pale
To turn pale; to lose colourTo turn pale; to lose colour.
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To turn pale; to lose colour.
turn pale, as if in fear
(intransitive)To become insignificant.
blass werden, erblassen
бледне́тьblednétʹ, побледне́тьpoblednétʹ
блі́днутиblídnuty
(transitive)To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
Examples
355 sentencesDo you think I look pale?
Думаєш, у мене блідий вигляд? — deniko
Tom said I looked very pale.
Том сказав, що у мене дуже блідий вигляд. — deniko
ruТом сказал, что у меня очень бледный вид. — marafon
deTom meinte, ich sähe sehr blaß aus. — Waldelfe
Tom said that I looked pale.
Том сказав, що я бліда. — deniko
ruТом сказал, что я бледный. — marafon
Tom said I looked a bit pale.
Том сказав, що я блідий. — deniko
He turned pale the instant he saw her.
Він зблід, коли її побачив. — deniko
ruОн побледнел, когда увидел её. — fjay69
deIn dem Moment, als er sie sah, wurde er kreidebleich. — xtofu80
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.
From Middle English pale, pal, borrowed from Old French pal, from Latin pālus (“stake, prop”). English inherited the word pole (or, rather Old English pāl) from a much older Proto-Germanic borrowing of the same Latin word.
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Forms
pales, paling, paled, paledSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
6 patterns- look pale
- a little pale
- turned pale
- looked very pale
- little pale
- as pale as