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Yellow in Different Languages: Yellow is the color that has a prevailing wavelength of 570– 590 nm between orange and green on the spectrum of visible light. It is a key pigment for subtractive painting or screen-printing schemes. Yellow is a secondary color created from a mixture of red and green at the same level.
Yellow in All Languages
Translation of word Yellow in almost 100+ different languages of the world.
| Different Languages | Word Yellow |
|---|---|
| Albanian | e verdhe |
| Basque | horia |
| Belarusian | жоўты |
| Bosnian | žut |
| Bulgarian | жълт |
| Catalan | groc |
| Croatian | žuta boja |
| Czech | žlutý |
| Danish | gul |
| Dutch | geel |
| Estonian | kollane |
| Finnish | keltainen |
| French | jaune |
| Galician | amarelo |
| German | Gelb |
| Greek | κίτρινος (kítrinos) |
| Hungarian | sárga |
| Icelandic | Gult |
| Irish | buí |
| Italian | giallo |
| Latvian | dzeltens |
| Lithuanian | geltonas |
| Macedonian | жолта |
| Maltese | isfar |
| Norwegian | gul |
| Polish | żółty |
| Portuguese | amarelo |
| Romanian | galben |
| Russian | желтый (zheltyy) |
| Serbian | жут (zhut) |
| Slovak | žltá |
| Slovenian | rumena |
| Spanish | amarillo |
| Swedish | gul |
| Ukrainian | жовтий (zhovtyy) |
| Welsh | melyn |
| Yiddish | געל |
| Armenian | դեղին գույն |
| Azerbaijani | sarı |
| Bengali | হলুদ |
| Chinese Simplified | 黄色 (huángsè) |
| Chinese Traditional | 黃色 (huángsè) |
| Georgian | ყვითელი |
| Gujarati | પીળા |
| Hindi | पीला |
| Hmong | daj |
| Japanese | 黄 |
| Kannada | ಹಳದಿ |
| Kazakh | сары |
| Khmer | លឿង |
| Korean | 노랑 (nolang) |
| Lao | ສີເຫຼືອງ |
| Malayalam | മഞ്ഞ |
| Marathi | पिवळा |
| Mongolian | шар |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဝါသော |
| Nepali | पहेंलो |
| Sinhala | කහ |
| Tajik | зард |
| Tamil | மஞ்சள் |
| Telugu | పసుపు |
| Thai | สีเหลือง |
| Turkish | Sarı |
| Urdu | پیلے رنگ |
| Uzbek | sariq |
| Vietnamese | màu vàng |
| Arabic | الأصفر (al'asfar) |
| Hebrew | צהוב |
| Persian | رنگ زرد |
| Afrikaans | geel |
| Chichewa | yellow |
| Hausa | rawaya |
| Igbo | odo |
| Sesotho | mosehla |
| Somali | jaalaha ah |
| Swahili | njano |
| Yoruba | ofeefee |
| Zulu | ophuzi |
| Cebuano | dalag nga |
| Filipino | dilaw |
| Indonesian | kuning |
| Javanese | kuning |
| Malagasy | mavo |
| Malay | kuning |
| Maori | kōwhai |
| Esperanto | flava |
| Haitian Creole | jòn |
| Latin | flavo |
Yellow in European Languages
Translation of word Yellow in almost 42 European languages.
| Different Languages | Word Yellow |
|---|---|
| Albanian | e verdhe |
| Basque | horia |
| Belarusian | жоўты |
| Bosnian | žut |
| Bulgarian | жълт |
| Catalan | groc |
| Corsican | ghjallu |
| Croatian | žuta boja |
| Czech | žlutý |
| Danish | gul |
| Dutch | geel |
| Estonian | kollane |
| Finnish | keltainen |
| French | jaune |
| Frisian | giel |
| Galician | amarelo |
| German | Gelb |
| Greek | κίτρινος [kítrinos] |
| Hungarian | sárga |
| Icelandic | Gult |
| Irish | buí |
| Italian | giallo |
| Latvian | dzeltens |
| Lithuanian | geltonas |
| Luxembourgish | Giel |
| Macedonian | жолта |
| Maltese | isfar |
| Norwegian | gul |
| Polish | żółty |
| Portuguese | amarelo |
| Romanian | galben |
| Russian | желтый [zheltyy] |
| Scots Gaelic | buidhe |
| Serbian | жут [zhut] |
| Slovak | žltá |
| Slovenian | rumena |
| Spanish | amarillo |
| Swedish | gul |
| Tatar | сары |
| Ukrainian | жовтий [zhovtyy] |
| Welsh | melyn |
| Yiddish | געל |
Yellow in Asian Languages
Translation of word Yellow in almost 36 Asian languages.
