snow-white

See also: Snow White

English

Etymology

From Middle English snow whit, snowe-white, snouwite, snawhwit, from Old English snāwhwīt, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz‎, equivalent to snow +‎ white. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit (“snow-white”), German schneeweiß (“snow-white”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

snow-white (not comparable)

1. As white as snow; exceptionally white.

Derived terms

• Snow White
• snow-whiteness

Translations

as white as snow

• Azerbaijani: ağappaq
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 純白／纯白 (zh) (chúnbái), 纯白 (zh) (chúnbái)

• Dutch: sneeuwwit (nl)
• Finnish: lumivalkoinen (fi), vitivalkoinen (fi)
• French: blanc immaculé m
• Georgian: ქათქათა (katkata), სპეტაკი (sṗeṭaḳi)
• German: schneeweiß (de), schlohweiß (de)
• Greek: χιονόλευκος (el) m (chionólefkos), κατάλευκος (el) (katálefkos), κάτασπρος (el) (kátaspros), ολόλευκος (el) (olólefkos), ολόασπρος (el) (olóaspros), πάλλευκος (el) (pállefkos)
• Hungarian: hófehér (hu)
• Icelandic: mjallhvítur (is)
• Ido: nivea (io)
• Italian: bianco-neve
• Japanese: 雪白 (ja) (せっぱく, seppaku), 純白 (ja) (じゅんぱく, junpaku)
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• Korean: 백설 (baekseol)
• Latin: niveus (la)
• Luxembourgish: schnéiwäiss
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: snøhvit

• Polish: śnieżnobiały (pl) m
• Portuguese: branco de neve
• Romanian: alb ca neaua, alb ca zăpada
• Russian: белосне́жный (ru) (belosnéžnyj)
• Spanish: blanconieve, nevado (es)
• Swedish: snövit (sv)
• Turkish: karbeyaz

Noun

snow-white (plural snow-whites)

1. (offensive, slang) A Caucasian person, especially a woman

Anagrams

• white snow