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whiten en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈ(h)waɪ̯.tən/
• [ˈ(h)waɪ̯ʔn̩]
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈ(h)waɪ̯tn̩]

Etymology

From Middle English whitenen, whitnen, from Old Norse hvítna (“to whiten”), from Proto-Germanic *hwītnōną (“to whiten, become white”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwind-, *kwint- (“bright”), equivalent to white + -en. Cognate with Icelandic hvítna (“to whiten”), Swedish vitna, hvitna (“to whiten”), Danish hvidne (“to whiten”). Compare Old English hwītian (“to whiten, become white, be white, make white”).

Meanings

1. (ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
   • The trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
   • Age had whitened his hair.
   • Whenever black people are furious with me, I walk over to them and whiten their face, and scream and scream and scream 'daddy’s the boss.' 2024 February 12, very tall bart, 1:34 from the start, in [YTP] Dennis Prager is crazy (YouTube poop; video), spoken by Penis Prager (Dennis Prager):
2. To increase the security of an iterated block cipher by steps that combine the data with portions of the key.
3. To normalize data so that the covariance matrix becomes the identity matrix; i.e., to remove correlations so each variable has unit variance.

Forms

Deriveds

whitener · whitenize · prewhiten · rewhiten

Translations (97)

te తెల్లబడు (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · sv vitna (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · aii ܡܲܚܘܸܪ (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · tr aklamak (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ain レタㇻ (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · hu fehérít (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · pt embranquecer (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · pl bieleć (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · el ασπρίζω (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · tr beyazlatmak (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · de weiß werden (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · rup alghescu (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · bg побелявам (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · eo blankiĝi (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · la albicō (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ro albi (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ar اِبْيَضَّ (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · it sbiancare (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ru побеле́ть (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · el λευκαίνω (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · grc λευκαίνω (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · de weißen (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · tr beyazlamak (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ja 白む (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · mi whakapūaho (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · el λευκαίνω (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · fr blanchir (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · la albō (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · scn abbianchiari (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · pl bielić się (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · el ασπρίζω (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · it imbiancare (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ko 하얗게 하다 (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · it imbiancarsi (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ko 하얘지다 (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ms putihkan (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · gl branquear (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · es blanquear (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ro albi (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · scn abbianchiari (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · pt embranquecer (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · tr ağarmak (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ru отбели́ть (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ota بیاضلانمق (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · tr aklanmak (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · it sbiancarsi (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · he הִלְבִּין (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ga bánaigh (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · fi vaaleta (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · hit 𒄯𒆠𒄿𒂊𒌍𒍣 (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · sv göra vitare (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · pt branquear (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · io blankeskar (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · id putihkan (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · sat ᱯᱳᱱᱰ (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · sat ᱯᱳᱱᱰ (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ru беле́ть (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · es blanquear (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ru побели́ть (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ru бели́ть (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · id memutih (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ca blanquejar (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · tr beyazlaştırmak (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · uk біли́ти (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · gl albear (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · pl bielić (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · tr ağartmak (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ru отбе́ливать (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · eo blankigi (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ja 白くする (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · io blankigar (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ja 白める (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · sv göra vit (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · pl zbieleć (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ga aol (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · fi vaalentaa (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · fr blanchir (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ca blanquejar (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · fi valkaista (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · es albear (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · tr beyazlaşmak (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · es albear (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · bg избелвам (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · mi whakamā (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ko 희어지다 (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · sv bleka (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ks پرَٛنُن (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ja 白くなる (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ar بَيَّضَ (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ota بیاضلاتمق (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · hit 𒄯𒂵𒉡𒊻𒍣 (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ms memutih (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · ja 白ばむ (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · cy gwynnu (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · aii ܚܵܘܹܪ (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch) · fi vaalentua (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)