Meanings
comparative more milk-white · superlative most milk-white · alternative milkwhite
- Having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk.
1 more example
He made love in a coach and six, and married in a coach and twelve, and all his horses were milk-white horses with one red spot on the back which he caused to be hidden by the harness. For, the spot would come there, though every horse was milk-white when Captain Murderer bought him. And the spot was young bride's blood.
1860, Charles Dickens, Captain MurdererSynonyms: milky-white
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof a white the color of fresh milk
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishmeolchwīt“milk-white”
- Middle Englishmilke white
- Englishmilk-white
Inherited from Middle English milke white, mylk-whyte, mylkquyte, mylk-whit, milc-whit, from Old English meolchwīt (“milk-white”), equivalent to milk + white. Compare Dutch melkwit (“milk-white”), German milchweiß (“milk-white”), Swedish mjölkvit (“milk-white”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans melkwit
- melkwithaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Arabic لَبَنِيّ, شِيرْبَام
- لَبَنِيّ (labaniyy)having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
- شِيرْبَام (šīrbām)having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Bulgarian млечнобя́л
- млечнобя́л (mlečnobjál)having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Danish mælkehvid
- mælkehvidhaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Dutch melkwit
- melkwithaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Finnish maidonvalkoinen
- maidonvalkoinenhaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
French laiteux
- laiteuxhaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
German milchweiß, milchweiss
- milchweißhaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
- milchweisshaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
- schneeweißhaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
- schneeweisshaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Japanese 乳白色の
- 乳白色の (nyūhakushoku no)having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Latin lacteus
- lacteushaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Norwegian Bokmål melkehvit, melkekvit
- melkehvithaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
- melkekvithaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
- mjølkehvithaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
- mjølkekvithaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Polish mlecznobiały
- mlecznobiałyhaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Russian молочно-бе́лый
- молочно-бе́лый (moločno-bélyj)having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Scottish Gaelic bàn-gheal
- bàn-ghealhaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Swedish mjölkvit
- mjölkvithaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Welsh llaethwyn
- llaethwynhaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
Cite this entry
milk-white. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk-white
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