yelow

English

Adjective

yelow

  1. Misspelling of yellow.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ġeolu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛlɔu̯/, /ˈjɛlwə/

Adjective

yelow

  1. yellow, yellowish, gold
  2. yellow-coloured
  3. golden-brown
  4. (of hair) golden, blonde, light
  5. (of skin) yellow, sallow, pale
  6. blue-grey

Descendants

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Noun

yelow

  1. yellow
  2. (heraldry) yellow, or
  3. yellow textiles
  4. (rare) yellow pigment
  5. an egg yolk
  6. an object or feature notable for being yellow

Descendants

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See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak      broun, tawne
             claret              red ; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre              yelow, dorry ; canevas
             grasgrene              grene                           plunket ; ewage
             asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers              violet ; inde              rose, murrey ; purpel
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