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white

 
 
/waɪt/ adjective

Translation

COLOUR being the colour of snow or milk
beyaz
a white T-shirt white walls 1502
PERSON Someone who is white has skin that is pale in colour.
solgun, beyaz
He's described as a white man in his early thirties.2098667
OF WHITE PEOPLE relating to white people
beyazlara ilişkin
the white community667
FACE having a pale face because you are ill or you are feeling shocked
(korkudan, şoktan) rengi kül gibi olmuş, sararmış; beti benzi atmış
He was white with shock.2098
COFFEE UK White coffee has milk or cream added to it.
sütlü
Two coffees please, one black and one white.886
WINE White wine is a pale yellow colour.
(şarap) beyaz, beyaz şarap rengi
433
whiteness noun [U]
beyazlık
→ See also black and white
(Definition of white adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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