snow-white
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snow-white
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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”).
adjective
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As white as snow; exceptionally white.
One day he wandered to the banks of the Rhine. On its discolored waters swam a snow-white swan, playfully pulling at the rope which bound a small skiff to the shore.
Similar: lily-white, niveous
Opposite: coal black, coal-black, coalblack
noun snow-whites
- A Caucasian person, especially a woman.
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adjective
Opposite: coal black, coal-black, coalblack
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adj as white as snow
| Español | blanconieve, nevado, níveo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 백설 baekseol |
| 日本語 | 雪白 seppaku, 純白 junpaku |
| 中文 | 純白 /纯白 chúnbái |
| Português | branco de neve, níveo |
| Français | blanc immaculé, blanc de neige |
| Deutsch | schneeweiß, schlohweiß |
| Italiano | bianco-neve, niveo |
| Ελληνικά | χιονόλευκος chionólefkos, κατάλευκος katálefkos, κάτασπρος kátaspros, ολόλευκος olólefkos, ολόασπρος olóaspros, πάλλευκος pállefkos |
| Română | alb ca neaua, alb ca zăpada |
| Русский | белосне́жный belosnéžnyj |
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