)white of the eye
Catalan blanc, blanc
- blancbright and colourless
- blanccolor
Chinese бый, 白色
- бый (bɨy)bright and colourless
- 白色 (pe̍h-sek)color
- 白人 (pe̍h-lâng)person of European descent
Chinese Cantonese 白, 白色
- 白 (baak⁶)bright and colourless
- 白色 (baak⁶ sik¹)color
- 白人 (baak⁶ jan⁴)person of European descent
Chinese Mandarin 白, 白色
- 白 (bái)bright and colourless
- 白色 (báisè)bright and colourless
- 白色 (báisè)color
- 白人 (báirén)person of European descent
- 白種人 /白种人 (báizhǒngrén)person of European descent
- 洋人 (yángrén)person of European descent
- 西洋人 (xīyángrén)person of European descent
- 白眼珠 (báiyǎnzhū)white of the eye
Czech bílý, bílý
- bílýbright and colourless
- bílýof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- bělošskýof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- bílácolor
- bělochperson of European descent
- běloškaperson of European descent
- bělásekcommon name for butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae
- bělmowhite of the eye
- sníhstreet name for cocaine
Danish hvid, hvid
- hvidbright and colourless
- hvidof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- lyshudetof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- hvidboard games: deemed to belong to the white set
- hvidcolor
- hvidperson of European descent
Dari سَفید, آق
- سَفید (safēd)bright and colourless
- آق (āq)bright and colourless
- فَرَنْگِی (farangī)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- سَفید (safēd)color
- آق (āq)color
- سَپِید (sapīd)color
- فَرَنْگِی (farangī)person of European descent
Dutch wit, blank
- witbright and colourless
- blankof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- blankdesignated for use by Caucasians
- lichtrelatively light or pale in colour
- bleekpale or pallid
- witpale or pallid
- bleeklacking tan
- witboard games: deemed to belong to the white set
- witpolitics: anti-revolutionary
- blanktypography: not containing characters
- wittypography: not containing characters
- witcolor
- blankeperson of European descent
- witjecommon name for butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae
Esperanto blanka, blankula
- blankabright and colourless
- blankulaof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- kaŭkazaof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- blankocolor
- blankuloperson of European descent
- kaŭkazuloperson of European descent
Estonian valge, valge
- valgebright and colourless
- valgeof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- valgenahalineof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- valgecolor
- valgeperson of European descent
- valgenahalineperson of European descent
Finnish valkoinen, valkea
- valkoinenbright and colourless
- valkeabright and colourless
- valkoinenof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- valkoihoinenof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- valkoinendesignated for use by Caucasians
- vaalearelatively light or pale in colour
- vihreärelatively light or pale in colour
- kalpeapale or pallid
- vaalealacking tan
- maidollaof coffee or tea, containing milk etc.
- maito-of coffee or tea, containing milk etc.
- kermallaof coffee or tea, containing milk etc.
- valkoinencolor
- valkeacolor
- valkoinenperson of European descent
- valkoihoinenperson of European descent
- kaaliperhonencommon name for butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae
- valkoinenshort form of white wine — see also white wine
- valkkarishort form of white wine — see also white wine
- valkkushort form of white wine — see also white wine
- valkuainenwhite of the eye
- silmänvalkuainenwhite of the eye
- valkeacue ball
- lumistreet name for cocaine
French blanc, blanc
- blancbright and colourless
- blancof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- blanccolor
- Blancperson of European descent
- Blancheperson of European descent
- blanchestreet name for cocaine
German weiß, weiss
- weißbright and colourless
- weissbright and colourless
- wiissbright and colourless
- weißof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- weissof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- Weißcolor
- Weisscolor
- Weißerperson of European descent
- Weißeperson of European descent
- Weißlingcommon name for butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae
- Lederhautwhite of the eye
- Sklerawhite of the eye
- weiße Augenhautwhite of the eye
- Schneestreet name for cocaine
Greek άσπρος, λευκός
- άσπρος (áspros)bright and colourless
- λευκός (lefkós)bright and colourless
- λευκός (lefkós)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- άσπρος (áspros)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- άσπρο (áspro)color
- λευκό (lefkó)color
- λευκός (lefkós)person of European descent
Hawaiian kea, keʻokeʻo
- keabright and colourless
- keʻokeʻobright and colourless
- haoleof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- keʻokeʻocolor
- haoleperson of European descent
Hebrew לָבָן, לבן
- לָבָן (laván)bright and colourless
- לבן (laván)color
Hindi सफ़ेद, सफ़ेद
- सफ़ेद (safed)bright and colourless
- सफ़ेद (safed)color
- श्वेत (śvet)color
- गोरा (gorā)person of European descent
- फ़िरंगी (firaṅgī)person of European descent
- फिरंगी (phiraṅgī)person of European descent
- फिरंग (phiraṅg)person of European descent
Hungarian fehér, fehér
- fehérbright and colourless
- fehérof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- fehérrelatively light or pale in colour
- világosrelatively light or pale in colour
- halványrelatively light or pale in colour
- sápadtpale or pallid
- fehérpale or pallid
- világoslacking tan
- halványlacking tan
- fehérlacking tan
- tejesof coffee or tea, containing milk etc.
