white
adjective
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- Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
- (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.
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blanc,
blanche
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- (chiefly, historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
- Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
- (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.
- (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
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blanc
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white
noun
/waɪt/
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/ʍaɪt/
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- The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
- A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
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blanc,
blanche
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- (slang, US, UK) Cocaine.
- (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
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blanche
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blanc
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whiteness
noun
/ˈwaɪtnəs/
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/ˈʍaɪtnəs/
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- The state or quality of being white (all senses).
- (sociology) The quality of being white (in the racial sense).
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blancheur,
blanchitude,
blanchité
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whiting
noun
/ˈwaɪtɪŋ/
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/ˈʍaɪtɪŋ/
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- A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
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merlan
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whites
noun
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- Linen, especially laundry, that is white.
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sous-vêtement
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