yellow

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Alternative spellings 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Hyponyms 1.5.2 Derived terms 1.5.3 Translations 1.6 Verb 1.6.1 Translations 1.7 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈjɛləʊ/, SAMPA: /"jel@U/
• (US) enPR: yĕl'ō, IPA: /ˈjɛloʊ/
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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English yelou, from Old English ġeolu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwa, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰel- (“‘to shine’”). Cognate with West Frisian giel, North Frisian (spoken in Germany) gölj, Dutch geel, German gelb, Danish gul, Swedish gul, Norwegian gul, and Icelandic gulur.

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• yeallow (obsolete)

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yellow (comparative yellower, superlative yellowest)

1. Having yellow as its colour.
   • 1911, J. Milton Hayes, "The green eye of the little yellow god,"

     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.

2. (informal) Lacking courage.
3. (publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
   • 2004, Doreen Carvajal, "Photo edict muffles gossipy press," International Herald Tribune, 4 Oct. (retrieved 29 July 2008),

     The denizens of the gossipy world of the pink press, purple prose and yellow tabloids are shivering over disputed photographs of Princess Caroline of Monaco.

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• (lacking courage): cowardly

[edit] Derived terms

double yellow lines yellow anemone yellowbelly yellow-bellied yellow-bellied sapsucker yellow bile yellow-billed loon yellowbird yellow birch yellow-breasted chat yellow brick road yellow cake yellow card yellow-card

yellow dog yellow dog contract yellow dwarf yellow-eyed penguin yellowface yellow fever yellow-green alga yellow-haired yellowhammer yellow horde yellow jack yellow jersey yellow jessamine

yellow journalism yellow-legged tinamou yellow light yellow menace yellow-necked mouse yellow oriole yellow pages yellow perch yellow peril yellow phosphorus yellow pine yellow pocket yellow poplar yellow press

yellow rattle Yellow River Yellow Sea yellow-shafted flicker yellow sheet yellow spot yellowtail yellow terror yellow-throated yellow-throated warbler yellow warbler yellow wood anemone yellow woodland anemone

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[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

yellow (plural yellows)

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

[edit] Hyponyms

• bronze yellow
• cadmium yellow
• fast yellow AB
• quinoline yellow
• school bus yellow
• sulfur yellow
• sulphur yellow
• taxi yellow
• yellow-green
• yellow 2G

[edit] Derived terms

• see yellow

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[edit] Verb

to yellow (third-person singular simple present yellows, present participle yellowing, simple past and past participle yellowed)

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

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[edit] See also

• All pages with yellow as a prefix
• Appendix:Colours