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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesjaune
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʒon
"Le soleil brille d'un éclat jaune."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The color yellow in Spanish contexts, or a geographical proper noun referring to specific locations such as the city in Texas.
"The travelers stopped overnight in Amarillo during their cross-country road trip."
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Pertaining to things characterized by a yellow color in Spanish-influenced naming conventions.
"The historic district featured bright amarillo painted facades."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Spanish adjective amarillo (yellow), originating from the Latin amarus (bitter), which through complex historical color associations shifted to denote pale or yellow hues. In English, it is primarily adopted as a proper geographic noun referencing cities and regions named after the Spanish descriptor.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Amarillo" is said worldwide
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jaune
Transliteration: ʒon
"Le soleil brille d'un éclat jaune."
gelb
Transliteration: ɡɛlp
"Die Blumen im Garten sind gelb."
giallo
Transliteration: ˈdʒallo
"Indossava una camicia di colore giallo."
amarillo
Transliteration: amaˈɾiʎo
"El taxi es de color amarillo."
amarelo
Transliteration: amaˈɾɛlu
"A banana madura é amarela."
पीला
Transliteration: peela
Script: पीला रंग
"सूरज का रंग पीला है।"
黄色
Transliteration: huángsè
"秋天的叶子变成了黄色。"
노란색
Transliteration: noransaek
"그는 노란색 자동차를 운전합니다."
黄色
Transliteration: kiiro
"彼女は黄色いドレスを着ています。"
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