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Pronunciation

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Noun

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yellow light (plural yellow lights)

1. (US) A traffic light, between the green light and the red light, indicating that vehicles should stop if safely possible.
2. (idiomatic) Hesitance to proceed; limited approval or permission to proceed.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yellow,‎ light.

Synonyms

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• (traffic light): amber light (dated in US; slightly different meaning to traffic in Britain)

Holonyms

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• stoplight, stop light (= traffic light)
• traffic light
• traffic signal

Coordinate terms

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• green light
• red light
• stoplight, stop light (= red light)

Translations

[edit] traffic light between the green light and the red light

Chinese: Cantonese: 黃燈 / 黄灯 (wong4 dang1) Mandarin: 黃燈 / 黄灯 (zh) (huángdēng) Finnish: keltainen valo French: feu jaune (fr) m, feu orange (fr) m Georgian: ყვითელი შუქი (q̇viteli šuki) German: Gelblicht n Hungarian: sárga fény Japanese: 黄信号 (ja) (きしんごう, kishingō) Korean: 노란불 (noranbul) Lao: ໄຟເຫຼືອງ (fai lư̄ang) Russian: жёлтый свет m (žóltyj svet) Shan: ၾႆးလိူင် (fái lǒeng), ၽႆးလိူင် (phái lǒeng) Thai: ไฟเหลือง (th) Turkish: sarı ışık

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