Meanings
- not comparableAs white as snow; exceptionally white.
It was also a delight to see a racially mixed band from Boston. Too bad that the crowd was snow white. We've all still got a helluva long way to go.
1982 August 14, Mary Ann Peacott, Liz Nania, “BT's In Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 121 more example
One day he wandered to the banks of the Rhine. On its discolored waters swam a snow-white swan, playfully pulling at the rope which bound a small skiff to the shore.
1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, page 449Synonyms: lily-white, niveous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAs white as snow; exceptionally white.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof the white color of snow
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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*snaiwahwītaz
- Proto-West Germanic*snaiwhwīt
- Old Englishsnāwhwīt
- Middle Englishsnow whit
- Englishsnow-white
From Middle English snow whit, snowe-white, snouwite, snawhwit, from Old English snāwhwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiwhwīt, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz; equivalent to snow + white. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit (“snow-white”), German schneeweiß (“snow-white”), Swedish snövit (“snow-white”).
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Chinese Cantonese 白雪雪
- 白雪雪as white as snow
Chinese Mandarin 純白 /纯白
- 純白 /纯白 (chúnbái)as white as snow
Danish snehvid
- snehvidas white as snow
Dutch sneeuwwit
- sneeuwwitas white as snow
Esperanto neĝblanka
- neĝblankaas white as snow
Estonian lumivalge
- lumivalgeas white as snow
Finnish lumivalkoinen, vitivalkoinen
- lumivalkoinenas white as snow
- vitivalkoinenas white as snow
French blanc immaculé, blanc de neige
- blanc immaculéas white as snow
- blanc de neigeas white as snow
German schneeweiß, schlohweiß
- schneeweißas white as snow
- schlohweißas white as snow
Greek χιονόλευκος, κατάλευκος
- χιονόλευκος (chionólefkos)as white as snow
- κατάλευκος (katálefkos)as white as snow
- κάτασπρος (kátaspros)as white as snow
- ολόλευκος (olólefkos)as white as snow
- ολόασπρος (olóaspros)as white as snow
- πάλλευκος (pállefkos)as white as snow
Hungarian hófehér
- hófehéras white as snow
Icelandic mjallhvítur
- mjallhvíturas white as snow
Italian bianco-neve, niveo
- bianco-neveas white as snow
- niveoas white as snow
Japanese 雪白, 純白
- 雪白 (seppaku)as white as snow
- 純白 (junpaku)as white as snow
Korean 백설
- 백설 (baekseol)as white as snow
Latin niveus
- niveusas white as snow
Norwegian Bokmål snøhvit
- snøhvitas white as snow
Polish śnieżnobiały
- śnieżnobiałyas white as snow
Portuguese branco de neve, níveo
- branco de neveas white as snow
- níveoas white as snow
Romanian alb ca neaua, alb ca zăpada
- alb ca neauaas white as snow
- alb ca zăpadaas white as snow
Russian белосне́жный
- белосне́жный (belosnéžnyj)as white as snow
Spanish blanconieve, nevado
- blanconieveas white as snow
- nevadoas white as snow
- níveoas white as snow
Swedish snövit
- snövitas white as snow
Turkish karbeyaz
- karbeyazas white as snow
Ukrainian білосні́жний
- білосні́жний (bilosnížnyj)as white as snow
Cite this entry
snow-white. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow-white
“snow-white.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow-white. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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