Dictionary

milk-white en · ADJ

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English milke white, mylk-whyte, mylkquyte, mylk-whit, milc-whit, from Old English meolchwīt (“milk-white”), equivalent to milk + white. Compare Dutch melkwit (“milk-white”), German milchweiß (“milk-white”), Swedish mjölkvit (“milk-white”).

Meanings

1. Having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk.
   • He made love in a coach and six, and married in a coach and twelve, and all his horses were milk-white horses with one red spot on the back which he caused to be hidden by the harness. For, the spot would come there, though every horse was milk-white when Captain Murderer bought him. And the spot was young bride's blood. 1860, Charles Dickens, Captain Murderer:

Forms

Relateds

pale as milk

Synonyms

milky-white

Translations (25)

de schneeweiss (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · gd bàn-gheal (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · de schneeweiß (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · ja 乳白色の (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · ru молочно-бе́лый (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · pl mlecznobiały (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · la lacteus (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · nb mjølkehvit (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · fi maidonvalkoinen (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · sv mjölkvit (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · nb melkehvit (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · io laktoblanka (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · ar لَبَنِيّ (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · nb melkekvit (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · de milchweiss (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · nb mjølkekvit (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · af melkwit (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · cy llaethwyn (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · fr laiteux (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · da mælkehvid (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · de milchweiß (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · ar شِيرْبَام (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · nn mjølkekvit (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · bg млечнобя́л (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk) · nl melkwit (having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk)