white

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Homophones 1.3 Etymology 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Derived terms 1.7 See also

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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)
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  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)

1. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
2. Of Caucasian race.

[edit] Antonyms

• (bright and colourless): black

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[edit] Noun

white (plural whites)

1. (color) 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
• Wikipedia has an article on “Race”. Wikipedia: Race