lily-white in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for lily-white in the English»Italian Dictionary

lily-white [Brit, Am ˈlɪli ˌ(h)waɪt] ADJ liter

1. lily-white (white):

lily-white skin

pelle bianca come il giglio

her lily-white hand

la sua mano bianca come il giglio

2. lily-white (pure):

lily-white morals

puro

lily-white person

puro, casto

3. lily-white Am inf suburb, club:

lily-white

per soli bianchi

Translations for lily-white in the Italian»English Dictionary

casto [ˈkasto] ADJ

1. casto:

casto persona

chaste

casto persona

pure

casto persona

lily-white

casto amore, bacio, vestito

chaste

2. casto stile:

casto

sober

casto

chaste

candido [ˈkandido] ADJ

1. candido (di colore bianco):

candido

snow-white

candido

lily-white liter

2. candido (innocente, puro):

candido

innocent

candido

pure

coscienza -a

spotless conscience

coscienza -a (semplice)

naive, ingenuous, guileless

giglio <pl gigli> [ˈdʒiʎʎo, ʎi] N m

1. giglio (fiore):

giglio

lily

2. giglio HERALD:

giglio

fleur-de-lis

bianco or candido come un giglio

lily-white

puro come un giglio

as pure as the driven snow

Phrases:

giglio alabardato HERALD

spearhead fleury

giglio bianco

Madonna lily

giglio bianco

white lily

giglio delle convalli, giglio di Firenze

Florentine fleur-de-lis

giglio martagone

martagon

giglio di Spagna

Spanish iris

giglio tigrato

tiger lily

giglio delle valli

lily of the valley

I.puro [ˈpuro] ADJ

1. puro (non mescolato):

puro miele, razza, lingua

pure

puro oro, argento

pure

puro oro, argento

fine

puro alcol

pure

puro alcol

absolute

puro whisky, liquore

neat

puro whisky, liquore

straight

bere il vino puro

to drink one's wine straight or undiluted

allo stato puro

in the pure state

allo stato puro fig

full-blooded, undiluted

un metallo allo stato puro

an unalloyed metal

è un egoista allo stato puro fig

he's a complete and utter egoist

2. puro:

puro (non alterato) gusto, colore

pure

puro (limpido) aria, acqua, suono

clear

puro (limpido) aria, acqua, suono

pure

3. puro (semplice):

puro stile, bellezza, sentimento

pure

una pura formalità

a mere formality, just a formality

è la pura verità

it's the naked or honest or simple truth

è puro masochismo

it's sheer or pure masochism

è pura follia

it's sheer lunacy

nella più pura tradizione popolare

in the true popular tradition

puro e semplice bugia, rifiuto

pure and simple, outright

puro e semplice pigrizia, ignoranza

plain

è pura e semplice finzione

it's pure make-believe, it's fiction, pure and simple

per puro caso

by pure chance, by sheer accident

per pura curiosità, coincidenza

out of pure or idle curiosity, by sheer coincidence

4. puro (innocente):

puro persona, morale

pure or lily-white

dal cuore puro

pure-hearted

puro come un giglio

as pure as the driven snow

5. puro (teorico):

puro scienza, matematica

pure

II.puro (pura) [ˈpuro] N m (f)

i puri

the pure-hearted

beati i puri di cuore BIBL

blessed are the pure in heart

III.puro [ˈpuro]

puro cotone

pure cotton

pura lana, pura lana vergine

pure (virgin) wool

pura seta

pure silk

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Gaga staggered across the stage and pirouetted behind a dancer in a lily-white wheelchair.

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The irony is that some of those selected are called champions of "diversity" but even a casual glance at their employees will reveal a lily-white brigade.

www.canadianlawyermag.com

But the government is not lily-white in all of this.

www.smh.com.au

That's a whole lot more than what her ever-reluctant son is willing to do, he of the lily-white hands and liver.

www.firstpost.com

The sugar and gelatin trap air to form millions of lily-white bubbles within the first five minutes; after 10, the mixture triples in volume and starts climbing the whisk.

www.theglobeandmail.com

I am itching to get into my summer dresses and sandals, sadly my lily-white body is a little less so.

www.m2woman.co.nz

The rock is said to have a lily-white appearance which might account for the name.

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Part of me is thrilled to be recognised, but another part resents the lily-white institutions that sends down its proclamations from on high.

www.jamaicaobserver.com

My lily-white chest reflects solar rays to a radius of 50 yards like a lighthouse.

www.telegraph.co.uk

The acme of female beauty around this time was golden hair, dark eyes, lily-white skin and rose or pomegranate lips.

www.bbc.co.uk