adj · 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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/ˈwaɪtɪʃ/
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ˈhwītĭshwithout the wine–whine merger
/ˈʍaɪtɪʃ/without the wine–whine merger
CMU ARPABET:W AY1 T IH0 SH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:HH W AY1 T IH0 SH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Somewhat white, pale or almost white.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
of something having a color tending toward white
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: off-white
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
resembling milk in color not clear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
milky glass
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: milky, milklike
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English whitisch, whytyssh, equivalent to white + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
ابيضاني
(abyaḍāni)
— somewhat white
Armenian:
սպիտակավուն
(spitakavun)
— somewhat white
Bulgarian:
белезникав
(beleznikav)
— somewhat white
Bulgarian:
възбя́л
(vǎzbjál)
— somewhat white
Catalan:
blanquinós
— somewhat white
Chinese Mandarin:
髮白的 /发白的
(fàbó de)
— somewhat white
Czech:
bělavý
— somewhat white
Danish:
hvidlig
— somewhat white
Esperanto:
blanketa
— somewhat white
Estonian:
valkjas
— somewhat white
Finnish:
valkeahko
— somewhat white
French:
blanchâtre
— somewhat white
Galician:
albelo
— somewhat white
Galician:
pálido
— somewhat white
Galician:
albeiro
— somewhat white
Galician:
esbrancuxado
— somewhat white
Georgian:
მოთეთრო
(motetro)
— somewhat white
German:
weißlich
— somewhat white
German:
weisslich
— somewhat white
Greek:
υπόλευκος
(ypólefkos)
— somewhat white
Hebrew:
לְבַנְבַּן
— somewhat white
Hungarian:
fehéres
— somewhat white
Ido:
blankatra
— somewhat white
Irish:
scothbhán
— somewhat white
Irish:
fobhán
— somewhat white
Italian:
biancastro
— somewhat white
Italian:
bianchiccio
— somewhat white
Japanese:
白っぽい
(shiroppoi)
— somewhat white
Javanese:
nom
— somewhat white
Javanese:
nèm
— somewhat white
Javanese:
timur
— somewhat white
Kalmyk:
цаһавтр
(tsağavtr)
— somewhat white
Kazakh:
ақтау
(aqtau)
— somewhat white
Northern Kurdish:
gewr
— somewhat white
Latin:
subalbus
— somewhat white
Latin:
alburnus
— somewhat white
Latvian:
iebalts
— somewhat white
Malagasy:
fotsifotsy
— somewhat white
Manx:
fo-vane
— somewhat white
Māori:
kōmā
— somewhat white
Norwegian Bokmål:
hvitaktig
— somewhat white
Polish:
białawy
— somewhat white
Portuguese:
esbranquiçado
— somewhat white
Russian:
белова́тый
(belovátyj)
— somewhat white
Russian:
белесова́тый
(belesovátyj)
— somewhat white