Standard Lemma guide

whitish

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwaɪtɪʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • ˈhwītĭsh without 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
  • Russian: белёсый (beljósyj) — somewhat white
  • Russian: беля́вый (beljávyj) — somewhat white
  • Shor: ағылдырым — somewhat white
  • Spanish: blancuzco — somewhat white
  • Spanish: blanquecino — somewhat white
  • Spanish: blanquinoso — somewhat white
  • Spanish: blanquizo — somewhat white
  • Spanish: blanquizco — somewhat white
  • Swedish: vitaktig — somewhat white
  • Tajik: сафедча (safedča) — somewhat white
  • Turkish: akça — somewhat white
  • Ukrainian: білявий (biljavyj) — somewhat white
  • Vietnamese: hơi trắng — somewhat white
  • Volapük: vietilik — somewhat white
  • Volapük: vietlik — somewhat white
Real reading context

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