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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈjɛləʊ/,
  • US: , IPA: /ˈjɛloʊ/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-yellow.ogg
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-uk-yellow.ogg


Etymology

Old English ġeolu

Adjective

  1. Having yellow as its colour.
  2. * There's a one-eyed yellow idol
  3. * To the north of Kathmandu;
  4. * There's a little marble cross below the town;
  5. * And a brokenhearted woman
  6. * Tends the grave of 'Mad' Carew,
  7. * While the yellow god for ever gazes down. J Milton Heyes: The green eye of the little yellow god 1
  8. Lacking courage.
  9. * In symbolism the colour yellow indicates jealousy, inconsistency, adultery, perfidy and cowardice. In France the doors of traitors used to be dubbed with yellow, and in some countries, the laws ordained that Jews must be clothed in yellow, because they betrayed Jesus, so that in medieval pictures, Judas Iscariot is arrayed in yellow. In Spain at an auto de fé, the victims wore yellow to denote heresy. Brewers Dictionary of phrase & Fable, 17th edition edited John Ayto.


Synonyms


Translations

  • Japanese: 黄色い (きいろい, kiirói)
  • Korean: 노란 (noran)
  • Kuna: koroguad
  • Kurdish: {{t+|ku|زه‌رد|sc=KUchar}}
  • Latin:
  • Latvian: dzeltens , dzeltena
  • Lingwa de Planeta: hwan
  • Lithuanian: {{t-|lt|geltonas|xs=Lithuanian}}
  • Norwegian:
  • Novial: gelbi
  • Papiamentu: hel
  • Polish: żółty , żółta , żółte
  • Portuguese: amarelo , amarela
  • Romanian: {{t+|ro|galben|m}}, {{t|ro|galbenă|f}}, {{t|ro|galbeni|p}},
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|жёлтый|tr=žóltyj|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Scottish Gaelic: buidhe
  • Serbian: жут (žut)
  • Slovak:
  • Slovenian: rumen, žolt
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|amarillo|m}}, {{t-|es|amarilla|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|gul|c}}, {{t+|sv|gult|n}}, {{t+|sv|gula|p}}
  • Tupinambá: îub
  • Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|жовтий|m|tr=žóvtyj|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}
  • Welsh: melyn

Noun

  1. The colour/color of gold or butter; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
  2. In the Context of One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 2 points.


Translations

Verb

{{en-verb|yellows|yellowing|yellowed|yellowed}}

  1. To become yellow or more yellow.
  2. To cause to become yellow or more yellow.


Translations

  • Polish: żółknąć
  • Russian: {{t|ru|желтеть|tr=želt'ét'|sc=Cyrl}} , {{t|ru|пожелтеть|tr=poželt'ét'|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Italian:

Derived terms

See also


Category:1000 English basic words Category:Colors of the Rainbow Category:Colors Category:Yellows

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Yellow \Yel"low\ (y[e^]l"l[-o]), a. [Compar. Yellower
(y[e^]l"l[-o]*[~e]r); superl. Yellowest.] [OE. yelow,
yelwe, [yogh]elow, [yogh]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D.
geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan.
guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. chlo`n young verdure, chlwro`s
greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [root]49. Cf.
Chlorine, Gall a bitter liquid, Gold, Yolk.]
1. Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold
or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or
of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the
green.
[1913 Webster]

Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought
First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble.
[1913 Webster]

2. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he
has a yellow streak. [Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers,
etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. [Colloq.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Yellow atrophy (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in
which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly
smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms
are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and
jaundice.

Yellow bark, calisaya bark.

Yellow bass (Zool.), a North American fresh-water bass
(Morone interrupta) native of the lower parts of the
Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with
several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called
also barfish.

Yellow berry. (Bot.) Same as Persian berry, under
Persian.

Yellow boy, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot.

Yellow brier. (Bot.) See under Brier.

Yellow bugle (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga
Chamaepitys}).

Yellow bunting (Zool.), the European yellow-hammer.

Yellow cat (Zool.), a yellow catfish; especially, the
bashaw.

