YELLOW | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of yellow in English yellownoun [ C or U ] uk /ˈjel.əʊ/ us /ˈjel.oʊ/ Add to word list Add to word list A1 a colour like that of a lemon or gold or the sun: It was early autumn and the leaves were turning yellow. You should wear more yellow - it suits you.   Karl Tapales/Moment/GettyImages

• We've had the bathroom done out in pale yellow.

Common colours

• black and tan
• blue
• bluely
• blueness
• bluey
• bluish
• brown
• green
• greenish
• greenly
• pinkish
• pinkness
• purple
• purpleness
• purplish
• red
• reddish
• yellowish
• yellowness

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yellowness yellowadjective uk /ˈjel.əʊ/ us /ˈjel.oʊ/

yellow adjective (COLOUR)

A1 of a colour like that of a lemon or gold or the sun: a bright yellow flower/T-shirt

• In her bright yellow coat, she was easily identifiable in the crowd.
• You can't mistake their house - it's got a bright yellow front door.
• If you put together yellow and blue paint you get green.
• Red and yellow peppers give a little colour to the sauce.

Common colours

• black and tan
• blue
• bluely
• blueness
• bluey
• bluish
• brown
• green
• greenish
• greenly
• pinkish
• pinkness
• purple
• purpleness
• purplish
• red
• reddish
• yellowish
• yellowness

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yellow adjective (PEOPLE)

offensive an extremely offensive word used to describe someone who comes from East or South East Asia, or whose family comes from those places, and who has pale yellowish-brown skin The skin, & skin colour

• anti-wrinkle
• ashy
• basal cell
• blush
• corium
• epidermis
• nude
• palely
• pallidly
• pasty
• peach fuzz
• peaches and cream
• pigmentation
• subcutaneous
• uncalloused
• unlined
• untanned
• unwrinkled
• veined
• wrinkled

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yellow adjective (NOT BRAVE)

informal easily frightened and not brave Synonyms chicken child's word cowardly disapproving craven formal disapproving fainthearted lily-livered literary pusillanimous formal timid timorous literary weak-kneed informal disapproving Cowardly

• armchair warrior
• be afraid of your own shadow idiom
• bottle
• bottle out phrasal verb
• chicken
• cravenly
• cravenness
• fainthearted
• gutless
• lily-livered
• spineless
• spinelessly
• spinelessness
• timid
• timidity
• unadventurous
• uncourageous
• unheroic
• weak-kneed
• wimp

See more results » yellowverb [ I or T ] uk /ˈjel.əʊ/ us /ˈjel.oʊ/ to become yellow, or to make something become yellow Common colours

• black and tan
• blue
• bluely
• blueness
• bluey
• bluish
• brown
• green
• greenish
• greenly
• pinkish
• pinkness
• purple
• purpleness
• purplish
• red
• reddish
• yellowish
• yellowness

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yellow | American Dictionary

yellowadjective, noun [ C/U ] us /ˈjel·oʊ/ Add to word list Add to word list (of) a color like that of a lemon: yellow roses sweet yellow corn (Definition of yellow from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of yellow?

Translations of yellow

in Chinese (Traditional) 黃色, 黃色的, 人… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 黄色, 黄色的, 人… See more in Spanish amarillo, cobarde, sin agallas… See more in Portuguese amarelo, amarelo/-la, amarelo [masculine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian पिवळा/पिवळी/पिवळे… See more 黄色い, 黄色, 黄色（きいろ）の… See more sarı, sarı renkli, sarartmak… See more jaune, jaune [masculine], jaunir… See more groc… See more geel, vergelen… See more ஒரு எலுமிச்சை அல்லது தங்கம் அல்லது சூரியன் போன்ற ஒரு நிறம், ஒரு எலுமிச்சை அல்லது தங்கம் அல்லது சூரியன் போன்ற ஒரு வண்ணத்தின்… See more पीला, पीले रंग का… See more પીળો રંગ, પીળા રંગનું… See more gul, blive gul, gulne… See more gul, gulna, färga[s] gul… See more kuning, menjadi kuning… See more gelb, das Gelb, (sich) gelb färben… See more gul, gult [neuter], gult… See more پیلا… See more жовтий, жовтити, жовкнути… See more పసుపు వర్ణం, పసుపు వర్ణంలో ఉన్న… See more হলুদ / হলদে রং… See more žlutý, žluť, žloutnout… See more kuning, menjadi kuning… See more สีเหลือง, กลายเป็นสีเหลือง… See more màu vàng, biến thành màu vàng… See more żółty, (kolor) żółty, żółknąć… See more 노란, 노란색… See more giallo, ingiallire… See more Need a translator?

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    • yellow (COLOUR)
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