pale
Light in colorLight in color.
» Do you think I look pale?
Думаєш, у мене блідий вигляд?
Meaning
3 sensesLight in color.
I have pale yellow wallpaper.
She had pale skin because she didn't get much sunlight.
hell, blass
бле́дныйblédnyj
бліди́йblidýj
very light colored; highly diluted with white
Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.
blass, bleich, fahl
бліди́йblidýj
Feeble, faint.
He is but a pale shadow of his former self.
The son's clumsy paintings are a pale imitation of his father's.
Examples
355 sentencesDo you think I look pale?
Думаєш, у мене блідий вигляд?
Tom said I looked very pale.
Том сказав, що у мене дуже блідий вигляд.
ruТом сказал, что у меня очень бледный вид.
deTom meinte, ich sähe sehr blaß aus.
Tom said that I looked pale.
Том сказав, що я бліда.
ruТом сказал, что я бледный.
Tom said I looked a bit pale.
Том сказав, що я блідий.
He turned pale the instant he saw her.
Він зблід, коли її побачив.
ruОн побледнел, когда увидел её.
deIn dem Moment, als er sie sah, wurde er kreidebleich.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pale, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”), fromFrom Middle English pale, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”), from palleō (“to be pale; to grow pale; to fade”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelito-, from *pelH- (“gray”). Doublet of pallid. Displaced native Old English blāc.
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Forms
paler, palestSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
32 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
6 patterns- look pale
- a little pale
- turned pale
- looked very pale
- little pale
- as pale as