- tejszínesof coffee or tea, containing milk etc.
- fehércolor
- fehérperson of European descent
- fehér emberperson of European descent
- fehérlepkecommon name for butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae
- szem fehérjewhite of the eye
Icelandic hvítur, hvítur
- hvíturbright and colourless
- hvíturcolor
Indonesian putih, bule
- putihbright and colourless
- buleof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- orang kulit putihof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- putihcolor
- orang kulit putihperson of European descent
- buleperson of European descent
Iranian Persian سِفید, سِفید
- سِفید (sefid)bright and colourless
- سِفید (sefid)color
- سِپید (sepid)color
- اِسْفید (esfid)color
- اِسْپید (espid)color
Irish bán, bán
- bánbright and colourless
- báncolor
- bánógcommon name for butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae
- gealacánwhite of the eye
- gealacán súilewhite of the eye
Italian bianco, bianco
- biancobright and colourless
- biancoof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- biancocolor
- biancoperson of European descent
- biancaperson of European descent
- biancastreet name for cocaine
Japanese 白い, 白色の
- 白い (shiroi)bright and colourless
- 白色の (hakushoku no)bright and colourless
- 白人の (hakujin no)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- 白 (shiro)color
- 白色 (hakushoku)color
- 白人 (hakujin)person of European descent
- 白蝶 (shirochō)common name for butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae
- 白目 (shirome)white of the eye
- 強膜 (kyōmaku)white of the eye
- 鞏膜 (kyōmaku)white of the eye
- 白球 (hakkyū)cue ball
Korean 희다, 하얗다
- 희다 (huida)bright and colourless
- 하얗다 (hayata)bright and colourless
- 허옇다 (heoyeota)bright and colourless
- 하양 (hayang)color
- 흰색 (huinsaek)color
- 백색 (baeksaek)color
- 백인 (baegin)person of European descent
Latin albus, candidus
- albusbright and colourless
- candidusbright and colourless
- albuscolor
Latvian balts, baltais
- baltsbright and colourless
- baltaisof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- baltāof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- baltscolor
- baltādainaisperson of European descent
Lithuanian baltas, balta
- baltasbright and colourless
- baltacolor
- baltaodisperson of European descent
Malay putih, puteh
- putihbright and colourless
- putehbright and colourless
- abiadbright and colourless
- abyadbright and colourless
- ڤوتيهbright and colourless
- ابيضbright and colourless
- kulit putihof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- putihcolor
- putehcolor
- abiadcolor
- abyadcolor
- ڤوتيهcolor
- ابيضcolor
- orang putihperson of European descent
Māori tea, maa
- teabright and colourless
- maabright and colourless
Norwegian Bokmål hvit, kvit
- hvitbright and colourless
- kvitbright and colourless
- hvitcolor
- kvitcolor
- hvitperson of European descent
Persian سَپید, سَفید
- سَپید (sapēd)color
- سَفید (safēd)color
Polish biały, biały
- białybright and colourless
- białyof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- białoskóryof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- białydesignated for use by Caucasians
- białoskórydesignated for use by Caucasians
- białyrelatively light or pale in colour
- białypale or pallid
- bladypale or pallid
- białyof coffee or tea, containing milk etc.
