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yellow-green

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

A yellowish-green colour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A yellowish-green colour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

of a color midway between yellow and green

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

From yellow + green.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 黃綠色 /黄绿色 (wong4 luk6 sik1) — colour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃綠 /黄绿 黃綠色 /黄绿色 (huánglǜ) — colour
  • Dutch: geelgroen — colour
  • Faroese: gulgrønur — colour
  • Finnish: kellanvihreä — colour
  • French: vert-jaune — colour
  • Galician: verde-amarelo — colour
  • Georgian: ყვითელ-მწვანე (q̇vitel-mc̣vane) — colour
  • German: gelbgrün — colour
  • German: grüngelb — colour
  • Japanese: 黄緑 (kimidori) — colour
  • Japanese: 黄緑色 (ōryokushoku) — colour
  • Kazakh: сары-жасыл (sary-jasyl) — colour
  • Korean: 연두 (yeondu) — colour
  • Korean: 연두색 (yeondusaek) — colour
  • Latin: flavoviridis — colour
  • Polish: żółtozielony — colour
  • Russian: жё̀лто-зелё́ный (žòlto-zeljónyj) — colour
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