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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "whitenen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English whitenen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "whitnen"
},
"expansion": "whitnen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "hvítna",
"4": "",
"5": "to whiten"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hvítna (“to whiten”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwītnōną",
"4": "",
"5": "to whiten, become white"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwītnōną (“to whiten, become white”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kwind-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kwind-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*kwint-",
"3": "",
"4": "bright"
},
"expansion": "*kwint- (“bright”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "white",
"3": "en",
"id2": "inchoative"
},
"expansion": "white + -en",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "hvítna",
"3": "",
"4": "to whiten"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic hvítna (“to whiten”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "vitna"
},
"expansion": "Swedish vitna",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "hvitna",
"3": "",
"4": "to whiten"
},
"expansion": "hvitna (“to whiten”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "hvidne",
"3": "",
"4": "to whiten"
},
"expansion": "Danish hvidne (“to whiten”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "hwītian",
"3": "",
"4": "to whiten, become white, be white, make white"
},
"expansion": "Old English hwītian (“to whiten, become white, be white, make white”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English whitenen, whitnen, from Old Norse hvítna (“to whiten”), from Proto-Germanic *hwītnōną (“to whiten, become white”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwind-, *kwint- (“bright”), equivalent to white + -en. Cognate with Icelandic hvítna (“to whiten”), Swedish vitna, hvitna (“to whiten”), Danish hvidne (“to whiten”). Compare Old English hwītian (“to whiten, become white, be white, make white”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whitens",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "whitening",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "whitened",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "whitened",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "whiten (third-person singular simple present whitens, present participle whitening, simple past and past participle whitened)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Greek terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "prewhiten"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Age had whitened his hair."
},
{
"text": "The trees in spring whiten with blossoms."
}
],
"glosses": [
"(To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch."
],
"id": "en-whiten-en-verb-yqmszzP~",
"links": [
[
"white",
"white"
],
[
"whiter",
"whiter"
],
[
"bleach",
"bleach"
],
[
"blanch",
"blanch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch."
],
"tags": [
"ergative"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bayyaḍa",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "بَيَّضَ"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "alghescu"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "maḥwir",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ܡܲܚܘܸܪ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izbelvam",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "избелвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanquejar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blankigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "vaalentaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "make completely white",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "valkaista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanchir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "branquear"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "albear"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "weißen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gaƕeitjan",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lefkaíno",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "λευκαίνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asprízo",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ασπρίζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "leukaínō",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "λευκαίνω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hilbín",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "הִלְבִּין"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "fehérít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blankigar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "memutih"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "imbiancare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "sbiancare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirokusuru",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "白くする"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shiromeru",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "白める"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hayake hada",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "하얗게 하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "albicō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "albō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "whakamā"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "whakapūaho"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bielić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "branquear"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "embranquecer"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "albi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "belítʹ",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бели́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobelítʹ",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "побели́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bleach",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отбе́ливать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otbelítʹ",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отбели́ть"
},
{
"code": "sat",
"lang": "Santali",
"roman": "ponḍ",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ᱯᱳᱱᱰ"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanquear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "göra vit"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "göra vitare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "bleka"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ağartmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "aklamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "beyazlatmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "beyazlaştırmak"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "gwynnu"
},
{
"code": "ain",
"lang": "Ainu",
"roman": "retar",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "レタㇻ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ibyaḍḍa",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "اِبْيَضَّ"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ḥāwēr",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ܚܵܘܹܪ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pobeljavam",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "побелявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanquejar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blankiĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "vaaleta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "vaalentua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanchir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "weiß werden"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lefkaíno",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "λευκαίνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asprízo",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ασπρίζω"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blankeskar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "aol"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "bánaigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "imbiancarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "sbiancarsi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shiramu",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "白む"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirobamu",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "白ばむ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirokunaru",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "白くなる"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hayaejida",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "하얘지다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "huieojida",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "희어지다"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bieleć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zbieleć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bielić się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "embranquecer"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "albi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "belétʹ",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "беле́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobelétʹ",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "побеле́ть"
},
{
"code": "sat",
"lang": "Santali",
"roman": "ponḍ",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ᱯᱳᱱᱰ"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanquear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "vitna"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tellabaḍu",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "తెల్లబడు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ağarmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "aklanmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "beyazlamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "beyazlaşmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bilýty",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "біли́ти"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈ(h)waɪ̯.tən/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈ(h)waɪ̯tn̩]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈ(h)waɪ̯ʔn̩]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪtən"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "whiten"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "prewhiten"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "whitenen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English whitenen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "whitnen"
},
"expansion": "whitnen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "hvítna",
"4": "",
