Forme compuse:
white | whiting |
| black and white n | (grayscale) (peliculă cinematografică) | alb-negru adj. |
| | He asked the director why she had chosen to use black and white for her movie. |
black and white,
black-and-white adj | (in grayscale) | alb-negru loc.adj. |
| Notă: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | Black-and-white photography relies on composition rather than color. |
black and white,
black-and-white adj | figurative (straightforward, clear cut) | negru pe alb expr. |
| | | clar adj. |
| | The terms are laid out in black and white on page 10. |
black and white,
black & white n | US, informal (police car) (în SUA) | mașină de poliție s.f. |
| black or white adj | figurative (clear cut) | alb sau negru loc.adj. |
| | | clar adj. |
| black or white adj | figurative (viewed simplistically) | alb sau negru loc.adj. |
| | There is no gray area here, it's black or white. |
black-and-white film,
black-and-white movie n | (movie: without colour) | film alb-negru s.n. |
| | I love watching silents, those old black-and-white films with no sound. |
| black-and-white film n | (camera film: without colour) | peliculă alb-negru s.f. |
| | All our early home movies were on black-and-white film. |
| black-and-white photography n | (taking photos without colour) | fotografie alb-negru s.f. |
| | He specialized in black-and-white photography. |
| black-and-white television n | (TV set: cannot display colors) | televizor alb-negru s.n. |
| | My parents remember the days when black-and-white television was the only type of TV available. |
| black-and-white television n | uncountable (TV shows in black and white) | emisiuni alb-negru s.f.pl. |
butternut,
white walnut n | US (type of edible nut) | tip de nucă s.f. |
| | John prepared a side dish of butternuts. |
butternut,
white walnut n | US (nut tree: North America) (specie de nuc din America de Nord) | nuc cenușiu s.m. |
| | Marsha walked through a forest of butternuts. |
butternut,
white walnut n | US (wood of butternut tree) (lemnul unei specii de nuc) | nuc cenușiu s.m. |
| | Tim made a table out of butternut. |
calico (US),
tortoiseshell-and-white (UK) n as adj | (cat: with coloured markings) (despre blana animalelor) | pestriț adj. |
| egg white n | (albumen: non-yolk part of an egg) | albuș s.n. |
| | You can't make meringues without egg whites. |
great white shark,
white shark,
great white n | (large fish) | marele rechin alb s.m. |
| in black and white adv | (without colour) | alb negru adv. |
| | I prefer to develop my photographs in black and white. |
| in black and white adj | literal (in writing) | negru pe alb adv. |
| | I didn't believe the rumour that the band were splitting up until I saw it in the newspaper in black and white. |
| in black and white adj | figurative (made explicit) | negru pe alb adv. |
| | We want to set out the terms of our offer in black and white so there is no confusion. |
nonwhite,
non-white adj | (of ethnic origin other than white) | non-alb adj. |
off white,
off-white adj | (whitish: greyish or yellowish white in colour) | albicios adj. |
| Notă: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
off white,
off-white n | (greyish- or yellowish-white colour) | culoarea untului s.f. |
| pearl white n | (shimmery white colour) | alb perlat s.n. |
| snow-white adj | (pure white in color) | alb ca zăpada adj. |
| | When I get married, I want to wear a snow-white wedding dress and carry a big bouquet. |
| snow-white adj | figurative (pure, innocent) | pur adj. |
| | Veronica's had a lot of boyfriends; she's not as snow-white as she seems. |
| turn white vi | (go pale: from shock, etc.) | a deveni pal loc.vb. |
| | The bad news about her brother being in hospital made her turn white. |
| white as a sheet adj | informal, figurative (pale: from shock, fright, etc.) | alb ca hârtia adj. |
| | You look like you've seen a ghost – you're white as a sheet! |
| white as snow adj | (extremely white) | alb ca zăpada adj. |
| | My grandmother had a quilt on her bed that was white as snow. |
| white ash n | (tree) | frasin alb s.m. |
| white blood cell n | (white corpuscle, leukocyte) | globulă albă s.f. |
| | | leucocită s.f. |
| | As she recovered, her white blood cell count dropped into the normal range. |
| white bread n | (bread baked with bleached flour) | pâine albă s.f. |
