Pale

//peɪl//

Synonyms for "pale" (533 found)

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Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)

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Translations

239 translations across 67 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • spart adj (light in color)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὠχρός adj (light in color)

Arabic

4 entries
  • باهت adj (light in color)
  • بَاهِت adj (light in color)
  • شَاحِب adj (light in color)
  • مسخسخ adj (feeble, faint)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գունատ adj (having a pallor, of human skin)

Basque

1 entries
  • zurbil adj (light in color)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бле́дны adj (light in color)
  • кол noun (wooden stake)
  • тын noun (fence made of wooden stakes)
  • тыніна noun (wooden stake)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • malungsi adj (having a pallor, of human skin)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • блед adj (light in color)
  • блед adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • блед adj (feeble, faint)
  • кол noun (wooden stake)

Catalan

2 entries
  • pàl·lid adj (light in color)
  • pal noun (heraldry: vertical band)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • luspad adj (light in color)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏍᎪᎸᎦ verb (to become pale)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 蒼白 /苍白 adj (light in color)

Czech

4 entries
  • bledý adj (light in color)
  • bledý adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • světlý adj (light in color)
  • kůl noun (heraldry: vertical band)

Danish

3 entries
  • bleg adj (light in color)
  • blegt adj (light in color)
  • blegne verb (to become pale)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bleek adj (light in color)
  • grens noun (limits, bounds)
  • grens noun (bounds of morality)
  • limiet noun (limits, bounds)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • pala adj (light in color)
  • paliso noun (wooden stake)
  • paliĝi verb (to become pale)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kalpea adj (light in color)
  • kalvakka adj (light in color)
  • kelmeä adj (light in color)
  • vaalea adj (light in color)

French

4 entries
  • hâve adj (light in color)
  • pâle adj (light in color)
  • pâle adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • pal noun (heraldry: vertical band)

Galician

4 entries
  • abuado adj (light in color)
  • esleigado adj (light in color)
  • esluado adj (light in color)
  • lourido adj (light in color)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ბაცი adj (light in color)
  • მკრთალი adj (light in color)
  • მკრთალი adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • ფერმკრთალი adj (having a pallor, of human skin)

German

4 entries
  • blass adj (light in color)
  • blass adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • bleich adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • fahl adj (having a pallor, of human skin)

Greek

4 entries
  • χλωμός adj (light in color)
  • ωχρός adj (light in color)
  • πάσσαλος noun (wooden stake)
  • παλούκι noun (wooden stake)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • חיוור adj (light in color)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • luspad adj (light in color)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • halvány adj (light in color)
  • sápadt adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • világos adj (light in color)
  • cölöp noun (heraldry: vertical band)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • fölur adj (light in color)

Ido

1 entries
  • paliso noun (wooden stake)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pucat adj (light in color)

Ingrian

4 entries
  • blednoi adj (light in color)
  • blednoi adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • kelmiä adj (light in color)
  • veretöin adj (light in color)

Irish

1 entries
  • cuaille noun (heraldry: vertical band)

Italian

4 entries
  • pallido adj (light in color)
  • smorto adj (light in color)
  • smorto adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • palo noun (wooden stake)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 青ざめた adj (light in color)
  • ペイル noun (heraldry: vertical band)

Korean

3 entries
  • 창백한 adj (light in color)
  • 파리하다 verb (to become pale)
  • 해쓱하다 verb (to become pale)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • buolgs adj (light in color)

Latin

4 entries
  • pallidus adj (light in color)
  • pallidus adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • albesco verb (to become pale)
  • pallescō verb (to become pale)

Latvian

2 entries
  • bāls adj (light in color)
  • bālēt verb (to become pale)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • blědy adj (light in color)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • блед adj (light in color)
  • бледнее verb (to become pale)
  • избледнува verb (to become pale)
  • побледува verb (to become pale)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • fotsy adj (light in color)

Malay

1 entries
  • pucat adj (light in color)

Middle High German

1 entries
  • erbleichen verb (to become pale)

Māori

4 entries
  • hina adj (light in color)
  • horotea adj (light in color)
  • kiritea adj (light in color)
  • kōmā adj (light in color)

Norman

2 entries
  • bliême adj (light in color)
  • pale adj (light in color)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • bleik adj (light in color)
  • blek adj (light in color)
  • påle noun (wooden stake)
  • pæl noun (wooden stake)

Old English

2 entries
  • blāc adj (light in color)
  • blāc adj (having a pallor, of human skin)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • صاری adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • قازیق noun (wooden stake)
  • وتد noun (wooden stake)
  • صاپصاری كسیلمك verb (to become pale)

Persian

1 entries
  • کم رنگ adj (light in color)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • blauss adj (light in color)
  • blauss adj (having a pallor, of human skin)

Polish

4 entries
  • biały adj (light in color)
  • biały adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • blady adj (light in color)
  • blady adj (having a pallor, of human skin)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • branca adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • claro adj (light in color)
  • pálida adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • pálido adj (light in color)

Romanian

2 entries
  • pal adj (light in color)
  • palid adj (light in color)

Russian

4 entries
  • бле́дный adj (light in color)
  • кол noun (wooden stake)
  • частокол noun (fence made of wooden stakes)
  • штаке́т noun (wooden stake)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • bled adj (light in color)

Slovak

1 entries
  • bledý adj (light in color)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • куба adj (light in color)

Spanish

4 entries
  • mal adj (feeble, faint)
  • malo adj (feeble, faint)
  • nixte (nishte) adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • payulo adj (having a pallor, of human skin)

Swedish

3 entries
  • blek adj (light in color)
  • stolpe noun (heraldry: vertical band)
  • blekna verb (to become pale)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • maputla adj (light in color)

Thai

3 entries
  • จาง adj (light in color)
  • ซีด adj (light in color)
  • ซีด verb (to become pale)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • бліди́й adj (light in color)
  • штахе́т noun (wooden stake)
  • блі́днути verb (to become pale)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tái adj (light in color)

Volapük

1 entries
  • paelik adj (light in color)

Walloon

4 entries
  • bladje adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • clair adj (light in color)
  • påle adj (having a pallor, of human skin)
  • sblari adj (having a pallor, of human skin)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gwelw adj (light in color)
  • gwelwi verb (to become pale)

White Hmong

2 entries
  • lợt adj (light in color)
  • nhạt adj (light in color)

Yakut

1 entries
  • чэҥкир adj (light in color)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • בלייך adj (light in color)

Sample sentences

40 total sentences available.

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You look very pale.

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You look pale today.

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You look pale.

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You look pale. You had better lie down in bed at once.

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Showing 4 of 40 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.