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The condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The cold weather intensified the paleness of the landscape.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
being deficient in color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pallidity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: color property
the property of having a naturally light complexion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blondness, fairness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complexion, skin color, skin colour
unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lividness, lividity, luridness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complexion, skin color, skin colour
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.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
pal·lidesa
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Czech:
bledost
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Danish:
bleghed
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Finnish:
kalpeus
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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French:
pâleur
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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German:
Blässe
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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German:
Blassheit
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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German:
Bleichheit
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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German:
Farblosigkeit
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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German:
Fahlheit
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Greek:
ωχρότητα
(ochrótita)
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Ancient Greek:
ὠχρότης
(ōkhrótēs)
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Hungarian:
sápadtság
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Hungarian:
halványság
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Hungarian:
színtelenség
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Hungarian:
fakóság
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Icelandic:
fölvi
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Italian:
pallore
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Italian:
pallidità
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Latin:
aurūgō
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Latin:
lūror
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Latin:
pallor
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Latvian:
bālums
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Polabian:
bledaićă
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Polish:
bladość
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Portuguese:
palidez
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Romanian:
paliditate
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Romanian:
gălbinare
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Russian:
бле́дность
(blédnostʹ)
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Spanish:
palidez
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color
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Volapük:
pael
— condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color