Definition for: yellow

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English

Pronunciation

• RP: IPA: /ˈjeləʊ/ , SAMPA: /"jel@U/
• US: AHD: yĕl'ō , IPA: /ˈjelɔʊ/

Etymology

Old English ġeolu

Adjective

yellow

1. Having yellow as its colour.
   • There's a one-eyed yellow idol
   • To the north of Kathmandu;
   • There's a little marble cross below the town;
   • And a brokenhearted woman
   • Tends the grave of 'Mad' Carew,
   • While the yellow god for ever gazes down. J Milton Heyes: The green eye of the little yellow god [1]
2. ( colloquial ) Lacking courage.
   • In symbolism the colour yellow indicates jealousy, inconsistency, adultery, perfidity 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

• ( lacking courage ): cowardly
• yellow bellied.

Translations

having yellow as its colour

lacking courage

Noun

yellow

1. The colour/color of gold or butter; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.

   yellow colour:

Translations

colour

Verb

to yellow

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

Translations

to become yellow or more yellow

to cause to become yellow or more yellow

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Other Translations for "yellow"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		yellow
Hex		f9 65 6c 6c 6f 77
Pig Latin		yelloway

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