whitening

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪtn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈwaɪtnɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file)
(without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /ˈhwaɪtn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈhwaɪtnɪŋ/
Rhymes: -aɪtnɪŋ
Hyphenation: whit‧en‧ing

Verb

whitening

present participle and gerund of whiten

Noun

whitening (countable and uncountable, plural whitenings)

A substance, such as a bleach, used to make something white or whiter.
1. Whiting, a kind of fine white chalk.
The process of making something white or whiter.

Translations

the process of making something white or whiter

Bulgarian: избелване n (izbelvane)
French: blanchissement (fr) m, blanchiment (fr) m
Galician: branqueamento m
Italian: scialbatura f
Portuguese: branqueamento m
Spanish: blanqueamiento m, blanqueo (es) m
Turkish: ağartma (tr), beyazlatma (tr)

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