Engels Woord van de dag
white
wit
Definities
| Engels > Nederlands |
| white |
| 1. wit |
| Engels > Engels |
| white |
| 1. adj. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. |
| Write in black ink on white paper. |
| 2. adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin. |
| 3. adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians. |
| white drinking fountain; white hospital |
| 4. adj. Relatively light or pale in colour. |
| white wine; white grapes |
| 5. adj. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc. |
| 6. adj. (of a person, or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned. |
| 7. adj. (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer. |
| 8. adj. (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour. |
| The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass. |
| 9. adj. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian. |
| 10. adj. Honourable, fair; decent. |
| 11. adj. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary. |
| 12. adj. (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable. |
| 13. adj. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling. |
| 14. adj. (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements. |
| 15. adj. (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots. |
| 16. adj. (typography) Not containing characters; see white space. |
| 17. adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black. |
| Compare two Unicode symbols: , ☞ = "WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX"; , ☛ = BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX |
| 18. adj. Characterised by the presence of snow. |
| a white Christmas or white Easter |
| 19. n. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths. |
| 20. n. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin. |
| 21. n. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white). |
| 22. n. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye. |
| 23. n. Any butterfly of the Pieris genus. |
| 24. n. (sports) The cue ball in cue games. |
| 25. n. White wine. |
| 26. n. (slang) Cocaine |
| 27. n. (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot. |
| 28. n. The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf. |
| 29. n. A white pigment. |
| Venice white |
| 30. n. Anything that is of the color white. |
| 31. n. The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten. |
| 32. v. To make white; to whiten; to bleach. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
| wit |
| 1. adj. white |
| De muur is wit. - The wall is white. |
| Ze droeg een wite jurk tijdens het feest. - She wore a white dress at the party. |
| Zijn tanden zijn witter dan die van haar. - His teeth are whiter than hers. |
| 2. adj. (of income) legally obtained by having paid the appropriate taxes |
| Zijn inkomen is volledig wit. - His income is fully legal and taxed. |
| Veel mensen streven ernaar om een wit inkomen te hebben. - Many people aim to have a white, or legally obtained income. |
| 3. adj. (chiefly Suriname) having a white skin colour, light-skinned (see usage note) |
| 4. adj. (Suriname) having a relatively light skin colour |
| De lang gewenste dag verscheen, heel klaar en wit. - The long-wished-for day appeared, very clear and white. |
| 5. n-n. white (color) |
| Wit is alle kleuren ineens. - White is all colors at once. |
| Myn wit is Adam en zyn afkomst te bederven. (in Lucifer, by Vondel) - My goal is to corrupt Adam and his origin. |
| 6. n-n. (slang) cocaine |
| Heb je een halfje wit? - Do you have a dose of cocaine? (The phrase halfje wit normally means "half a loaf of white bread".) |
| 7. n-n. , passage=‘Je bestelde ook een halfje wit’, hield De Main hem voor. ‘Wat is dat dan?’ |
| 8. v. imperative of witten |
Uitspraak
Voorbeeldzinnen
| The dog is white. De hond is wit. We have a white cat. We hebben een witte kat. She has a cat. The cat is white. Ze heeft een kat. De kat is wit. You are as white as a sheet. Je bent zo wit als een laken. The house is white. Het huis is wit. |
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| living room | blink | small | pear |
| syringe | cymbal | underwear | seventy-nine |
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| kettle | mud | watch | seventy-nine |
| ray | rub | cook | blender |
| microwave | watering can | trumpet | bay |
| salt | son | mustard | grandmother |
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