whitewash

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• /ˈwaɪtwɒʃ/ Received Pronunciation, wine–whine merger
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• General-American: /ˈʍaɪtˌwɑʃ/
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• General-American: /ˈʍɐɪt-/
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• General-American: /ˈwaɪt-/ wine–whine merger
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• /ˈʍɐɪtˌwɑʃ/ Canadian raising
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• /ˈwɐɪt-/ Canadian raising; wine–whine merger
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The noun is derived from white (adjective) + wash (noun). Noun sense 5.1 (“medicinal preparation for treating skin diseases”) is a calque of New Latin lōtiō alba (literally “white wash”). The verb is derived partly from white (adjective) + wash (verb), and partly from the noun.

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bengali: সফেদী (śophedi) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Bulgarian: ба́дана (bádana) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Bulgarian: ва́ров разтво́р (várov raztvór) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Bulgarian: бели́ло (belílo) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Catalan: blanquejat — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Chinese Mandarin: 大白 (dàbái) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Chinese Mandarin: 膩子 /腻子 (nìzi) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Dutch: witkalk — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Finnish: kalkkivelli — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• French: badigeon — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• French: lait de chaux — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• German: Tünche — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Greek: ασβεστόνερο (asvestónero) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Hebrew: סִיד (sid) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Hungarian: mész — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Hungarian: mészfesték — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Hungarian: mésztej — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Hungarian: mészvakolás — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Hungarian: mészvakolat — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Irish: aol — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Irish: aoldath — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Italian: calce — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Latin: albārium — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Polish: mleko wapienne — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Portuguese: cal — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Punjabi: ਸਫ਼ੈਦੀ (safaidī) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Romanian: lapte de var — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Russian: известко́вый раство́р (izvestkóvyj rastvór) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Russian: побе́лка (pobélka) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Serbo-Croatian: кре̏ч — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Serbo-Croatian: krȅč — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Spanish: lechada — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Tagalog: apog na pampinta — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Turkish: badana — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Ottoman Turkish: بادانه (badana) — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Welsh: gwyngalch — mixture of a powdered mineral substance and water which is used for painting
• Finnish: peittely — thing used to hide mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.
• Bulgarian: прикри́тие (prikrítie) — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• Danish: hvidvask — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• Finnish: peittely — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• French: blanchir — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• Galician: branquear — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• German: reinwaschen — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• German: schönfärben — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• Hungarian: szerecsenmosdatás — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• Hungarian: tisztára mosás — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• Portuguese: branquear — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• Russian: покрывательство (pokryvatelʹstvo) — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• Spanish: blanqueado — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• Spanish: blanquear — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• Vietnamese: tẩy trắng — act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts
• Finnish: velkojen anteeksianto — act of clearing a person’s debts, especially through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court
• Czech: kanár — complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin
• Finnish: murskavoitto — complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin
• German: Zu-null-Sieg — complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin
• Hungarian: fölényes/elsöprő győzelem — complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin
• Irish: bua gan scór a ghéilleadh — complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin
• Italian: cappotto — complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin
• Polish: pogrom — complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; victory or series of victories by a very large margin
• Finnish: vesi-jauhosuurus — thickening agent consisting of flour blended with water to make a paste
• Bulgarian: бели́ло (belílo) — preparation for making the skin look lighter
• Finnish: ihon valkaisuaine — preparation for making the skin look lighter
