Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yellowy

/ˈjɛloʊ.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: yel-lowy
IPA: /ˈjɛloʊ.i/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat yellow; yellowish.

Example Sentences

"Let the daisy, yellow-hearted, With its white leaves starry-parted, And the cowslips, yellowy pale, Serve her as a flowery veil—"
"[…] the worn-out antiquity of Sulaco, so characteristic with its stuccoed houses and barred windows, with the great yellowy-white walls of abandoned convents behind the rows of sombre green cypresses […]"
"I start the truck, drive west along the highway built on the dry bed of the Teays. There’s wide bottoms, and the hills on either side have yellowy billows the sun can’t burn off."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós Proto-Germanic *gelwaz Proto-West Germanic *gelu Old English ġeolu Middle English yelow English yellow English -y English yellowy From yellow + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈjɛloʊ.i/

Inflected Forms

yellowier (comparative) yellowiest (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce yellowy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɛloʊ.i/.
What does yellowy mean?: Somewhat yellow; yellowish.
Where does yellowy come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós Proto-Germanic *gelwaz Proto-West Germanic *gelu Old English ġeolu Middle English yelow English yellow English -y English yellowy From yellow + -y.

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