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.

Concepten

verbleekt

flets

pips

bleek

vaal

wilg

boswilg

troebel

vaalbleek

troebele

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

fahl

jaunâtre

bleich

pâle

saule

pálido

giallastro

sauce

Salweide

Salix

blässlich

ωχρός

χλωμός

saule marsault

blaß

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsæl.oʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: salowe

Overgenomen van Oudengels: salu

Verwant aan Nederlands: zaluw

Overgenomen van Middelengels: salow

Overgenomen van Oudengels: sealh

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: Sal

Verwant aan Zweeds: sälg

Verwant aan Welsh: helyg

Verwant aan Latijn: 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.