English Explanatory Dictionary

sallow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Yellowish.
  2. Of a sickly pale colour.
  3. Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
  4. Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
  5. Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
  6. Foul; murky; sickly.
verb
  1. To become sallow.
  2. To cause (someone or something) to become sallow.
noun
  1. A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.
  2. A willow twig or branch.

Pronunciation

/ˈsæloʊ/ Sallow.wav /ˈsæləʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sallow.wav /ˈsæləʉ/ /ˈsalo/

Word forms

sallow sallower sallowest salley sallows sallowing sallowed

Etymology

From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selH-. See also Dutch zaluw, dialectal German sal; also Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, Latin salīva, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”), and - through Frankish - French sale.

Synonyms

goat willow

Derived words

sallowfaced sallowish sallow kitten sallowly sallowness sallow sedge sallowy grey sallow sallow flute sally

Translations

Bulgarian: жълтеникав Bulgarian: зацапан Czech: zažloutlý Danish: gusten Finnish: kellertävä Finnish: harmaankeltainen French: cireux French: jaunâtre German: blassgelblich German: blässlich German: teigig Greek: ωχρός Greek: χλωμός Ancient Greek: ὠχρός Hungarian: sárgás Hungarian: fakó Hungarian: sárgásfakó Hungarian: sápadt Hungarian: színtelen Hungarian: pergamenszínű Kalmyk: шар даг Latin: lūridus Latin: lūteus Macedonian: жолте́никав Persian: زرد Plautdietsch: blauss Polish: ziemisty Polish: brudny Russian: земли́стый Scottish Gaelic: odhar Serbo-Croatian: žućkast Lower Sorbian: płowy Ottoman Turkish: صاری
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