white
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See also White
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[edit] English
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[edit] Pronunciation
- enPR: wīt, IPA: /waɪt/, SAMPA: /waIt/ or enPR: hwīt, IPA: /ʍaɪt/, SAMPA: /WaIt/ (in Scottish English and some English accents)
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -aɪt
[edit] Homophones
- wight (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
- wite (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
[edit] Etymology
Middle English < Old English hwīt.
[edit] Adjective
white (comparative whiter, superlative whitest)
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- Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
- Of Caucasian race.
[edit] Antonyms
- (bright and colourless): black
[edit] Translations
bright and colourless
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Caucasian
[edit] Noun
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white (plural whites)
- (color) The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
- A Caucasian person.
- A European person.
- (slang) Street name for cocaine.
- The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
- (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
- A common name for the Pieris genus of butterflies.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.
[edit] Translations
color/colour
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Caucasian person
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[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from "white"
[edit] See also
- Appendix:Colours
- leucite
- leukoma
- leukosis
- Sauvignon blanc
- Svetambara
- terra alba
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