"snow-white" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-snow-white.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Middle English snow whit, snowe-white, snouwite, snawhwit, from Old English snāwhwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiwhwīt, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz; equivalent to snow + white. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit (“snow-white”), German schneeweiß (“snow-white”), Swedish snövit (“snow-white”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|snow whit}} Middle English snow whit, {{m|enm|snowe-white}} snowe-white, {{m|enm|snouwite}} snouwite, {{m|enm|snawhwit}} snawhwit, {{inh|en|ang|snāwhwīt}} Old English snāwhwīt, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*snaiwhwīt}} Proto-West Germanic *snaiwhwīt, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*snaiwahwītaz}} Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz, {{com|en|snow|white}} snow + white, {{cog|nl|sneeuwwit|t=snow-white}} Dutch sneeuwwit (“snow-white”), {{cog|de|schneeweiß|t=snow-white}} German schneeweiß (“snow-white”), {{cog|sv|snövit|t=snow-white}} Swedish snövit (“snow-white”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} snow-white (not comparable)
  1. As white as snow; exceptionally white. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: lily-white Derived forms: Snow White, snow-whiteness Translations (as white as snow): ağappaq (Azerbaijani), беласне́жны (bjelasnjéžny) (Belarusian), 純白 (Chinese Mandarin), 纯白 (chúnbái) (Chinese Mandarin), snehvid (Danish), sneeuwwit (Dutch), neĝblanka (Esperanto), lumivalge (Estonian), lumivalkoinen (Finnish), vitivalkoinen (Finnish), blanc immaculé [masculine] (French), ქათქათა (katkata) (Georgian), სპეტაკი (sṗeṭaḳi) (Georgian), schneeweiß (German), schlohweiß (German), χιονόλευκος (chionólefkos) [masculine] (Greek), κατάλευκος (katálefkos) (Greek), κάτασπρος (kátaspros) (Greek), ολόλευκος (olólefkos) (Greek), ολόασπρος (olóaspros) (Greek), πάλλευκος (pállefkos) (Greek), hófehér (Hungarian), mjallhvítur (Icelandic), nivea (Ido), bianco-neve (Italian), 雪白 (seppaku) (alt: せっぱく) (Japanese), 純白 (junpaku) (alt: じゅんぱく) (Japanese), 백설 (baekseol) (Korean), niveus (Latin), schnéiwäiss (Luxembourgish), snøhvit (Norwegian Bokmål), śnieżnobiały [masculine] (Polish), branco de neve (Portuguese), alb ca neaua (Romanian), alb ca zăpada (Romanian), белосне́жный (belosnéžnyj) (Russian), blanconieve (Spanish), nevado (Spanish), snövit (Swedish), karbeyaz (Turkish), білосні́жний (bilosnížnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-snow-white-en-adj-J2OdiBim Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-snow-white.ogg [Australia] Forms: snow-whites [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English snow whit, snowe-white, snouwite, snawhwit, from Old English snāwhwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiwhwīt, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz; equivalent to snow + white. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit (“snow-white”), German schneeweiß (“snow-white”), Swedish snövit (“snow-white”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|snow whit}} Middle English snow whit, {{m|enm|snowe-white}} snowe-white, {{m|enm|snouwite}} snouwite, {{m|enm|snawhwit}} snawhwit, {{inh|en|ang|snāwhwīt}} Old English snāwhwīt, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*snaiwhwīt}} Proto-West Germanic *snaiwhwīt, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*snaiwahwītaz}} Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz, {{com|en|snow|white}} snow + white, {{cog|nl|sneeuwwit|t=snow-white}} Dutch sneeuwwit (“snow-white”), {{cog|de|schneeweiß|t=snow-white}} German schneeweiß (“snow-white”), {{cog|sv|snövit|t=snow-white}} Swedish snövit (“snow-white”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} snow-white (plural snow-whites)
  1. (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A Caucasian person, especially a woman. Tags: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Categories (topical): Whites Synonyms: snow white
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "ağappaq"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bjelasnjéžny",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "беласне́жны"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "純白"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chúnbái",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "纯白"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "snehvid"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "sneeuwwit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "neĝblanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "lumivalge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "lumivalkoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "vitivalkoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blanc immaculé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "katkata",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "ქათქათა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sṗeṭaḳi",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "სპეტაკი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "schneeweiß"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "schlohweiß"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chionólefkos",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χιονόλευκος"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "katálefkos",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "κατάλευκος"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kátaspros",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "olólefkos",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "as white as snow",
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pállefkos",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "πάλλευκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "hófehér"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "mjallhvítur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "nivea"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "bianco-neve"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せっぱく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seppaku",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "雪白"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅんぱく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "junpaku",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "純白"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baekseol",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "백설"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "niveus"
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    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "schnéiwäiss"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "snøhvit"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "śnieżnobiały"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "branco de neve"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "alb ca neaua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "alb ca zăpada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "belosnéžnyj",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "белосне́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "blanconieve"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "nevado"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "snövit"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "karbeyaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bilosnížnyj",
      "sense": "as white as snow",
      "word": "білосні́жний"
    }
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    "en:Snow White (disambiguation)"
  ],
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}

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