التي في فئةENGLISH - ALTERNATIVE FORMS
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Alternative Forms
* yeallow (obsolete), yeller (slang)
التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Etymology
From Middle English _yelwe, yelou_, from Old English _ġeolu_, _ġeolwe_, from Proto-Germanic _*gelwaz_, from Proto-Indo-European _*ǵʰelh₃-wos_ (compare Welsh _gwelw_ (“pale”), Latin _helvus_ (“dull yellow”)), from _*ǵʰelh₃_ (“gleam, yellow”) (compare Irish _geal_ (“white, bright”), Lithuanian _žalias_ (“green”), Ancient Greek _χλωρός_ (khlōrós, “light green”), Persian _زر_ (zar, “yellow”), Sanskrit _हरि_ (hari, “greenish-yellow”)).
From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ġeolu, ġeolwe, from
Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-wos (compare Welsh gwelw (“pale”), Latin helvus
(“dull yellow”)), from *ǵʰelh₃ (“gleam,
yellow”) (compare Irish geal (“white, bright”), Lithuanian žalias (“green”), Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós,
“light green”), Persian زر
(zar, “yellow”), Sanskrit हरि (hari, “greenish-yellow”)).
التي في فئةENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Pronunciation
* (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjɛləʊ/
* (US) enPR: yĕl'ō, IPA(key): /ˈjɛloʊ/
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(UK) IPA(key): /ˈjɛləʊ/
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(US) enPR:
yĕl'ō, IPA(key): /ˈjɛloʊ/
التي في فئةENGLISH - ADJECTIVE
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Adjective
YELLOW (_comparative_ YELLOWER, _superlative_ YELLOWEST)
* Having yellow as its colour.
* Milton
A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought / First fruits, the green ear and the YELLOW sheaf.
* Keble
The line of YELLOW light dies fast away.
* 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.
* 1962 (quoting C. 1398 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., _Middle English Dictionary_, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
DORRẸ̅, DŌRĪ adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow […] (a. 1398) *Trev. Barth. 59b/a: ƷELOUƷ colour [of urine] […] tokeneþ febleness of hete […] dorrey & citrine & liʒt red tokeneþ mene.}}
* (informal) Lacking courage.
* Monty Python
You YELLOW bastards! Come back here and take what's coming to you!
* (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.
* (chiefly derogatory and offensive) Asian (relating to Asian people).
* (dated, US) High yellow.
* 1933 September 9, James Thurber, “My Life and Hard Times—VI. A Sequence of Servants”, in _The New Yorker_:
Charley threw her over for a YELLOW gal named Nancy: he never forgave Vashti for the vanishing from his life of a menace that had come to mean more to him than Vashti herself.
* (UK, politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.
* 2012 March 2, Andrew Grice, "YELLOW rebels take on Clegg over NHS 'betrayal'", _The Independent_
_YELLOW constituencies_
* (Germany, politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party.
_The black-YELLOW coalition_
SYNONYMS
* (lacking courage): cowardly
ANTONYMS
* (having yellow as its colour): nonyellow, unyellow
DERIVED TERMS
TRANSLATIONS
yellow (comparative yellower, superlative yellowest)
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Having yellow as its colour.
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Milton
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A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought / First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf.
- Keble
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The line of yellow light dies fast away.
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1911, J. Milton Hayes, "The green eye of the little yellow god,"
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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.
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1962 (quoting c. 1398 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
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dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow […] (a. 1398) *Trev. Barth. 59b/a: ʒelouʒ colour [of urine] […] tokeneþ febleness of hete […] dorrey &
citrine & liʒt red tokeneþ mene.}}
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(informal) Lacking courage.
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(publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
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(chiefly derogatory and offensive) Asian (relating to Asian people).
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(dated, US) High yellow.
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(UK, politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.
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yellow constituencies
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(Germany, politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party.
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The black-yellow coalition
التي في فئةENGLISH - NOUN
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Noun
Wikipedia
YELLOW (_plural_ YELLOWS)
* The colour of gold or butter; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
* 1892, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, _The Yellow Wallpaper_
It is the strangest YELLOW, that wall-paper! It makes me think of all the yellow things I ever saw—not beautiful ones like buttercups, but old foul, bad yellow things.
* (US) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
* (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
* (pocket billiards) 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_).
* (sports) yellow card
SYNONYMS
* (intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights): amber (British)
ANTONYMS
* (intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights): red, green
HYPONYMS
* (color): bronze yellow, cadmium yellow, fast yellow AB, quinoline yellow, school bus yellow, sulfur yellow, sulphur yellow, taxi yellow, yellow-green, yellow 2G
DERIVED TERMS
* see yellow
TRANSLATIONS
Wikipedia
yellow (plural yellows)
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The colour of gold or butter; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
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(US) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do
so.
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(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
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(pocket billiards) 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).
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(sports) yellow card
التي في فئةENGLISH - VERB
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Verb
YELLOW (_third-person singular simple present_ YELLOWS, _present participle_ YELLOWING, _simple past and past participle_ YELLOWED)
* (intransitive) To become yellow or more yellow.
* 1977, Alistair Horne, _A Savage War of Peace_, New York Review Books 2006, page 47:
Then suddenly, with the least warning, the sky YELLOWS and the Chergui blows in from the Sahara, stinging the eyes and choking with its sandy, sticky breath.
* (transitive) To make (something) yellow or more yellow.
TRANSLATIONS
yellow (third-person
singular simple present yellows, present participle yellowing, simple past and past participle yellowed)
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(intransitive) To become yellow or more yellow.
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(transitive) To make (something) yellow or more yellow.
التي في فئةENGLISH - SEE ALSO
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - See Also
* All pages with _yellow_ as a prefix
* Appendix:Colors