| | Wholewheat bread is more nutritious than white bread. |
| white coffee n | UK (coffee: with milk) | cafea albă s.f. |
| | I don't like tea; I prefer white coffee with sugar. |
| white elephant n | figurative (unwanted item) | elefant alb s.m. |
| white flag n | figurative (surrender) (semn al predării) | steag alb s.n. |
| | Cooking him his favourite meal is her way of showing a white flag. |
| white gold n | (precious alloy) | aur alb s.n. |
| | Instead of diamonds, I want a white gold ring. |
| white goods npl | (household appliances) | electrocasnice s.n.pl. |
| | White goods often go on sale after Christmas. |
| white goods npl | US (bed sheets) | lenjerie de pat, rufărie de pat s.f. |
| | | cearșafuri s.n.pl. |
| | The company manufactures white goods for hotel bedrooms. |
| white hair n | (hair with white color) | păr alb s.m. |
| | Fred was a tall man with white hair. |
| white lie n | (fib) (minciună) | gogoașă s.f. |
| | It's often kinder to tell white lies rather than the whole truth. |
| white magic n | (witchcraft performed for good) | magie albă s.f. |
| | The farmer's sickly sheep were cured by a woman who practised white magic. |
| white meat n | (light-coloured poultry flesh) | carne albă s.f. |
| | Turkey flesh is mostly white meat; the leg meat is darker. |
| white meat n | (lean animal flesh) | carne albă s.f. |
| | White meat is healthier as it contains less fat than red meat. Do you prefer white meat or dark meat? |
white noise,
white sound n | (steady background noise) | zgomot alb s.n. |
| white paper n | (official document) | document oficial s.n. |
| | White papers are issued by governments, companies, or other important organizations. |
| white power n | (belief that white race is superior) | supremația albilor s.f. |
| | Skinheads generally belong to the white power movement. |
white pudding,
oatmeal pudding n | UK (type of sausage) (tip de cârnat din Scoția sau Irlanda) | white pudding |
| | White pudding is made of pork meat and fat, together with oatmeal, bread, and suet. |
| white race n | (fair-skinned people) | rasă albă s.f. |
| | The Nazis believed in the superiority of the white race. |
| white spirit n | UK (solvent) | terebentină s.f. |
| white supremacist n | ([sb] who believes white race is superior) | susținător al supremației albilor s.m. |
| | White supremacists look down on all people whose skin is a different colour. |
| white supremacy n | (belief that white race is superior) | supremația albilor s.f. |
| white tie n | (men's formal dress) | ținută de seară s.f. |
| | I'll be wearing white tie to the mayor's ball. |
white trash,
poor white trash n | pejorative, offensive, informal, US (poor white people) | sărăcimea albă s.f. |
| | (figurat) | gunoi alb s.n. |
| white water n | (fast-moving foamy water) | apă învolburată s.f. |
| | White water rafting is a very adventurous sport. |
| white water rafting n | (kayaking on fast-flowing river) | navigare cu caiacul pe râuri repezi s.f. |
| | My friends and I went white water rafting on the New River last summer. |
| white whale n | (beluga: sea mammal) | balenă albă s.f. |
| | From the deck the passengers suddenly spotted a white whale nearby. |
| white wine n | (pale alcoholic drink made from grapes) | vin alb s.n. |
| | She sat at the bar drinking a glass of white wine. |
| white-collar adj | figurative (professional, middle class) | funcționar s.m. |
| | | lucrător în birou s.m. |
| | This is a white-collar area. |
| white-collar worker n | (office employee, clerical worker) | funcționar s.m. |
| | The Labor Party seeks to represent both white-collar and blue-collar workers. |
| white-faced adj | (having white front) | cu fațadă albă loc.adj. |
| | A row of white-faced houses stood a few feet back from the shoreline. |
white-out,
whiteout n | US, uncountable (corrective fluid) | lichid corector s.n. |
| | I use white-out to cover my errors before making a copy of the report. |
white-out [sth],
whiteout [sth],
white [sth] out⇒ vtr | US, informal (erase using corrective fluid) | a șterge cu lichid corector expr.vb. |
whitewall,
white-wall adj | (tyre: having white sidewalls) (cauciuc) | cu lateralele albe loc.adj. |
whitewater,
white-water n | (river: rapids) (în râu) | vârtej s.n. |
| | | bulboană s.f. |
| | | vâltoare s.f. |