sallow

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Yellowish.
2. (Ireland) Yellowish.
3. Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
4. Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
5. Foul; murky; sickly.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become sallow.
2. (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become sallow.

Noun

1. A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.
2. A willow twig or branch.

Sinonieme

pale

willow

wan

pallid

yellowish

osier

haggard

sickly

earthy

willow tree

yellowy

goat willow

green

indistinct

limp

murk

palish

pasty

washy

waxy

weeping willow

whitish

willow twig

laky

sallowish

unhealthy-looking

willow osier

swamp willow

sickly-looking

weak-looking

sallow moth

black willow

roiled-up

blanched

bloodless

colorless

drab

etiolate

faded

feculent

flabby

ghastly

ghostly

Vertalings

fahl

jaunâtre

bleich

pâle

verbleekt

saule

vaal

pálido

Salix

Salweide

bleek

pips

giallastro

flets

sauce

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsæl.oʊ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: salowe

Geërf van Old English: salu

Verwante met Nederlands: zaluw

Geërf van Middle English: salow

Geërf van Old English: sealh

Verwante met Nederduits: Sal

Verwante met Sweeds: sälg

Verwante met Wallies: helyg

Verwante met Latyn: salix

In summary

From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selH-.
See also Dutch zaluw, dialectal German sal; also Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, Latin salīva, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”), and - through Frankish - French sale.