yellow light

English

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Noun

yellow light (plural yellow lights)

1. (US) A traffic light, between the green light and the red light, indicating that vehicles should stop if safely possible.
2. (idiomatic) Hesitance to proceed; limited approval or permission to proceed.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yellow,‎ light.

Synonyms

• (traffic light): amber light (dated in US; slightly different meaning to traffic in Britain)

Holonyms

• stoplight, stop light (= traffic light)
• traffic light
• traffic signal

 

Coordinate terms

• green light
• red light
• stoplight, stop light (= red light)

 

Translations

traffic light between the green light and the red light

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黃燈／黄灯 (wong⁴ dang¹)

  Mandarin: 黃燈／黄灯 (zh) (huángdēng)

• Finnish: keltainen valo
• French: feu jaune (fr) m, feu orange (fr) m
• Georgian: ყვითელი შუქი (q̇viteli šuki)
• German: Gelblicht n
• Hungarian: sárga fény
• Japanese: 黄信号 (ja) (きしんごう, kishingō)
• Lao: ໄຟເຫຼືອງ (fai lư̄ang)
• Russian: жёлтый свет m (žóltyj svet)
• Shan: ၾႆးလိူင် (fái lǒeng), ၽႆးလိူင် (phái lǒeng)
• Thai: ไฟเหลือง (th)
• Turkish: sarı ışık

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