white

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wīt, IPA: /waɪt/, SAMPA: /waIt/ or enPR: hwīt, IPA: /ʍaɪt/, SAMPA: /WaIt/ (in Scottish English and some English accents)
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• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophones: wight (in accents with the wine-whine merger), wite (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

[edit] Etymology

From Old English hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hvīta, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ʷ(e)it- (“‘to shine’”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light”, n.).

[edit] Adjective

white (comparative whiter, superlative whitest)

1. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
2. Of Caucasian race.
3. (of coffee) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
4. (board games, chess) The 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.

[edit] Antonyms

• (bright and colourless): black
• (of coffee): black

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[edit] Noun

white (plural whites)

1. (color/colour) The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
2. A Caucasian person.
3. A European person.
4. (slang) Street name for cocaine.
5. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
6. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
7. A common name for the Pieris genus of butterflies.
8. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.

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[edit] See also

• Appendix:Colours
• leucite
• leukoma
• leukosis
• Sauvignon blanc
• Svetambara
• terra alba
• Race on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Race