"5": "to whiten"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hvítna (“to whiten”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwītnōną",
"4": "",
"5": "to whiten, become white"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwītnōną (“to whiten, become white”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kwind-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kwind-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*kwint-",
"3": "",
"4": "bright"
},
"expansion": "*kwint- (“bright”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "white",
"3": "en",
"id2": "inchoative"
},
"expansion": "white + -en",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "hvítna",
"3": "",
"4": "to whiten"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic hvítna (“to whiten”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "vitna"
},
"expansion": "Swedish vitna",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "hvitna",
"3": "",
"4": "to whiten"
},
"expansion": "hvitna (“to whiten”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "hvidne",
"3": "",
"4": "to whiten"
},
"expansion": "Danish hvidne (“to whiten”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "hwītian",
"3": "",
"4": "to whiten, become white, be white, make white"
},
"expansion": "Old English hwītian (“to whiten, become white, be white, make white”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English whitenen, whitnen, from Old Norse hvítna (“to whiten”), from Proto-Germanic *hwītnōną (“to whiten, become white”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwind-, *kwint- (“bright”), equivalent to white + -en. Cognate with Icelandic hvítna (“to whiten”), Swedish vitna, hvitna (“to whiten”), Danish hvidne (“to whiten”). Compare Old English hwītian (“to whiten, become white, be white, make white”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whitens",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "whitening",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "whitened",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "whitened",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "whiten (third-person singular simple present whitens, present participle whitening, simple past and past participle whitened)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English ergative verbs",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old Norse",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Greek terms with redundant script codes",
"Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
"Rhymes:English/aɪtən",
"Rhymes:English/aɪtən/2 syllables"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Age had whitened his hair."
},
{
"text": "The trees in spring whiten with blossoms."
}
],
"glosses": [
"(To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch."
],
"links": [
[
"white",
"white"
],
[
"whiter",
"whiter"
],
[
"bleach",
"bleach"
],
[
"blanch",
"blanch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch."
],
"tags": [
"ergative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈ(h)waɪ̯.tən/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈ(h)waɪ̯tn̩]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈ(h)waɪ̯ʔn̩]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪtən"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whiten.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiten.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiten.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiten.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiten.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bayyaḍa",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "بَيَّضَ"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "alghescu"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "maḥwir",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ܡܲܚܘܸܪ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izbelvam",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "избелвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanquejar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blankigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "vaalentaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "make completely white",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "valkaista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanchir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "branquear"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "albear"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "weißen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gaƕeitjan",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lefkaíno",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "λευκαίνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asprízo",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ασπρίζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "leukaínō",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "λευκαίνω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hilbín",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "הִלְבִּין"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "fehérít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blankigar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "memutih"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "imbiancare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "sbiancare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirokusuru",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "白くする"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shiromeru",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "白める"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hayake hada",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "하얗게 하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "albicō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "albō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "whakamā"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "whakapūaho"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bielić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "branquear"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "embranquecer"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "albi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "belítʹ",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бели́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobelítʹ",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "побели́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bleach",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отбе́ливать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otbelítʹ",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отбели́ть"
},
{
"code": "sat",
"lang": "Santali",
"roman": "ponḍ",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ᱯᱳᱱᱰ"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanquear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "göra vit"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "göra vitare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "bleka"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ağartmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "aklamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "beyazlatmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "beyazlaştırmak"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "gwynnu"
},
{
"code": "ain",
"lang": "Ainu",
"roman": "retar",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "レタㇻ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ibyaḍḍa",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "اِبْيَضَّ"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ḥāwēr",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ܚܵܘܹܪ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pobeljavam",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "побелявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanquejar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blankiĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "vaaleta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "vaalentua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanchir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "weiß werden"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lefkaíno",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "λευκαίνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asprízo",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ασπρίζω"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blankeskar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "aol"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "bánaigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "imbiancarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "sbiancarsi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shiramu",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "白む"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirobamu",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "白ばむ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirokunaru",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "白くなる"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hayaejida",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "하얘지다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "huieojida",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "희어지다"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bieleć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zbieleć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bielić się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "embranquecer"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "albi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "belétʹ",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "беле́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobelétʹ",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "побеле́ть"
},
{
"code": "sat",
"lang": "Santali",
"roman": "ponḍ",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ᱯᱳᱱᱰ"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "blanquear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "vitna"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tellabaḍu",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "తెల్లబడు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "ağarmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "aklanmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "beyazlamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"word": "beyazlaşmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bilýty",
"sense": "to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "біли́ти"
}
],
"word": "whiten"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": otbélivatʹ vs. bleach",
"path": [
"whiten"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "whiten",
"trace": ""
}
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