pallid

See also: pàl·lid

English

Etymology

From Latin pallidus. Doublet of pale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpælɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ælɪd

Adjective

pallid (comparative pallider, superlative pallidest)

1. Appearing weak, pale, or wan.

   Synonyms: ashen, pale, pasty, ghastly; see also Thesaurus:pallid

   The patient left the hospital but was very pallid.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• pallid fox
• pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus)
• pallid cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)
• pallid dove (Leptotila pallida)
• pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
• pallidity
• pallidly
• pallidness
• pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)

Related terms

• pale
• pallor

Translations

appearing weak, pale, or wan

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: بلق (blaq)

• Bulgarian: блед (bg) (bled), пребледнял (bg) (preblednjal)
• Catalan: pàl·lid (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒼白／苍白 (zh) (cāngbái)

• Czech: sinalý (cs), bledý (cs)
• Danish: bleg (da)
• Dutch: bleek (nl)
• Finnish: kalpea (fi)
• French: pâle (fr), blafard (fr)
• Galician: pálido (gl)
• German: fahl (de), bleich (de), blass (de)
• Greek: πελιδνός (el) (pelidnós), κατάχλωμος (el) (katáchlomos)
• Hungarian: halovány (hu)
• Ido: pala (io)
• Italian: pallido (it)
• Korean: 창백(蒼白)하다 (ko) (changbaekhada), 파리하다 (ko) (parihada)
• Latin: pallidus
• Maori: kōmā
• Plautdietsch: blauss
• Polish: blady (pl)
• Portuguese: pálido (pt)
• Russian: бле́дный (ru) (blédnyj), сла́бый (ru) (slábyj)
• Slovene: bledičen, bled (sl)
• Spanish: pálido (es)
• Swedish: blek (sv)
• Walloon: bladje (wa), bladjot (wa), sblari (wa)

Estonian

Noun

pallid

1. nominative plural of pall