noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌvɪtɪˈlaɪɡəʊ/
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rhymes with -aɪɡəʊ
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The patchy loss of skin pigmentation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leucoderma
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Alphos, a form of leprosy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skin disease, disease of the skin, skin disorder
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vitilīgō.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بُهَاق
(buhāq)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Azerbaijani:
ala
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Basque:
bitiligo
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Bengali:
শ্বেতী রোগ
(śeti rōg)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Bulgarian:
витилиго
(vitiligo)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Catalan:
vitiligen
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Chinese Mandarin:
白癜風 /白癜风
(báidiànfēng)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Finnish:
valkopälvi
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
French:
vitiligo
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
German:
Vitiligo
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
German:
Weißfleckenkrankheit
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Greek:
λεύκη
(léfki)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Hebrew:
בַּהֶרֶת
(bahéret)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Hindi:
सफ़ेद दाग़
(safed dāġ)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Hindi:
श्वित्र
(śvitra)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Hungarian:
vitiligo
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Italian:
vitiligine
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Japanese:
白斑
(hakuhan)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Japanese:
白癜
(shironamazu)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Kannada:
ತೊನ್ನು
(tonnu)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Kazakh:
ақтаңдақ
(aqtañdaq)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Korean:
백납병
(baengnapbyeong)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Korean:
백반
(baekban)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Central Kurdish:
بەڵەکی
(bellekî)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Latin:
vitiligo
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Malayalam:
വെള്ളപ്പാണ്ട്
(veḷḷappāṇṭŭ)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Māori:
kirihoko
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Persian:
پیسی
(pisi)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Polish:
bielactwo
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Portuguese:
vitiligo
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Romanian:
vitiligo
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Russian:
витили́го
(vitilígo)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Spanish:
vitiligo
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Spanish:
vitíligo
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Tocharian B:
świtär
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Turkish:
alaca hastalığı
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Turkish:
baras
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Turkish:
abraş
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Ukrainian:
вітилі́го
(vitylího)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Uyghur:
بەرەس
(beres)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Uyghur:
ئاق كېسەل
(aq kësel)
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Vietnamese:
bạch biến
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Welsh:
fitiligo
— patchy loss of skin pigmentation