yellow peril

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Of yellow + peril, modeled on earlier French péril jaune. Compare yellow as a racist term for East Asian people. Attested in English from the 1890s. The French cognate is attested from the 1880s.

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 黃禍 /黄祸 (huánghuò) — perceived threat from East Asia
• Chinese Mandarin: 黃禍論 /黄祸论 (huánghuòlùn) — perceived threat from East Asia
• Finnish: keltainen vaara — perceived threat from East Asia
• French: péril jaune — perceived threat from East Asia
• German: gelbe Gefahr — perceived threat from East Asia
• Japanese: 黄禍論 — perceived threat from East Asia
• Kazakh: сары қауіп (sary qauıp) — perceived threat from East Asia
• Korean: 황화 (hwanghwa) — perceived threat from East Asia
• Russian: жёлтая угро́за (žóltaja ugróza) — perceived threat from East Asia
• Russian: жёлтая опа́сность (žóltaja opásnostʹ) — perceived threat from East Asia
• Spanish: peligro amarillo — perceived threat from East Asia
• Ukrainian: жовта небезпека (žovta nebezpeka) — perceived threat from East Asia
• Ukrainian: жовта загроза (žovta zahroza) — perceived threat from East Asia
• Uyghur: سېرىق ئاپەت (sëriq apet) — perceived threat from East Asia
• Vietnamese: hiểm hoạ da vàng — perceived threat from East Asia