yellow
The color of sunflower petals and lemonsThe 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.
» They painted their house bright yellow.
Sie strichen ihr Haus hellgelb.
Вони пофарбували свій будинок у яскраво-жовтий колір.
Meaning
9 senses(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.
Gelb
жёлтыйžóltyj
жовтийžovtyj
(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.
(countable, uncountable)One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
(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).
(countable, uncountable)A yellow card.
(countable, uncountable)A yellow dye or pigment.
yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
(countable, uncountable)A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of yellow pigment.
(countable, uncountable)Something, or a part of a thing, which is yellow.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow colored species. Compare sulphur.
Examples
612 sentencesThey painted their house bright yellow.
Вони пофарбували свій будинок у яскраво-жовтий колір.
deSie strichen ihr Haus hellgelb.
Mary is wearing a yellow dress.
Мері у жовтій сукні.
deMaria trägt ein gelbes Kleid.
All the leaves on the tree turned yellow.
Усе листя на дереві стало жовтим.
ruВсе листья на дереве пожелтели.
deAlle Blätter des Baums sind gelb geworden.
All the flowers in the garden are yellow.
Усі квіти в саду жовті.
ruВсе цветы в саду - жёлтые.
deAlle Blumen im Garten sind gelb.
Stay on this side of the yellow line.
Залишайся на цьому боці від жовтої лінії.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ġeolwe, oblique form of Old English ġeoFrom 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 *ǵʰelh₃wós, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).
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Forms
plural: yellowsSynonyms
10 synonyms- yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons:yellowness
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- wearing a yellow
- a yellow shirt
- yellow line
- yellow shirt