yellow

Εννοια

Adj

1. Of a yellow hue.
2. (informal) Lacking courage.
3. Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
4. Of a hue attributed to Far East Asians, especially the Chinese.
5. Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).
6. Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
7. Synonym of high yellow
8. Related to the Liberal Democrats.
9. Related to the Free Democratic Party; a political party in Germany.

Noun

1. The colour of sunflower petals and lemons; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
2. The mid light in a set of three traffic lights, the lighting of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
3. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
4. One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).
5. A yellow card.
6. Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow coloured species. Compare sulphur.

Verb

1. To become yellow or more yellow.
2. To make (something) yellow or more yellow.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈjɛl.əʊ/

Ετυμολογία

From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ġeolwe, oblique form of Old English ġeolu, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wos, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”).
Compare Welsh gwelw (“pale”), Latin helvus (“dull yellow”), Irish geal (“white, bright”), Italian giallo (“yellow”) Lithuanian žalias (“green”), Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “light green”), Persian زرد (zard, “yellow”), Sanskrit हरि (hari, “greenish-yellow”), Russian жёлтый (žóltyj, “yellow”), Russian зелёный (zeljónyj, “green”). Cognate with German gelb (“yellow”), Dutch geel (“yellow”).
The verb is from Old English ġeolwian, from the adjective.

Προτάσεις

Do not cross the yellow line .

Μην διασχίζετε την κίτρινη γραμμή.

Specter flees , and Hikaru manages to downsize and capture Yellow .

Το φάσμα φεύγει και ο Hikaru καταφέρνει να μειώσει και να συλλάβει κίτρινο.