Kilo Lingo

yellow

/ˈjel.əʊ/

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Translation

Having the colour of the sun or of a lemon.

Word origin

From Old English geolu, from the same root as gold and glow.

Origin
Old English
Root
geolu

Examples

.

"Yellow" tells us the colour of the sun.

flower.

Here "yellow" describes the colour of the flower.

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Here "yellow" is the colour of the hat.

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This word is part of lesson 13.