- białyboard games: deemed to belong to the white set
- białygrey, as from old age
- siwygrey, as from old age
- bielcolor
- białośćcolor
- białyperson of European descent
- białaperson of European descent
- bielinekcommon name for butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae
- białkowhite of the eye
- biała śmierćstreet name for cocaine
- biały proszekstreet name for cocaine
- bielwhite pigment
Portuguese branco, branco
- brancobright and colourless
- brancoof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- caucasoideof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- caucasianoof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- brancocolor
- brancoperson of European descent
- caucasoideperson of European descent
- caucasianoperson of European descent
- branco do olhowhite of the eye
- escleróticawhite of the eye
- brancacue ball
- póstreet name for cocaine
Punjabi ਚਿੱਟਾ, چٹا
- ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā)bright and colourless
- چٹا (ciṭṭā)bright and colourless
- ਗੋਰਾ (gorā)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā)color
- ਚਿੱਟੀ (ciṭṭī)color
- ਗੋਰਾ (gorā)person of European descent
Romanian alb, alb
- albbright and colourless
- albcolor
- albperson of European descent
- albăperson of European descent
Russian бе́лый, бе́лый
- бе́лый (bélyj)bright and colourless
- бе́лый (bélyj)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- бе́лый (bélyj)designated for use by Caucasians
- белоко́жий (belokóžij)designated for use by Caucasians
- светлоко́жий (svetlokóžij)designated for use by Caucasians
- бе́лый (bélyj)relatively light or pale in colour
- све́тлый (svétlyj)relatively light or pale in colour
- бе́лый (bélyj)pale or pallid
- бле́дный (blédnyj)pale or pallid
- бе́лый (bélyj)of coffee or tea, containing milk etc.
- бе́лый (bélyj)board games: deemed to belong to the white set
- бе́лый цвет (bélyj cvet)color
- бе́лый (bélyj)person of European descent
- бе́лая (bélaja)person of European descent
- бело́к (belók)white of the eye
Scottish Gaelic geal, geal
- gealbright and colourless
- gealcolor
- bàncolor
- fionncolor
Slovak biely, biely
- bielybright and colourless
- bielycolor
- belochperson of European descent
- beloškaperson of European descent
Spanish blanco, blanco
- blancobright and colourless
- blancoof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- blanquiñosoof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- blancocolor
- blancoperson of European descent
- blancaperson of European descent
- blanquiñosoperson of European descent
- gringoperson of European descent
- grenchoperson of European descent
- blancastreet name for cocaine
Swahili -eupe, weupe
- -eupebright and colourless
- weupecolor
- mzunguperson of European descent
Swedish vit, vit
- vitbright and colourless
- vitof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- ljushyadof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- ljushylltof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- vitpolitics: anti-revolutionary
- vittcolor
- vitperson of European descent
Tagalog puti, putiq
- putibright and colourless
- putiqbright and colourless
- putiof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- puticolor
- putiperson of European descent
Tamil வெள், வெள்ளையர்
- வெள் (veḷ)bright and colourless
- வெள்ளையர் (veḷḷaiyar)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- வெளிர் (veḷir)relatively light or pale in colour
- வெள்ளை (veḷḷai)color
- வெள்ளையர் (veḷḷaiyar)person of European descent
- விழிவெண்படலம் (viḻiveṇpaṭalam)white of the eye
Thai ขาว, ผิวขาว
- ขาว (kǎao)bright and colourless
- ผิวขาว (pǐu-kǎao)of or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- สีขาว (sǐi-kǎao)color
- ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng)person of European descent
- คนผิวขาวperson of European descent
Turkish ak, beyaz
- akbright and colourless
- beyazbright and colourless
- beyazof or relating to Caucasians — see also Caucasian
- beyazcolor
- akcolor
- beyazperson of European descent
- akwhite of the eye
- göz akıwhite of the eye
Ukrainian бі́лий, бі́лий
- бі́лий (bílyj)bright and colourless
- бі́лий (bílyj)designated for use by Caucasians
- білошкі́рий (biloškíryj)designated for use by Caucasians
- бі́лий (bílyj)pale or pallid
- бліди́й (blidýj)pale or pallid
- бі́лий (bílyj)color
- бі́лий (bílyj)person of European descent
- бі́ла (bíla)person of European descent
- біло́к (bilók)white of the eye
Urdu سَفید, سَفید
- سَفید (safed)bright and colourless
- سَفید (safed)color
- فَرَن٘گی (faraṅgī)person of European descent
- فِرَن٘گی (firaṅgī)person of European descent
- گورا (gorā)person of European descent
Vietnamese trắng, bạch
- trắngbright and colourless
- bạchbright and colourless
- trắngcolor
- người da trắngperson of European descent
Welsh gwyn, gwen
- gwynbright and colourless
- gwenbright and colourless
- gwyncolor
- gwencolor
Yiddish ווײַס, ווײַס
- ווײַס (vays)bright and colourless
- ווײַס (vays)color
Zulu -mhlophe, umlungu
- -mhlophebright and colourless
- umlunguperson of European descent
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“white.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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