бе́лый — meaning in English

English meaning

• blank adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
• blond adj Having pale yellowish or golden hair.
• Caucasian adj Relating to people classified by an older racial system as white or of European descent.
• white adj Reflecting all wavelengths of visible light equally; having the colour of snow or milk.

Senses

бе́лый is used for these senses in English:

• Caucasian (anthropology, dated) Of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Central, South, and Western Asia.
• Caucasian (anthropology, dated) A member of the Caucasian racial classification (adjective sense 2).
• White Russian (historical) A White Guardist, a Russian who did not support the Socialists in the Revolution in 1917 and the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), and afterwards (e.g. as a White émigré).
• blank (archaic) White or pale; without colour.
• blond (of a, person) Having blond hair.
• white Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
• white (chiefly, historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
• white Relatively light or pale in colour.

blank — full definition

1. adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
2. adj Showing no expression, understanding, or emotion.
3. noun A cartridge loaded with gunpowder but no bullet, used for training or effects rather than firing a projectile.
4. verb To go suddenly unable to remember something.
5. verb To deliberately ignore someone.

blond — full definition

1. adj Having pale yellowish or golden hair.
2. noun A person with light golden or yellowish hair.

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