whiteness

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• /ˈwaɪtnəs/
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• /ˈʍaɪtnəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: W AY1 T N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH W AY1 T N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English whitenesse, whitnesse, whytnesse, hwitnesse, from Old English hwītnes (“whiteness”), equivalent to white + -ness.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَيَاض (bayāḍ) — state of being white
• Armenian: ճերմակություն (čermakutʻyun) — state of being white
• Armenian: սպիտակություն (spitakutʻyun) — state of being white
• Asturian: blancura — state of being white
• Asturian: blancor — state of being white
• Bengali: সফেদী (śophedi) — state of being white
• Bulgarian: белота (belota) — state of being white
• Bulgarian: бледност (blednost) — state of being white
• Catalan: blancor — state of being white
• Catalan: blancúria — state of being white
• Catalan: albor — state of being white
• Dutch: witheid — state of being white
• Finnish: valkoisuus — state of being white
• French: blancheur — state of being white
• Galician: brancor — state of being white
• Galician: brancura — state of being white
• Galician: albura — state of being white
• Georgian: სითეთრე (sitetre) — state of being white
• German: Weiße — state of being white
• German: Weisse — state of being white
• German: Weißheit — state of being white
• German: Weissheit — state of being white
• German: Weißsein — state of being white
• German: Weisssein — state of being white
• Ancient Greek: λευκότης (leukótēs) — state of being white
• Hindi: सफ़ेदी (safedī) — state of being white
• Hungarian: fehérség — state of being white
• Irish: báine — state of being white
• Irish: gile — state of being white
• Italian: bianchezza — state of being white
• Italian: biancore — state of being white
• Latin: albitūdō — state of being white
• Classical Nahuatl: iztacāyōtl — state of being white
• Polish: białość — state of being white
• Polish: biel — state of being white
• Portuguese: brancura — state of being white
• Portuguese: alvura — state of being white
• Romanian: albiciune — state of being white
• Romanian: albeață — state of being white
• Romanian: albitate — state of being white
• Russian: белизна́ (belizná) — state of being white
• Serbo-Croatian: bjelina — state of being white
• Serbo-Croatian: belina — state of being white
• Slovak: belosť — state of being white
• Slovak: bielosť — state of being white
• Slovak: bieloba — state of being white
• Spanish: blancura — state of being white
• Spanish: albor — state of being white
• Spanish: albura — state of being white
• Spanish: blancor — state of being white
• Swedish: vithet — state of being white
• Telugu: తెల్లదనము (telladanamu) — state of being white
• Thai: ความขาว (kwaam-kǎao) — state of being white
• Tocharian B: arkwiññe — state of being white
• Turkish: beyazlık — state of being white
• Turkish: aklık — state of being white
• Ottoman Turkish: بیاضلق (beyâzlık) — state of being white
• Ottoman Turkish: بیاض (beyâz) — state of being white
• Dutch: blankheid — quality of being white
• Dutch: witheid — quality of being white
• Esperanto: blankeco — quality of being white
• French: blancheur — quality of being white
• French: blanchité — quality of being white
• French: blanchitude — quality of being white
• Portuguese: branquitude — quality of being white