Translation
yellow
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Word origin
From Latin flavus ('golden yellow'), a colour word Zamenhof took straight from the classical language rather than from any modern one.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- flavus
Examples
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She wore a beautiful yellow dress.
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The leaves turn yellow before the winter.
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Yellow flowers grow beside the road.
Most Esperanto colour words came from French or German; is the odd one out, lifted straight from Latin flavus because the modern languages could not agree (jaune, gelb, yellow, giallo). It behaves like any adjective, agreeing in number and case: . The derivatives are regular and useful: a is yellowish and i is to turn yellow, which is what old paper and autumn leaves do.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 11: flava, sistemo, aviadilo and 6 more words.