Yellow copperas (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; --
called also copiapite.

Yellow copper ore, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper
pyrites. See Chalcopyrite.

Yellow cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant
(Barbarea praecox), sometimes grown as a salad plant.

Yellow dock. (Bot.) See the Note under Dock.

Yellow earth, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes
used as a yellow pigment.

Yellow fever (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile
disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice,
producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black
vomit. See Black vomit, in the Vocabulary.

Yellow flag, the quarantine flag. See under Quarantine,
and 3d Flag.

Yellow jack.
(a) The yellow fever. See under 2d Jack.
(b) The quarantine flag. See under Quarantine.

Yellow jacket (Zool.), any one of several species of
American social wasps of the genus Vespa, in which the
color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are
noted for their irritability, and for their painful
stings.

Yellow lead ore (Min.), wulfenite.

Yellow lemur (Zool.), the kinkajou.

Yellow macauco (Zool.), the kinkajou.

Yellow mackerel (Zool.), the jurel.

Yellow metal. Same as Muntz metal, under Metal.

Yellow ocher (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown
iron ore, which is used as a pigment.

Yellow oxeye (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant
(Chrysanthemum segetum) closely related to the oxeye
daisy.

Yellow perch (Zool.), the common American perch. See
Perch.

Yellow pike (Zool.), the wall-eye.

Yellow pine (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also,
their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the
most common are valuable species are Pinus mitis and
Pinus palustris of the Eastern and Southern States, and
Pinus ponderosa and Pinus Arizonica of the Rocky
Mountains and Pacific States.

Yellow plover (Zool.), the golden plover.

Yellow precipitate (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which
is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding
corrosive sublimate to limewater.

Yellow puccoon. (Bot.) Same as Orangeroot.

Yellow rail (Zool.), a small American rail ({Porzana
Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow,
darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish
yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also
yellow crake.

Yellow rattle, Yellow rocket. (Bot.) See under Rattle,
and Rocket.

Yellow Sally (Zool.), a greenish or yellowish European
stone fly of the genus Chloroperla; -- so called by
anglers.

Yellow sculpin (Zool.), the dragonet.

Yellow snake (Zool.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus
inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to
ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed
with black, and anteriorly with black lines.

Yellow spot.
(a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the
fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where
vision is most accurate. See Eye.
(b) (Zool.) A small American butterfly (Polites Peckius)
of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a
large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the
hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also
Peck's skipper. See Illust. under Skipper, n., 5.


Yellow tit (Zool.), any one of several species of crested
titmice of the genus Machlolophus, native of India. The
predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green.


Yellow viper (Zool.), the fer-de-lance.

Yellow warbler (Zool.), any one of several species of
American warblers of the genus Dendroica in which the
predominant color is yellow, especially {Dendroica
aestiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species;
-- called also garden warbler, golden warbler, {summer
yellowbird}, summer warbler, and yellow-poll warbler.


Yellow wash (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in
water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate
to limewater.

Yellow wren (Zool.)
(a) The European willow warbler.
(b) The European wood warbler.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Yellow \Yel"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yellowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Yellowing.]
To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to
dye yellow.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Yellow \Yel"low\, v. i.
To become yellow or yellower.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Yellow \Yel"low\, n.
1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any
other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum
which is between the orange and green. "A long motley coat
guarded with yellow." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. A yellow pigment.
[1913 Webster]

Cadmium yellow, Chrome yellow, Indigo yellow, {King's
yellow}, etc. See under Cadmium, Chrome, etc.

Naples yellow, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil,
porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead
metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic
lead nitrate, and common salt.

