yellow

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
2. (US, countable, uncountable) The middle 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. (countable, uncountable) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) A yellow card.
6. (countable, uncountable) Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow colored species. Compare sulphur.

Adj

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

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become yellow or yellower.
2. (transitive) To make (something) yellow or yellower.

Intj

Used to indicate that the speaker needs a temporary break from current sexual activity.

Opposite of

nonyellow, unyellow

Synonyms

green

light brown

golden

chicken

🐔

xanthous

amber

orange

🍊

yolk

waxen

fearful

😨

yellowed

yellowish

craven

timid

icteric

jaundiced

yellowness

faint-hearted

color yellow

pale

white-livered

cream

chickenhearted

spineless

light green

pusillanimous

red

yellow-bellied

scandalmongering

sensationalistic

blue

bright

brown

cowardly

be yellow

coward

lily-livered

cream-colored

gold-coloured

lead oxide

saffron-colored

turn color

yellow ochre

greenish yellow

fawn colour

vitelline

brilliant in hue

yellow light

weak kneed

boggler

Translations

jaune

amarillo

giallo

gelb

geel

amarelo

groc

sarı

κίτρινος

Gelb

flavus

أصفر

ingiallire

zer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjɛl.əʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: yelow

Inherited from Old English: ġeolwe

Inherited from Old English: ġeolu

Cognate with Welsh: gwelw

Cognate with Latin: helvus

Cognate with Irish: geal

Cognate with Italian: giallo

Cognate with Lithuanian: žalias

Cognate with Ancient Greek: χλωρός

Cognate with Persian: زرد

Cognate with Sanskrit: हरि

Cognate with Russian: жёлтый

Cognate with Russian: зелёный

Cognate with German: gelb

Cognate with Dutch: geel

Inherited from Old English: ġeolwian

In summary

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”).
Cognate with Scots yella (“yellow”), North Frisian gööl, güül (“yellow”), Saterland Frisian jeel (“yellow”), West Frisian giel (“yellow”), Cimbrian gel, ghéel (“yellow”), Dutch geel (“yellow”), Dutch Low Saxon gael, gel (“yellow”), German gelb, gehl (“yellow”), German Low German gel, geel, gęl, gäl (“yellow”), Luxembourgish giel (“yellow”), Vilamovian gaoł (“yellow”), Yiddish געל (gel), געלב (gelb, “yellow”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gul (“yellow”), Faroese and Icelandic gulur (“yellow”). Compare also Welsh gell (“bay, tawny”), 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”).
The verb is from Middle English yelwen, ȝalowen, ȝolewen, from Old English ġeolwian, from the adjective.

Sentences

Do not cross the yellow line .

A young girl is mixing something yellow in a bowl .

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