Meaning

9 senses
  1. Of a yellow hue.

    He had a yellow laptop in his bag.

  2. (informal)Lacking courage.

    feige

    трусли́выйtruslívyj

  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.

    gelb

    жёлтыйžóltyj

    жо́втийžóvtyj

  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.

    yellow constituencies

  9. Related to the Free Democratic Party, a political party in Germany.

    the black–yellow coalition

More definitions
  • of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
  • cowardly or treacherous
  • changed to a yellowish color by age
  • affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

Examples

612 sentences
  1. They painted their house bright yellow.

    Вони пофарбували свій будинок у яскраво-жовтий колір. — ChickenKiev

    deSie strichen ihr Haus hellgelb. — Zaghawa

  2. Mary is wearing a yellow dress.

    Мері у жовтій сукні. — deniko

    deMaria trägt ein gelbes Kleid. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. All the leaves on the tree turned yellow.

    Усе листя на дереві стало жовтим. — aandrusiak

    ruВсе листья на дереве пожелтели. — marafon

    deAlle Blätter des Baums sind gelb geworden. — MUIRIEL

  4. All the flowers in the garden are yellow.

    Усі квіти в саду жовті. — triantafillou

    ruВсе цветы в саду - жёлтые. — Lenin_1917

    deAlle Blumen im Garten sind gelb. — MUIRIEL

  5. Stay on this side of the yellow line.

    Залишайся на цьому боці від жовтої лінії. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having yellow as its color:
Русский
By meaning 2
lacking courage:
having yellow as its color:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
lacking courage:
having yellow as its color:

Origin

From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ġeolwe, oblique form of Old English ġeo

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 *ǵʰelh₃wós, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).

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Forms

yellower, yellowest
Comparativeyellower Lesson
Superlativeyellowest Lesson

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Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

280 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • wearing a yellow
  • a yellow shirt
  • yellow line
  • yellow shirt

See also

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