Phrase guide

yellow card

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈjɛl.əʊ ˌkɑːd/
  • US: /ˈjɛl.oʊ ˌkɑrd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A yellow-coloured card, shown to a player (especially in association football) as a caution that he or she has committed a flagrant foul; a further such foul would result in a red card.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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2

noun

Meaning 2

One of various yellow-colored cards used to verify the healthiness, vaccination status or other medical info of travelers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A form to record safety concerns and adverse reactions to medicinal drugs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: medicine, sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A card sent out by a travelling dance or theatre company to request temporary personnel from a local labor union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, often

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A yellow ticket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A card given to British Army personnel during The Troubles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِطَاقَة صَفْرَاء — card in sports
  • Armenian: դեղին քարտ (deġin kʻart) — card in sports
  • Basque: txartel hori — card in sports
  • Bulgarian: жълт карто́н (žǎlt kartón) — card in sports
  • Catalan: targeta groga — card in sports
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃牌 /黄牌 (huángpái) — card in sports
  • Czech: žlutá karta — card in sports
  • Danish: gult kort — card in sports
  • Dutch: gele kaart — card in sports
  • Faroese: gult kort — card in sports
  • Finnish: keltainen kortti — card in sports
  • French: carton jaune — card in sports
  • French: carte jaune — card in sports
  • Galician: cartón amarelo — card in sports
  • German: gelbe Karte — card in sports
  • Greek: κίτρινη κάρτα (kítrini kárta) — card in sports
  • Hebrew: כרטיס צהוב (kartís tsahóv) — card in sports
  • Hungarian: sárga lap — card in sports
  • Icelandic: gult spjald — card in sports
  • Italian: cartellino giallo — card in sports
  • Japanese: イエローカード (ierōkādo) — card in sports
  • Korean: 옐로카드 (yellokadeu) — card in sports
  • Korean: 경고표 (gyeonggopyo) — card in sports
  • Macedonian: жолт ка́ртон (žolt kárton) — card in sports
  • Malay: kad kuning — card in sports
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gult kort — card in sports
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gult kort — card in sports
  • Persian: کارت زرد (kârt-e zard) — card in sports
  • Polish: żółta kartka — card in sports
  • Portuguese: cartão amarelo — card in sports
  • Romanian: cartonaș galben — card in sports
  • Russian: жёлтая ка́рточка (žóltaja kártočka) — card in sports
  • Russian: горчичник (gorčičnik) — card in sports
  • Spanish: tarjeta amarilla — card in sports
  • Swahili: kadi ya njano — card in sports
  • Swedish: gult kort — card in sports
  • Turkish: sarı kart — card in sports
  • Ukrainian: жо́вта ка́ртка (žóvta kártka) — card in sports
  • Vietnamese: thẻ vàng — card in sports