| Different Languages | Word Yellow |
|---|---|
| Armenian | դեղին գույն |
| Azerbaijani | sarı |
| Bengali | হলুদ |
| Chinese Simplified | 黄色 [huángsè] |
| Chinese Traditional | 黃色 [huángsè] |
| Georgian | ყვითელი |
| Gujarati | પીળા |
| Hindi | पीला |
| Hmong | daj |
| Japanese | 黄 |
| Kannada | ಹಳದಿ |
| Kazakh | сары |
| Khmer | លឿង |
| Korean | 노랑 [nolang] |
| Kyrgyz | Сары |
| Lao | ສີເຫຼືອງ |
| Malayalam | മഞ്ഞ |
| Marathi | पिवळा |
| Mongolian | шар |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဝါသော |
| Nepali | पहेंलो |
| Odia | ହଳଦିଆ |
| Pashto | ژیړ |
| Punjabi | ਪੀਲਾ |
| Sindhi | پيلو |
| Sinhala | කහ |
| Tajik | зард |
| Tamil | மஞ்சள் |
| Telugu | పసుపు |
| Thai | สีเหลือง |
| Turkish | Sarı |
| Turkmen | sary |
| Urdu | پیلے رنگ |
| Uyghur | سېرىق |
| Uzbek | sariq |
| Vietnamese | màu vàng |
Yellow in Middle East Languages
Translation of word Yellow in 4 middle eastern languages.
| Different Languages | Word Yellow |
|---|---|
| Arabic | الأصفر [al'asfar] |
| Hebrew | צהוב |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | zer |
| Persian | رنگ زرد |
Yellow in African Languages
Translation of word Yellow in almost 13 African languages.
| Different Languages | Word Yellow |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | geel |
| Amharic | ቢጫ |
| Chichewa | yellow |
| Hausa | rawaya |
| Igbo | odo |
| Kinyarwanda | umuhondo |
| Sesotho | mosehla |
| Shona | yero |
| Somali | jaalaha ah |
| Swahili | njano |
| Xhosa | lubhelu |
| Yoruba | ofeefee |
| Zulu | ophuzi |
Yellow in Austronesian Languages
Translation of word Yellow in almost 10 Austronesian languages.
| Different Languages | Word Yellow |
|---|---|
| Cebuano | dalag nga |
| Filipino | dilaw |
| Hawaiian | melemele |
| Indonesian | kuning |
| Javanese | kuning |
| Malagasy | mavo |
| Malay | kuning |
| Maori | kōwhai |
| Samoan | lanu samasama |
| Sundanese | koneng |
Yellow in Other Foreign Languages
| Different Languages | Word Yellow |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | flava |
| Haitian Creole | jòn |
| Latin | flavo |
Video Translation of Yellow in 10 Other Languages
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More Information about Yellow
Yellow became one of the first colors in the prehistoric cave paintings, made of clay, as a yellow ochre pigment.
The Egyptians used yellow widely in tomb artworks; they generally used either yellow ochre or a brilliant orpiment, but it was made of arsenic and was extremely toxic.
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The yellow was also believed to be imperishable, immortal and indestructible in ancient Egypt. For their drawings, ancient Romans used yellow, both in gold and in tones of skin.
Because of its clear visibility, yellow was strongly appreciated in the 20th century. Due to the ability to be seen from longer distances and at higher speeds, yellow is the best color to be seen from moving cars.
It sometimes replaced red like the color of firetrucks and other emergency personnel and was popular with neon signs, especially in Las Vegas and China, with the most appreciated color in yellow.
Yellow has contrasting meanings as the color of optimism, expectation, and joy. Yellow holds for freshness, pleasure, good-lookingness, honesty, strength, confidence, wisdom, remembrance, knowledge, honor, integrity and joy on the one hand.
But cowardice and suffering on the other. Caution, illness and envy can be a bland or dingy color. The yellow color has an inconsistent and spontaneous appearance.
There are many ways to speak word yellow in different languages. The color of sun is also yellow.
It can often be linked to food and is commonly used in children’s items and in advertisements made specially for children perceived by people as a childish color yellow is not an attractive color when it comes to selling respectable or affluent men’s products to influential or wealthy men.
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