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snow-white en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) As white as snow; exceptionally white.
    • One day he wandered to the banks of the Rhine. On its discolored waters swam a snow-white swan, playfully pulling at the rope which bound a small skiff to the shore. 1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, page 449:
    • It was also a delight to see a racially mixed band from Boston. Too bad that the crowd was snow white. We've all still got a helluva long way to go. 1982 August 14, Mary Ann Peacott, Liz Nania, “BT's In Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 12:

Antonyms

coalblack · coal-black · coal black

Deriveds

Snow White · snow-whiteness

Synonyms

lily-white · niveous

Translations (47)

ka ქათქათა (as white as snow) · ru белосне́жный (as white as snow) · fr blanc immaculé (as white as snow) · nl sneeuwwit (as white as snow) · ka სპეტაკი (as white as snow) · de schneeweiß (as white as snow) · is mjallhvítur (as white as snow) · tg сап-сафед (as white as snow) · la niveus (as white as snow) · el ολόλευκος (as white as snow) · da snehvid (as white as snow) · eo neĝblanka (as white as snow) · hu hófehér (as white as snow) · el χιονόλευκος (as white as snow) · el ολόασπρος (as white as snow) · fi vitivalkoinen (as white as snow) · it niveo (as white as snow) · de schlohweiß (as white as snow) · tr karbeyaz (as white as snow) · io nivea (as white as snow) · es blanconieve (as white as snow) · ro alb ca zăpada (as white as snow) · fr blanc de neige (as white as snow) · uk білосні́жний (as white as snow) · it bianco-neve (as white as snow) · pl śnieżnobiały (as white as snow) · el κατάλευκος (as white as snow) · fi lumivalkoinen (as white as snow) · ja 純白 (as white as snow) · es níveo (as white as snow) · yue 白雪雪 (as white as snow) · ja 雪白 (as white as snow) · el πάλλευκος (as white as snow) · ko 백설 (as white as snow) · nb snøhvit (as white as snow) · lb schnéiwäiss (as white as snow) · az ağappaq (as white as snow) · pt níveo (as white as snow) · et lumivalge (as white as snow) · gl níveo (as white as snow) · es nevado (as white as snow) · sv snövit (as white as snow) · be беласне́жны (as white as snow) · pt branco de neve (as white as snow) · ro alb ca neaua (as white as snow) · el κάτασπρος (as white as snow) · cmn 純白 /纯白 (as white as snow)

snow-white en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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