English Explanatory Dictionary

Snow White

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A fairy tale, the best-known version of Schneewittchen collected by the Brothers Grimm, in which a beautiful young girl is targeted by a jealous queen and tended by dwarfs.
  2. The main character in that story.
  3. A fictional character in the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the Brothers Grimm.
noun
  1. Alternative form of snow-white.

Pronunciation

/snəʊ waɪt/ /snoʊ(h)waɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Snow White.wav

Word forms

Snow White Snow Whites Snow-White

Etymology

Calque of German Schneewittchen (literally “white as snow”).

Related words

snow-white snow white white as snow
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