Dictionary

paleness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Latin pallidus Old French palebor. Middle English pale English pale Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English paleness From pale + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color.
   • The cold weather intensified the paleness of the landscape.

Forms

Synonyms

pallor · pallidity · wanness

Translations (31)

cs bledost (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · de Blässe (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · de Blassheit (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · ro gălbinare (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · lv bālums (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · de Fahlheit (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · la lūror (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · it pallore (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · hu fakóság (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · la aurūgō (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · hu halványság (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · da bleghed (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · hu sápadtság (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · ro paliditate (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · it pallidità (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · vo pael (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · pl bladość (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · ru бле́дность (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · pt palidez (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · de Bleichheit (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · la pallor (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · grc ὠχρότης (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · hu színtelenség (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · fi kalpeus (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · fr pâleur (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · de Farblosigkeit (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · es palidez (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · is fölvi (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · ca pal·lidesa (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · el ωχρότητα (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) · pox bledaićă (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color)