• Bulgarian: бадано́свам (badanósvam) — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Bulgarian: варо́свам (varósvam) — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Catalan: emblanquinar — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Danish: hvidkalke — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Finnish: kalkita — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• French: badigeonner — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• German: etwas weiß anstreichen — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• German: weißen — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• German: weißeln — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Greek: ασπρίζω (asprízo) — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Greek: ασβεστώνω (asvestóno) — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Ancient Greek: κονιάω (koniáō) — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Hebrew: סִיֵּד (siyyéd) — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Hungarian: meszel — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Hungarian: kimeszel — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Hungarian: bemeszel — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Irish: aol — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Irish: aoldathaigh — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Irish: aoldath a chur ar — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Italian: imbiancare — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Latin: dealbo — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Norwegian: hvitkalke — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Polish: bielić — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Polish: wybielać — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Polish: wybielić — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Portuguese: caiar — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Punjabi: ਸਫ਼ੈਦੀ ਕਰਨੀ (safaidī karnī) — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Romanian: spoi — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Romanian: vărui — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Russian: бели́ть (belítʹ) — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Russian: побели́ть (pobelítʹ) — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Campidanese Sardinian: candéssiri — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Campidanese Sardinian: scandèssiri — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Campidanese Sardinian: imbarchinài — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Spanish: blanquear — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Spanish: encalar — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Swedish: vitmena — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Turkish: beyaza badanalamak/boyamak — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Ottoman Turkish: بادانهلامق (badanalamak) — (transitive) to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash; (intransitive) to paint bright white with whitewash
• Catalan: blanquejament — (transitive) to distort or give a misleading account of (history, a narrative, etc.) by discounting the participation of people of colour and focusing on white people
• Finnish: korostaa valkoisia — (transitive) to distort or give a misleading account of (history, a narrative, etc.) by discounting the participation of people of colour and focusing on white people
• Finnish: antaa rooli valkoiselle — (transitive) to cast a white actor in a role for a person of colour in (a film, television programme, etc.)
• Finnish: tehdä valkoisemmaksi — (transitive) to make over (someone of colour) so that they appear more white
• Finnish: valkaista — (transitive) to cover or coat (something) with a white substance, as if with whitewash
• Finnish: pinnoittaa valkoiseksi — (transitive) to cover or coat (something) with a white substance, as if with whitewash
• Finnish: valaista valkoisella valolla — (transitive) to light up (something) with white light
• Finnish: antaa anteeksi — (transitive) to clear (someone’s) debts, especially through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court; (intransitive) to have debts cleared through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court
• Bulgarian: зама́звам (zamázvam) — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Bulgarian: зама́жа (zamáža) — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Bulgarian: прикри́вам (prikrívam) — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Bulgarian: прикри́я (prikríja) — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Chinese Mandarin: 洗白 (xǐbái) — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Danish: hvidvaske — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Finnish: peitellä — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• French: blanchir — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• German: (sb.) jemanden reinwaschen — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• German: etwas schönfärben — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• German: etwas beschönigen — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• German: schönreden — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Greek: καλύπτω λάθη (kalýpto láthi) — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Hebrew: טִיֵּחַ (tiyyé'aẖ) — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Hungarian: tisztára mos — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Ido: velizar — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Irish: ceil — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Irish: cuir i bhfolach — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Italian: occultare — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Italian: cancellare — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvitvaske — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvitvaske — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitvaske — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Polish: zatuszowywać — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Polish: zatuszować — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Portuguese: encobrir — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Russian: обели́ть (obelítʹ) — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Spanish: encubrir — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Swedish: vitkalka — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Swedish: vitmena — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Swedish: kalka — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Turkish: (sb.) aklamak — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Turkish: temize çıkarmak — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Vietnamese: thanh minh — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Vietnamese: minh oan — (transitive) to hide (someone’s) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.)
• Finnish: saada murskavoitto — (transitive) to achieve a complete victory or series of victories over (an opponent) without suffering any losses; to achieve a victory or series of victories over (an opponent) by a very large margin
• Bulgarian: избе́лвам (izbélvam) — (transiive) to make (the face, etc.) look lighter with makeup or a similar preparation
• Finnish: valkaista — (transiive) to make (the face, etc.) look lighter with makeup or a similar preparation
• Finnish: muuttua valkoiseksi — (intransitive) of bricks: to become encrusted with a white layer of soluble salts due to efflorescence