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snow-white

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

As white as snow; exceptionally white.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lily-white, niveous

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A Caucasian person, especially a woman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

of the white color of snow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snowy

Antonyms: none provided

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ağappaq — as white as snow
  • Belarusian: беласне́жны (bjelasnjéžny) — as white as snow
  • Chinese Cantonese: 白雪雪 — as white as snow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 純白 /纯白 (chúnbái) — as white as snow
  • Danish: snehvid — as white as snow
  • Dutch: sneeuwwit — as white as snow
  • Esperanto: neĝblanka — as white as snow
  • Estonian: lumivalge — as white as snow
  • Finnish: lumivalkoinen — as white as snow
  • Finnish: vitivalkoinen — as white as snow
  • French: blanc immaculé — as white as snow
  • Galician: níveo — as white as snow
  • Georgian: ქათქათა (katkata) — as white as snow
  • Georgian: სპეტაკი (sṗeṭaḳi) — as white as snow
  • German: schneeweiß — as white as snow
  • German: schlohweiß — as white as snow
  • Greek: χιονόλευκος (chionólefkos) — as white as snow
  • Greek: κατάλευκος (katálefkos) — as white as snow
  • Greek: κάτασπρος (kátaspros) — as white as snow
  • Greek: ολόλευκος (olólefkos) — as white as snow
  • Greek: ολόασπρος (olóaspros) — as white as snow
  • Greek: πάλλευκος (pállefkos) — as white as snow
  • Hungarian: hófehér — as white as snow
  • Icelandic: mjallhvítur — as white as snow
  • Ido: nivea — as white as snow
  • Italian: bianco-neve — as white as snow
  • Italian: niveo — as white as snow
  • Japanese: 雪白 (seppaku) — as white as snow
  • Japanese: 純白 (junpaku) — as white as snow
  • Korean: 백설 (baekseol) — as white as snow
  • Latin: niveus — as white as snow
  • Luxembourgish: schnéiwäiss — as white as snow
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snøhvit — as white as snow
  • Polish: śnieżnobiały — as white as snow
  • Portuguese: branco de neve — as white as snow
  • Portuguese: níveo — as white as snow
  • Romanian: alb ca neaua — as white as snow
  • Romanian: alb ca zăpada — as white as snow
  • Russian: белосне́жный (belosnéžnyj) — as white as snow
  • Spanish: blanconieve — as white as snow
  • Spanish: nevado — as white as snow
  • Spanish: níveo — as white as snow
  • Swedish: snövit — as white as snow
  • Tajik: сап-сафед (sap-safed) — as white as snow
  • Turkish: karbeyaz — as white as snow
  • Ukrainian: білосні́жний (bilosnížnyj) — as white as snow