Meaning of white Christmas | Babel Free
Definitions
A Christmas Day or Christmas Eve in which there is snowfall or ground covered with snow.
Equivalents
Deutsch
weiße Weihnachten
Suomi
valkoinen joulu
Français
Noël blanc
日本語
ホワイトクリスマス
한국어
화이트 크리스마스
Nederlands
witte kerst
Português
Natal branco
Svenska
vit jul
Examples
““It′s like⟳ frozen thistle-down!” she cried. “I hope⟳ it will snow⟳ all day and all night until everything is covered. I never saw⟳ a white Christmas.””
“In New York City 10,000 men struggled to clear away the heavy snow⟳ which promised New Yorkers their first white Christmas in 15 years,[…].”
“At Environment Canada, senior climatologist David Phillips′ standard for a white Christmas calls for at least two centimeters of snow⟳ on the ground at 7 a.m. . . . “In England, if a weather guy sees a snowflake, they call⟳ it a white Christmas.””
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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