snow-white

See also: Snow White

English

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”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

snow-white (not comparable)

As white as snow; exceptionally white.
Synonym: lily-white

Derived terms

Snow White
snow-whiteness

Translations

as white as snow

Azerbaijani: ağappaq
Belarusian: беласне́жны (bjelasnjéžny)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 純白／纯白 (zh) (chúnbái)
Danish: snehvid
Dutch: sneeuwwit (nl)
Esperanto: neĝblanka
Estonian: lumivalge
Finnish: lumivalkoinen (fi), vitivalkoinen (fi)
French: blanc immaculé m
Georgian: ქათქათა (katkata), სპეტაკი (sṗeṭaḳi)
German: schneeweiß (de), schlohweiß (de)
Greek: χιονόλευκος (el) m (chionólefkos), κατάλευκος (el) (katálefkos), κάτασπρος (el) (kátaspros), ολόλευκος (el) (olólefkos), ολόασπρος (el) (olóaspros), πάλλευκος (el) (pállefkos)
Hungarian: hófehér (hu)
Icelandic: mjallhvítur (is)
Ido: nivea (io)
Italian: bianco-neve
Japanese: 雪白 (ja) (せっぱく, seppaku), 純白 (ja) (じゅんぱく, junpaku)
Korean: 백설 (baekseol)
Latin: niveus (la)
Luxembourgish: schnéiwäiss (lb)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: snøhvit
Polish: śnieżnobiały (pl) m
Portuguese: branco de neve
Romanian: alb ca neaua, alb ca zăpada
Russian: белосне́жный (ru) (belosnéžnyj)
Spanish: blanconieve, nevado (es)
Swedish: snövit (sv)
Turkish: karbeyaz
Ukrainian: білосні́жний (uk) (bilosnížnyj)

Noun

snow-white (plural snow-whites)

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

Anagrams

white snow