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yellowish

yel·low·ish
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [yel-oh-ish]
    • /ˈyɛl oʊ ɪʃ/
    • /ˈjel.əʊ.ɪʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yel-oh-ish]
    • /ˈyɛl oʊ ɪʃ/

Definitions of yellowish word

  • adjective yellowish somewhat yellow; tinged with yellow; yellowy. 1
  • noun yellowish Somewhat yellow (in colour). 1
  • adjective yellowish slightly yellow 1
  • adjective yellowish Something that is yellowish is slightly yellow in colour. 0
  • adjective yellowish Yellowish is also a combining form. 0
  • adjective yellowish somewhat yellow 0
See all 6 definitions of yellowish

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Origin of yellowish

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at yellow, -ish1

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Parts of speech for Yellowish

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Yellowish

yellowish popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for yellowish

adjective yellowish

  • creamy — Food or drink that is creamy contains a lot of cream or milk.
  • flaxen — made of flax.
  • golden — bright, metallic, or lustrous like gold; of the color of gold; yellow: golden hair.
  • sandy — of the nature of or consisting of sand.
  • straw — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.

noun yellowish

  • olive — a female given name.
  • sand — George [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant) 1804–76, French novelist.
  • saddler — a person who makes, repairs, or sells saddlery.
  • creamer — Creamer is a white powder that is used in tea and coffee instead of milk.
  • khaki — dull yellowish brown.
All 18 Synonyms of yellowish

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