yellow

yellow
1. adjective
1) gelb; flachsblond [Haar]; golden [Getreide]; vergilbt [Papier]
2) (fig. coll.): (cowardly) feige
2. noun
Gelb, das
3. transitive & intransitive verb
vergilben
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['jeləu] 1. adjective, noun
((of) the colour of gold, the yolk of an egg etc: a yellow dress; yellow sands; Yellow is my favourite colour.) gelb, das Gelb
2. verb
(to make or become yellow: It was autumn and the leaves were beginning to yellow.) (sich) gelb färben
- academic.ru/93922/yellowness">yellowness
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yel·low
[ˈjeləʊ, AM -oʊ]
I. adj
1. (colour) gelb
\yellow hair flachsfarbenes Haar
bright \yellow knallgelb fam
to turn \yellow leaves gelb werden; paper, paint vergilben
2. (fam: cowardly) feige
to have a \yellow streak feige sein, Schiss haben sl
3. inv (pej!: colour of skin) gelb
the \yellow peril (pej! dated) die gelbe Gefahr pej
4. (sensationalist) book, newspaper sensationsheischend, Sensations-
\yellow journalism Sensationsjournalismus m
II. n
1. no pl (colour) Gelb nt
to paint a room/wall \yellow ein Zimmer/eine Wand gelb streichen
a lighter shade of \yellow ein helleres Gelb
2. (shade of yellow) Gelbton m
3. (snooker)
the \yellow [ball] die gelbe Billardkugel
III. vi paint, paper vergilben
IV. vt
to \yellow sth etw gelb[lich] einfärben
the sun has \yellowed the wallpaper die Sonne hat die Tapete vergilben lassen
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['jeləʊ]
1. adj (+er)
1) gelb

yellow hair — strohblondes or gelbblondes Haar

to go or turn yellow — gelb werden; (paper) vergilben

2) (inf: cowardly) feige
3) (pej by race) gelb
2. n
(= colour) Gelb nt; (of egg) Eigelb; (inf, = cowardice) Feigheit f
3. vt
gelb färben

the sunlight had yellowed the pages — die Sonne hatte die Seiten vergilben lassen

paper yellowed with age — vor Alter vergilbtes Papier

4. vi
gelb werden, sich gelb färben; (corn also) reifen; (pages) vergilben

the leaves were yellowing — die Blätter färbten sich gelb

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yellow [ˈjeləʊ]
A adj
1. gelb (US auch Verkehrsampel):
the lights were yellow US die Ampel stand auf Gelb
2. oft pej gelb(häutig) (Rasse)
3. fig
a) obs neidisch, missgünstig
b) umg feig(e)
B s
1. Gelb n:
at yellow US bei Gelb;
the lights were at yellow US die Ampel stand auf Gelb;
dressed in yellow gelb oder in Gelb gekleidet
2. Eigelb n
3. pl (als sg konstruiert) BOT, VET Gelbsucht f
C v/t gelb färben oder machen
D v/i gelb werden, sich gelb färben, vergilben
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1. adjective
1) gelb; flachsblond [Haar]; golden [Getreide]; vergilbt [Papier]
2) (fig. coll.): (cowardly) feige
2. noun
Gelb, das
3. transitive & intransitive verb
vergilben
* * *
adj.
gelb adj.

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