How to Pronounce "paleface"
word
PAYL-face
PAYL-face
Definition
An old-fashioned and now offensive term used mainly by Native Americans to refer to a white person.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈpeɪlˌfeɪs
British English
ˈpeɪlˌfeɪs
Simplified Pronunciation
US
PAYL-face
UK
PAYL-face
Listen in Context
The Native Americans called him a paleface.
Some old movies use the word paleface for white people.
Paleface is not a polite word today.
In those old Westerns, the chief always scowled, "You paleface stay away from our land!"