"light-skinned" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: lighter-skinned [comparative], lightest-skinned [superlative], lightskinned [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|lighter-skinned|sup=lightest-skinned}} light-skinned (comparative lighter-skinned, superlative lightest-skinned)
  1. Of a white person, having light-colored skin. Translations (having light skin): светлокожий (svetlokožij) (Russian), lavado (Spanish), redi (note: of a black person) (Sranan Tongo), maji ya kunde (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-light-skinned-en-adj-vjhknOxz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Sranan Tongo translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Skin Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Sranan Tongo translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Skin: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'having light skin': 60 40
  2. Of a black person, having relatively light-colored skin.
    Sense id: en-light-skinned-en-adj-H9fkJ-m2 Categories (other): Skin Disambiguation of Skin: 53 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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