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noununnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
nounthe property of having a naturally light complexion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpallidus
- Old Frenchpale
- Middle Englishpale
- Englishpale
- Englishpaleness
Translations
Ancient Greek ὠχρότης
- ὠχρότης (ōkhrótēs)condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Catalan pal·lidesa
- pal·lidesacondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Czech bledost
- bledostcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Danish bleghed
- bleghedcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Finnish kalpeus
- kalpeuscondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
French pâleur
- pâleurcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
German Blässe, Blassheit
- Blässecondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
- Blassheitcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
- Bleichheitcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
- Farblosigkeitcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
- Fahlheitcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Greek ωχρότητα
- ωχρότητα (ochrótita)condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Hungarian sápadtság, halványság
- sápadtságcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
- halványságcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
- színtelenségcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
- fakóságcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Icelandic fölvi
- fölvicondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Italian pallore, pallidità
- pallorecondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
- palliditàcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Latin aurūgō, lūror
- aurūgōcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
- lūrorcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
- pallorcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Latvian bālums
- bālumscondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Polish bladość
- bladośćcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Portuguese palidez
- palidezcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Romanian paliditate, gălbinare
- paliditatecondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
- gălbinarecondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Russian бле́дность
- бле́дность (blédnostʹ)condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
Spanish palidez
- palidezcondition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Cite this entry
APA
paleness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleness
MLA
“paleness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paleness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleness.
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