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yellowish

adj · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjɛləʊɪʃ/
  • US: /ˈjɛlɔʊɪʃ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: Y EH1 L OW0 IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Somewhat yellow in colour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yellow, xanthous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English ȝelowisch; equivalent to yellow + -ish.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: сарызымак (sarïzïmak) — somewhat yellow
  • Armenian: դեղնավուն (deġnavun) — somewhat yellow
  • Breton: arvelen — somewhat yellow
  • Breton: azvelen — somewhat yellow
  • Breton: damvelen — somewhat yellow
  • Bulgarian: жълтеникав (žǎltenikav) — somewhat yellow
  • Catalan: groguenc — somewhat yellow
  • Catalan: grogós — somewhat yellow
  • Czech: žlutavý — somewhat yellow
  • Danish: gulagtig — somewhat yellow
  • Danish: gullig — somewhat yellow
  • Dutch: gelig — somewhat yellow
  • Dutch: geelachtig — somewhat yellow
  • Esperanto: flaveta — somewhat yellow
  • Esperanto: dubeflava — somewhat yellow
  • Estonian: kollakas — somewhat yellow
  • Finnish: kellertävä — somewhat yellow
  • Finnish: kellahko — somewhat yellow
  • French: jaunâtre — somewhat yellow
  • Galician: amarelado — somewhat yellow
  • Galician: amarelento — somewhat yellow
  • Georgian: მოყვითალო (moq̇vitalo) — somewhat yellow
  • German: gelblich — somewhat yellow
  • Hebrew: צְהַבְהַב (ts'havháv) — somewhat yellow
  • Hungarian: sárgás — somewhat yellow
  • Icelandic: gulleitur — somewhat yellow
  • Interlingua: aliquanto jalne — somewhat yellow
  • Irish: scothbhuí — somewhat yellow
  • Irish: leathbhuí — somewhat yellow
  • Italian: giallastro — somewhat yellow
  • Italian: gialliccio — somewhat yellow
  • Italian: giallognolo — somewhat yellow
  • Kalmyk: шарвцр (şarvtsr) — somewhat yellow
  • Kazakh: сарғылт (sarğylt) — somewhat yellow
  • Latin: galbinus — somewhat yellow
  • Latin: luteolus — somewhat yellow
  • Latvian: iedzeltens — somewhat yellow
  • Latvian: dzeltengans — somewhat yellow
  • Latvian: dzeltenīgs — somewhat yellow
  • Marathi: पिवळट (pivḷaṭ) — somewhat yellow
  • Marathi: पिवळसर (pivaḷsar) — somewhat yellow
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gulaktig — somewhat yellow
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gulaktig — somewhat yellow
  • Polish: żółtawy — somewhat yellow
  • Portuguese: amarelado — somewhat yellow
  • Portuguese: amarelento — somewhat yellow
  • Portuguese: tirante a amarelo — somewhat yellow
  • Romanian: gălbui — somewhat yellow
  • Romanian: gălbenatic — somewhat yellow
  • Romanian: gălbeniu — somewhat yellow
  • Romanian: gălbiu — somewhat yellow
  • Russian: желтова́тый (želtovátyj) — somewhat yellow
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo-bhuidhe — somewhat yellow
  • Serbo-Croatian: жу̏ћкаст — somewhat yellow
  • Serbo-Croatian: žȕćkast — somewhat yellow
  • Shor: сарғамдық — somewhat yellow
  • Spanish: amarillento — somewhat yellow
  • Swedish: gulaktig — somewhat yellow
  • Turkish: sarımsı — somewhat yellow
  • Ottoman Turkish: صاریمسی (sarımsı) — somewhat yellow
  • Volapük: yelovilik — somewhat yellow
  • Volapük: yeliblik — somewhat yellow
  • Volapük: luyelibik — somewhat yellow
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