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off-white en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English off- Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English off-white From off- + white.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of a very pale colour that is almost white.
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Forms

Translations (14)

es blanco roto (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · bg възбя́л (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · el υπόλευκος (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · nl vuilwit (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · fi luonnonvalkoinen (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · sv benvit (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · fi likaisenvalkoinen (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · ro alburie (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · fr blanc cassé (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · fi kimo (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · es blanco apagado (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · fi murrettu valkoinen (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · pl białawy (of a very pale colour that is almost white) · ro alburiu (of a very pale colour that is almost white)

off-white en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English off- Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English off-white From off- + white.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any pale colour that is almost white.

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Translations (17)

pl złamana biel (very pale colour that is almost white) · fi kimo (very pale colour that is almost white) · nl vuilwit (very pale colour that is almost white) · xal цаһавтр (very pale colour that is almost white) · hu tört fehér (very pale colour that is almost white) · es blanco apagado (very pale colour that is almost white) · fi luonnonvalkoinen (very pale colour that is almost white) · fi murrettu valkoinen (very pale colour that is almost white) · fi likaisenvalkoinen (very pale colour that is almost white) · fr blanc cassé (very pale colour that is almost white) · xal цаһацр (very pale colour that is almost white) · nl gebroken wit (very pale colour that is almost white) · cmn 灰白色 (very pale colour that is almost white) · ro alburiu (very pale colour that is almost white) · es blanco roto (very pale colour that is almost white) · ur بادامی (very pale colour that is almost white) · sv benvitt (very pale colour that is almost white)