White House

English

The White House.

Etymology

From the Executive Mansion ("house") of the United States of America having been painted white, giving its appearance of a white house; having been painted to cover up the damage from the War of 1812 when the British burned the mansion down.

Pronunciation

Audio (General Australian): (file)

Proper noun

the White House

(US) The official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America.
(US, metonymically) The US presidency and its administration.
The White House announced its support for the new law.
- 2022 May 14, Jari Tanner, “Putin warns Finland NATO membership would harm relations”, in AP News‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 May 2022:
  U.S. President Joe Biden held a joint call Friday with both Niinisto and Andersson where, according to a White House statement, he “underscored his support for NATO’s Open Door policy and for the right of Finland and Sweden to decide their own future, foreign policy and security arrangements.”
Synonym of Russian White House

Derived terms

White Houser

Related terms

Blue House

Translations

the official residence of the President of the United States of America

Afrikaans: Withuis
Albanian: Shtëpia e Bardhë (definite)
Amharic: ዋይት ሃውስ (wayt haws)
Arabic: الْبَيْت الْأَبْيَض m (al-bayt al-ʔabyaḍ) (definite), بَيْت أَبْيَض m (bayt ʔabyaḍ)
Armenian: Սպիտակ տուն (Spitak tun)
Azerbaijani: Ağ Ev
Bashkir: Аҡ Йорт (Aq Yort)
Basque: Etxe Zuria
Belarusian: Бе́лы дом m (Bjély dom)
Bengali: হোয়াইট হাউস (hōẇaiṭ haus)
Breton: Ti Gwenn m
Bulgarian: Бе́лият дом m (Bélijat dom) (definite)
Burmese: အိမ်ဖြူတော် (imhprutau)
Catalan: Casa Blanca f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 白宮／白宫 (baak⁶ gung¹)

Hokkien: 白厝 (Pe̍h-chhù), 白宮／白宫 (zh-min-nan) (Pe̍h-kiong)

Mandarin: 白宮／白宫 (zh) (Báigōng)
Corsican: Casa Bianca f
Czech: Bílý dům (cs) m
Danish: Det hvide hus n (definite)
Dutch: Witte Huis n
Esperanto: Blanka Domo
Estonian: Valge Maja (et)
Faroese: Tað hvíta húsið n
Finnish: Valkoinen talo
French: Maison Blanche (fr) f, Maison-Blanche (fr) f
Galician: Casa Branca f
Georgian: თეთრი სახლი (tetri saxli)
German: Weißes Haus (de) n
Greek: Λευκός Οίκος m (Lefkós Oíkos)
Hebrew: הַבַּיִת הַלָּבָן m (ha-báyit ha-laván) (definite)
Hindi: व्हाइट हाउस (vhāiṭ hāus), सफ़ेद घर m (safed ghar)
Hungarian: Fehér Ház (hu)
Icelandic: Hvíta húsið n (definite)
Ido: Blanka Domo
Indonesian: Gedung Putih (id)
Irish: Teach Bán m
Italian: Casa Bianca f
Japanese: ホワイトハウス (Howaitohausu), 白堊館 (Hakuakan, Howaitohausu) (dated)
Kannada: ಶ್ವೇತ ಭವನ (śvēta bhavana)
Kazakh: Ақ үй (Aq üi)
Khmer: សេតវិមាន (seitaʼ vimiən)
Korean: 백악관(白堊館) (ko) (Baegakgwan), 화이트 하우스 (Hwaiteu hauseu)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Qesra Spî (ku)
Kyrgyz: Ак үй (Ak üy)
Lao: ທຳນຽບຂາວ (tham nīap khāo)
Latin: Domus Alba m
Latvian: Baltais nams m
Lithuanian: Baltieji rūmai m
Macedonian: Белата куќа f (Belata kuḱa) (definite)
Malay: Rumah Putih (ms)
Malayalam: വൈറ്റ്‌ഹൗസ് (vaiṟṟ‌haus‌)
Maltese: id-Dar il-Bajda f (definite)
Marathi: व्हाइट हाउस (vhāiṭ hāus)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Цагаан ордон (Cagaan ordon)
Navajo: kináhálgaaí
Nepali: ह्वाइट हाउस (hwāiṭ hāus)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Det hvite hus n (definite)

Nynorsk: Det kvite hus n (definite)
Occitan: Ostal Blanc
Persian:
Iranian Persian: کاخِ سِفید (kâx-e sefid)
Polish: Biały Dom (pl) m
Portuguese: Casa Branca (pt) f
Punjabi: ਵਾਈਟ ਹਾਊਸ (vāīṭa hāūsa)
Romanian: Casa Albă f
Russian: Бе́лый дом (ru) m (Bélyj dom)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Бела кућа f, Бијела кућа f

Roman: Bela kuća f, Bijela kuća f
Sicilian: Casa Janca f
Sinhalese: ධවල මන්දිරය (dhawala mandiraya)
Slovak: Biely dom m
Slovene: Bela hiša f
Spanish: Casa Blanca (es) f
Swahili: Nyumba Nyeupe
Swedish: Vita huset n (definite)
Tajik: Кохи Сафед (Kox-i Safed)
Tamil: வெள்ளை மாளிகை (ta) (veḷḷai māḷikai)
Tatar: Ак йорт (Aq yort)
Telugu: శ్వేత సౌధం (śvēta saudhaṁ)
Thai: ทำเนียบขาว (th) (tam-nîiap-kǎao)
Turkish: Beyaz Saray
Turkmen: Ak Saraý
Ukrainian: Бі́лий дім m (Bílyj dim)
Urdu: وائِٹ ہاؤُس (vāiṭ hāus), اَیوانِ سَفید m (aivān-i safed)
Uyghur: ئاقساراي (aqsaray)
Uzbek: Oq Uy
Vietnamese: Nhà Trắng (vi) (茹𤽸), Tòa Bạch Ốc (座白屋) (dated or Overseas Vietnamese), Tòa Bạch Cung (座白宮) (dated), Bạch Ốc (白屋) (dated), Bạch Cung (vi) (白宮) (dated)
Welsh: Y Tŷ Gwyn m
West Frisian: Wite Hûs n
Yiddish: ווייסע הויז n (veyse hoyz)

(idiomatic) the US presidency

Bashkir: Аҡ Йорт (Aq Yort)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白宮／白宫 (zh) (Báigōng)
Estonian: Valge Maja (et)
Finnish: Valkoinen talo
French: Maison Blanche (fr) f
Italian: Casa Bianca f
Polish: Biały Dom (pl) m
Ukrainian: Бі́лий дім m (Bílyj dim)
Vietnamese: Nhà Trắng (vi) (茹𤽸), Tòa Bạch Ốc (座白屋) (dated or Overseas Vietnamese), Tòa Bạch Cung (座白宮) (dated), Bạch Ốc (白屋) (dated), Bạch Cung (vi) (白宮) (dated)

Russian White House — see Russian White House