white-face

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwahyt, wahyt feys]
- /ʰwaɪt, waɪt feɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwahyt, wahyt feys]
- /ʰwaɪt, waɪt feɪs/

Definitions of white-face word

noun white-face a Hereford. 1
noun white-face Theater. a performer, as a clown, who appears in clown white. the white facial makeup used by such a performer. 1

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Origin of white-face

First appearance:

before 1700

One of the 50% oldest English words

First recorded in 1700-10; white + face

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Parts of speech for White-face

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of White-face

white-face popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.