Meaning

2 senses

  1. Especially in the Tour de France: the yellow shirt worn by the leader of a stage of a cycling race, which is then awarded to the cyclist who wins the race with the fastest overall time.

    Gelbes Trikot

    жёлтая ма́йкаžóltaja májka

    жо́вта ма́йкаžóvta májka

  2. (broadly)A cyclist who wears such a jersey or shirt; hence, the leader of a stage of a cycling race, or the winner of a cycling race.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Froome rode a special yellow bike to match his yellow leader's jersey, helmet, gloves and shoes.

    Cangarejo · Tatoeba · CC0 · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Contador won the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.

    deContador hat bei der Tour de France das gelbe Trikot gewonnen. — MUIRIEL

    blay_paul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
yellow jersey or shirt worn by the leader of a stage of a cycling race, which is then awarded to the cyclist who wins the race with the fastest overall time:
Русский
By meaning 1
yellow jersey or shirt worn by the leader of a stage of a cycling race, which is then awarded to the cyclist who wins the race with the fastest overall time:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
yellow jersey or shirt worn by the leader of a stage of a cycling race, which is then awarded to the cyclist who wins the race with the fastest overall time:

Origin

Calque of French maillot jaune: maillot (“jersey, shirt; vest”) + jaune (“yellow”, adjecti

Calque of French maillot jaune: maillot (“jersey, shirt; vest”) + jaune (“yellow”, adjective).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: yellow jerseys
Singularyellow jersey
Pluralyellow jerseys

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
yellowA1yellowishyelpyen
yellow jersey — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto