White House

See also: Whitehouse

English

The White House.

Etymology

From the Executive Mansion ("house") of the United States of America having been painted white, giving its appearance of a white house; having been painted to cover up the damage from the War of 1812 when the British burned the mansion down.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the White House

1. (US) The official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America.
   • 2025 May 22, “Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”.

2. (US, metonymic) The US presidency and its administration.

   The White House announced its support for the new law.

   • 2022 May 14, Jari Tanner, “Putin warns Finland NATO membership would harm relations”, in AP News‎^[2], archived from the original on 14 May 2022:

     U.S. President Joe Biden held a joint call Friday with both Niinisto and Andersson where, according to a White House statement, he “underscored his support for NATO’s Open Door policy and for the right of Finland and Sweden to decide their own future, foreign policy and security arrangements.”

3. (US, by extension) Any executive residence

   Little White House

   White House of the Confederacy

4. Synonym of Russian White House
5. Place name in the United States:
   1. A community in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
   2. A city in Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee.
   3. A community in New Kent County, Virginia, also known as White House Landing.
   4. A community in Page County, Virginia.

Derived terms

• White Houser

Related terms

• Blue House

Translations

the official residence of the President of the United States of America

• Afrikaans: Withuis
• Albanian: Shtëpia e Bardhë (definite)
• Amharic: ዋይት ሃውስ (wayt haws)
• Arabic: الْبَيْت الْأَبْيَض m (al-bayt al-ʔabyaḍ) (definite), بَيْت أَبْيَض m (bayt ʔabyaḍ)
• Armenian: Սպիտակ տուն (Spitak tun)
• Azerbaijani: Ağ Ev
• Bashkir: Аҡ Йорт (Aq Yort)
• Basque: Etxe Zuria
• Belarusian: Бе́лы дом m (Bjély dom)
• Bengali: হোয়াইট হাউস (hōẇaiṭ haus)
• Breton: Ti Gwenn m
• Bulgarian: Бе́лият дом m (Bélijat dom) (definite)
• Burmese: အိမ်ဖြူတော် (imhprutau)
• Catalan: Casa Blanca f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 白宮 / 白宫 (baak⁶ gung¹)

  Hokkien: 白厝 (Pe̍h-chhù), 白宮 / 白宫 (zh-min-nan) (Pe̍h-kiong)

  Mandarin: 白宮 / 白宫 (zh) (Báigōng)

• Corsican: Casa Bianca f
• Czech: Bílý dům (cs) m
• Danish: Det hvide hus n (definite)
• Dutch: Witte Huis n
• Esperanto: Blanka Domo
• Estonian: Valge Maja (et)
• Faroese: Tað hvíta húsið n
• Finnish: Valkoinen talo
• French: Maison Blanche (fr) f, Maison-Blanche (fr) f
• Galician: Casa Branca f
• Georgian: თეთრი სახლი (tetri saxli)
• German: Weißes Haus (de) n
• Greek: Λευκός Οίκος m (Lefkós Oíkos)
• Hebrew: הַבַּיִת הַלָּבָן m (ha-báyit ha-laván) (definite)
• Hindi: व्हाइट हाउस (vhāiṭ hāus), श्वेत महल m (śvet mahal)
• Hungarian: Fehér Ház (hu)
• Icelandic: Hvíta húsið n (definite)
• Ido: Blanka Domo
• Indonesian: Gedung Putih (id)
• Irish: Teach Bán m
• Italian: Casa Bianca f
• Japanese: ホワイトハウス (Howaitohausu), 白堊館 (Hakuakan, Howaitohausu) (dated)
• Kannada: ಶ್ವೇತ ಭವನ (śvēta bhavana)
• Kazakh: Ақ үй (Aq üi)
• Khmer: សេតវិមាន (seitaʼ vimiən)
• Korean: 백악관(白堊館) (ko) (Baegakgwan), 화이트 하우스 (Hwaiteu hauseu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Qesra Spî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Ак үй (Ak üy)
• Lao: ທຳນຽບຂາວ (tham nīap khāo)
• Latin: Domus Alba m
• Latvian: Baltais nams m
• Lithuanian: Baltieji rūmai m
• Macedonian: Белата куќа f (Belata kuḱa) (definite)
• Malay: Rumah Putih (ms)
• Malayalam: വൈറ്റ്‌ഹൗസ് (vaiṟṟ‌haus‌)
• Maltese: id-Dar il-Bajda f (definite)
• Marathi: व्हाइट हाउस (vhāiṭ hāus)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Цагаан ордон (Cagaan ordon)

• Navajo: kináhálgaaí
• Nepali: ह्वाइट हाउस (hwāiṭ hāus)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Det hvite hus n (definite)

  Nynorsk: Det kvite hus n (definite)

• Occitan: Ostal Blanc
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: کاخِ سِفید (kâx-e sefid)

• Polish: Biały Dom (pl) m
• Portuguese: Casa Branca (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਵਾਈਟ ਹਾਊਸ (vāīṭa hāūsa)
• Romanian: Casa Albă f
• Russian: Бе́лый дом (ru) m (Bélyj dom)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бела кућа f, Бијела кућа f

  Roman: Bela kuća f, Bijela kuća f

• Sicilian: Casa Janca f
• Sinhalese: ධවල මන්දිරය (dhawala mandiraya)
• Slovak: Biely dom m
• Slovene: Bela hiša f
• Spanish: Casa Blanca (es) f
• Swahili: Nyumba Nyeupe
• Swedish: Vita huset n (definite)
• Tajik: Кохи Сафед (Kox-i Safed)
• Tamil: வெள்ளை மாளிகை (ta) (veḷḷai māḷikai)
• Tatar: Ак йорт (Aq yort)
• Telugu: శ్వేత సౌధం (śvēta saudhaṁ)
• Thai: ทำเนียบขาว (th) (tam-nîiap-kǎao)
• Turkish: Beyaz Saray
• Turkmen: Ak Saraý
• Ukrainian: Бі́лий дім m (Bílyj dim)
• Urdu: وائِٹ ہاؤُس (vāiṭ hāus), اَیوانِ سَفید m (aivān-i safed)
• Uyghur: ئاقساراي (aqsaray)
• Uzbek: Oq Uy
• Vietnamese: Nhà Trắng (vi) (茹𤽸), Tòa Bạch Ốc (座白屋) (dated or Overseas Vietnamese), Tòa Bạch Cung (座白宮) (dated), Bạch Ốc (白屋) (dated), Bạch Cung (vi) (白宮) (dated)
• Welsh: Y Tŷ Gwyn m
• West Frisian: Wite Hûs n
• Yiddish: ווייסע הויז n (veyse hoyz)

(idiomatic) the US presidency

• Bashkir: Аҡ Йорт (Aq Yort)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白宮 / 白宫 (zh) (Báigōng)

• Estonian: Valge Maja (et)
• Finnish: Valkoinen talo
• French: Maison Blanche (fr) f
• Italian: Casa Bianca f
• Polish: Biały Dom (pl) m
• Ukrainian: Бі́лий дім m (Bílyj dim)
• Vietnamese: Nhà Trắng (vi) (茹𤽸), Tòa Bạch Ốc (座白屋) (dated or Overseas Vietnamese), Tòa Bạch Cung (座白宮) (dated), Bạch Ốc (白屋) (dated), Bạch Cung (vi) (白宮) (dated)

Russian White House — see Russian White House

See also

• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Further reading

• White House on Wikipedia.Wikipedia