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yellow in Tagalog

dilaw

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Southern England/ˈjɛləʊ/Northumbria/ˈjɛlo/

yellow in Tagalog: dilaw, amarilyo. In English, yellow means the color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.

Tagalog words for yellow

having yellow as its color
dilaw, amarilyo

English meaning of yellow

  1. noun The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
  2. noun The middle light in a set of three traffic lights, the lighting of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
  3. noun One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
  4. noun One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).

Full definition of yellow

yellow in a sentence

  • He had a yellow laptop in his bag.
  • yellow constituencies
  • the black–yellow coalition

Synonyms of yellow

All synonyms of yellow

yellow in other languages

Questions about yellow in Tagalog

What is the meaning of yellow in Tagalog?
Yellow in Tagalog is dilaw, amarilyo.
Ano ang yellow sa Tagalog?
Yellow: dilaw, amarilyo.
What does yellow mean in English?
Yellow means the color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.

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