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1 white
1. adjective1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) bel2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) belopolt3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) bled4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) bel2. noun1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) bela barva2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) belec3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) beljak4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) beločnica•- whiten- whiteness
- whitening
- whitish
- white-collar
- white elephant
- white horse
- white-hot
- white lie
- whitewash 3. verb(to cover with whitewash.) beliti z apnom- white wine* * *I [wáit]adjectivebel; belopolt; belokožen; bled; svetel; bel ali siv (lasje); poetically blond, plav; brezbarven, prozoren; figuratively čist, nedolžen, neomadeževan, preprost; politics bel, rojalističen, reakcionaren; technical pocinan; srebrn, beložareč, razbeljen; economy dovoljen, dopuščen; (redko) srečen; printing prazen, nepotiskan; colloquially poštènas white as a sheet — bled kot zid (stena, smrt)white ant — bela mravlja, termitwhite book politics bela knjigawhite brass technical bela med, novo srebrowhite bear — beli, polarni medvedwhite coal technical beli premog, vodna močwhite coffee — bela, mlečna kavawhite father American beli oče (indijanski vzdevek za predsednika ZDA)white feather — belo pero (znak strahopetnosti), figuratively strahopetecwhite sale economy razprodaja platnenega blaga, beli tedenwhite paper politics bela knjiga (poročilo angleške vlade)white supremacy — prevlada, nadvlada belcevto bleed white — pustiti (tele) izkrvaveti; figuratively izsesati, kri puščati (komu)II [wáit]nounbelina, bela barva, belilo; bel predmet; belokožnost; belec, človek bele rase; beljak; belo vino; obsolete srebro, srebrnik; (šah) bela figura; beli krog pri tarči; politics beli, reakcionar, rojalist; figuratively čistost, nedolžnost; printing vrzel, prazen prostorin the white technical surov, nepleskan (les, kovina itd.)III [wáit]transitive verb(po)beliti, prebeliti; napraviti belo; figuratively površno napraviti lepo (dobro)to white out printing pustiti bel (prazen) prostor -
2 white slave
[wáitsleiv]nounbela sužnja; žrtev trgovine z dekleti -
3 white-hot
adjective ((of metals) so hot that they have turned white: a white-hot poker.) razbeljen -
4 white flag
[wáitflæg]nounbela zastava (znak predaje)to hoist (to show, to wave) the white flag — kapitulirati, predati se -
5 white heat
[wáithi:t]noun(bela) razbeljenost; figuratively skrajna razburjenost, huda jeza, srd, besnost; mrzlična naglica ali delo -
6 white horse
noun ((usually in plural) a wave that has a crest of white foam.) spenjeni val* * *[wáithɔ:s]nounbel konj; figuratively val z belo peno -
7 white lie
(a not very serious lie: I'd rather tell my mother a white lie than tell her the truth and upset her.) nedolžna laž* * *[wáitlai]nounnedolžna laž, laž v sili -
8 white-collar(ed)
[wáitkɔlə(d)]adjectivecolloquially pisarniški, kanclijskiwhite-collar(ed) worker — (pisarniški) nameščenec; duševni delavec -
9 white-haired
[wáithʌ/əd]adjectivebelolas, plavolas; figuratively najljubšiwhite-haired boy — ljubljenček, miljenček -
10 white-headed
[wáithedid]adjectivebeloglav, sivolas; svetlolas, blondwhite-headed boy colloquially ljubljenec, ljubljenček -
11 white elephant
(a useless, unwanted possession.) nadležna posest* * *[wáitélifənt]nounzoology bel slon; figuratively colloquially nadležna posest; dragocen predmet, ki ne prinaša nobene koristi; nekaj, kar povzroča več dela ali stroškov, kot je vredno -
12 white frost
[wáitfrɔst]nounivje; srež, sren -
13 white gold
[wáitgould]nounbelo zlato, platina -
14 white hands
[wáithændz]nounplural figuratively čiste, neomadeževane roke; nedolžnost -
15 white hope
[wáithoup]nounAmerican slang oseba, v katero stavimo veliko upanja -
16 White House
[wáithaus]nounBela hiša (sedež predsednika ZDA v Washingtonu); colloquially predsedstvo ZDA; colloquially zvezna izvršna oblast ZDA -
17 white iron
[wáitaiən]nountechnical belo (surovo) železo; bela pločevina -
18 white lead
[wáitled]nounchemistry svinčevo belilo -
19 white leather
[wáitleðə]nounirhovina -
20 white light
[wáitlait]nounphysics bela svetloba; dnevna svetloba; bela luč (signal); figuratively nepristranska sodba
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White — (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
white — [hwīt, wīt] adj. whiter, whitest [ME hwit < OE, akin to Ger weiss, ON hvitr, MDu wit < IE * kweid , to gleam, bright, white > WHEAT, OSlav švěšta, a light, candle] 1. having the color of pure snow or milk; of the color of radiated,… … English World dictionary
White — White, n. [1913 Webster] 1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. [1913 Webster] Finely attired … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
White- — (бело ), a prefix used by Bolsheviks to designate their real and alleged enemies of all sorts, by analogy with the White Army.*White Guardist ( белогвардеец ): a member of the White Guard . The members of the White movement never applied the term … Wikipedia
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white — O.E. hwit, from P.Gmc. *khwitaz (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. hwit, O.N. hvitr, Du. wit, O.H.G. hwiz, Ger. weiß, Goth. hveits), from PIE *kwintos/*kwindos bright (Cf. Skt. svetah white; O.C.S. sviteti to shin … Etymology dictionary
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white — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light. 2) very pale. 3) relating to a human group having light coloured skin, especially of European ancestry. 4) morally or spiritually pure. 5)… … English terms dictionary
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