Patent yellow (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting
essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also
Turner's yellow.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet yellow
adj 1: similar to the color of an egg yolk [syn: yellowish, xanthous]
2: easily frightened [syn: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered,
white-livered, yellow-bellied]
3: changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment"
[syn: yellowed]
4: typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of
the scandal"; "yellow journalism" [syn: scandalmongering,
sensationalistic, yellow(a)]
5: cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of
treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight"
6: affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
[syn: jaundiced, icteric]
n : the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the
hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons [syn: yellowness]
v : turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow"
Moby Dictionary
Amytal , Amytal pill , Barnumesque , Cassel yellow , Claude tint ,
Demerol , Dolophine , H , Luminal , Luminal pill , M , Mickey Finn ,
Nembutal , Nembutal pill , Paris yellow , Seconal , Seconal pill ,
Tuinal , Tuinal pill , acid yellow , afraid , albumen , alcohol , amber ,
amobarbital sodium , analgesic , anodyne , arsenic yellow , aureate ,
aureateness , aureolin , auric , aurify , barb , barbiturate ,
barbiturate pill , begild , beige , black stuff , blue , blue angel ,
blue devil , blue heaven , blue velvet , buff , buff-yellow , butter ,
cadmium yellow , calmative , canary , canary-yellow , caviar , chamois ,
champagne , chartreuse yellow , chicken , chickenhearted ,
chloral hydrate , chrome , chrome lemon , chrome yellow , chrysophenin ,
citron , citron-yellow , cloak-and-dagger , codeine ,
codeine cough syrup , coward , cowardly , cowed , crash , craven , cream ,
creamy , crocus , dandelion , daunted , depressant , depressor ,
dismayed , distrustful , dolly , downer , ecru , egg , egg white ,
eggshell , engild , envious , fainthearted , fallow , fallowness ,
fearful , fish eggs , flax , flaxen , funking , funky , gamboge , gild ,
gilded , gilt , glair , gold , gold-colored , golden , golden pheasant ,
goofball , green , green with jealousy , green-eyed , grege , gutless ,
hard stuff , henhearted , heroin , honey , honey yellow , hop , horn-mad ,
horse , hypnotic , intimidated , invidious , jaundice , jaundice-eyed ,
jaundiced , jealous , jonquil , junk , knockout drops , laudanum , lemon ,
lemon chrome , lemon-yellow , lily-livered , liquor , lotus , lurid ,
luteolous , lutescent , madder yellow , maize , massicot , melodramatic ,
meperidine , metanil yellow , methadone , methyl yellow , milk-livered ,
milksoppish , milksoppy , morphia , morphine , mousy , naphthol yellow ,
narcotic , ocherish , ocherous , ochery , ochreous , ochroid , ochrous ,
ochry , oil yellow , old gold , old ivory , olivesheen , opiate , opium ,
or , orpiment , overtimid , overtimorous , ovule , pacifier ,
pain killer , panic-prone , panicky , paregoric , peach , pebble ,
pen yan , phenobarbital , phenobarbital sodium , phosphine ,
pigeonhearted , primrose , primrose-colored , primrose-yellow ,
primuline yellow , purple heart , purree , pusillanimous ,
pyrethrum yellow , quietener , quince yellow , rabbity , rainbow , red ,
roe , saffron , saffron-colored , saffron-yellow , sallow , sand ,
sand-colored , sandy , scag , secobarbital sodium , sedative ,
sensational , shit , shocker , sissified , sissy , sleep-inducer ,
sleeper , sleeping draught , sleeping pill , smack , snapdragon ,
sodium thiopental , soft , somnifacient , soother , soothing syrup ,
soporific , spawn , spine-chilling , spunkless , stil-de-grain yellow ,
straw , straw-colored , sulfur , sunflower yellow , suspicious , tar ,
tartrazine , timid , timorous , tranquilizer , turn yellow , turps ,
unmanly , unmanned , vitellus , weak , weak-kneed , weakhearted , white ,
white stuff , white-livered , xanthene , xanthic , xanthin , xanthous ,
yellow jacket , yellow madder , yellow ocher , yellow-eyed , yellowish ,
yellowishness , yellowness , yolk


FOLDOC Yellow

A language from SRI proposed to meet the Ironman
requirements which led to Ada.

["On the YELLOW Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra,
SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):22-26, Oct 1978].

(1994-11-09)


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