What does jaune in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word jaune in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use jaune in French.

The word jaune in French means yellow, yellow, Chink, scab, pastis, yellow alert, yellow birch, golden birch, yellow-headed blackbird, yellow card, yellow card, aircraft director, yellow-billed cuckoo, yellow star, yellow fever, yellow safety vest, canary yellow, canary yellow, ugly yellow, ugly yellow, egg yolk, golden yellow, cadmium yellow, chrome yellow, canary yellow, canary-yellow, pollack, pollock, temporary road markings, mark, line, double white lines, yellow jersey, Pope Joan, yellow ocher, yellow gold, American yellow warbler, the Yellow Peril, yellow pine, ponderosa pine, yellow pine, give a forced laugh, give a sour laugh, forced laugh, sour laugh, vin jaune, yellow-throated vireo. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word jaune

yellow

adjectif (couleur)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Les bananes sont jaunes. Est-ce que tu aimes ma nouvelle robe jaune ?
Bananas are yellow. Do you like my new yellow dress?

yellow

nom masculin (couleur)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le jaune ne te va pas du tout !
Yellow doesn't suit you at all!

Chink

nom masculin (péjoratif, injurieux (asiatique) (pejorative, offensive)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
C'est un jaune qui a emménagé au troisième.
A Chink moved into the third floor.

scab

nom masculin (familier (briseur de grêve) (informal, pejorative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ils ont trouvé des jaunes pour faire tourner les machines.
They found some scabs to run the machines.

pastis

nom masculin (argot (pastis) (drink)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
- Que veux-tu comme apéritif ? - Un jaune !
"What would you like to drink?" - "A pastis!"

yellow alert

nom féminin (alerte météorologique) (weather)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

yellow birch, golden birch

nom masculin (type de bouleau) (tree)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

yellow-headed blackbird

nom masculin (oiseau : xanthocephalus)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le carouge à tête jaune vit dans la région américaine des Grands Lacs.

yellow card

nom masculin (Sport : avertissement) (sports)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'arbitre a donné un carton jaune au footballeur pour tacle dangereux.

yellow card

nom masculin (figuré (sanction) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il a pris un carton jaune à force de chercher les limites.

aircraft director

nom masculin (marine : opérateur)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

yellow-billed cuckoo

nom masculin (oiseau : coucou américain)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

yellow star

nom féminin (signe vestimentaire discriminatoire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le régime nazi a imposé le port de l'étoile jaune aux Juifs.

yellow fever

nom féminin (maladie virale aiguë)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

yellow safety vest

nom masculin (gilet de sécurité)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

canary yellow

adjectif invariable (nuance de jaune vif) (colour)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
La jeune fille portait une robe jaune canari.

canary yellow

nom masculin (nuance de jaune vif) (colour)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je trouve que le jaune canari accentue encore mon teint pâle.

ugly yellow

nom masculin (péjoratif (jaune lumineux)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

ugly yellow

adjectif invariable (péjoratif (d'un jaune intense)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

egg yolk

nom masculin (vitellus)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je trempe la viande dans un jaune d’œuf pour la paner.
I dip the meat into egg yolk so the breadcrumbs will stick.

golden yellow

adjectif invariable (nuance de jaune) (color)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

cadmium yellow

adjectif invariable (nuance de jaune vif) (pigment color)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

chrome yellow

adjectif invariable (jaune orangé) (pigment color)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

canary yellow

nom masculin invariable (nuance de jaune)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

canary-yellow

adjectif invariable (jaune comme un poussin)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

pollack, pollock

nom masculin (variété de poisson) (fish)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le lieu jaune est un poisson péché dans l'Atlantique et dans la Méditerranée.

temporary road markings

nom féminin (France, courant (route : signalisation de travaux)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

mark, line

nom féminin (France, figuré (limite à ne pas dépasser) (figurative: limit)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. You shouldn't have said that. You've really overstepped the mark (or: crossed the line) now!

double white lines

nom féminin (France, vieux (route : interdiction au sol de dépasser) (equivalent)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

yellow jersey

nom masculin (cycliste en tête au Tour de France)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Pope Joan

nom masculin (jeu de cartes) (card game)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

yellow ocher

nom masculin (argile colorée) (pigment: US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

yellow gold

nom masculin (or pur) (precious metal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

American yellow warbler

nom féminin (passereau) (bird)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

the Yellow Peril

nom masculin (péjoratif (menace asiatique) (figurative, historical, offensive!)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le péril jaune fait référence à une menace d'invasion asiatique très supérieure en nombre.

yellow pine

nom masculin (Pin ponderosa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

ponderosa pine, yellow pine

nom masculin (pin central à nord américain) (tree)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

give a forced laugh, give a sour laugh

locution verbale (rire de mauvaise grâce)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Le professeur a ri jaune à sa caricature au tableau.

forced laugh, sour laugh

nom masculin (rire de mauvaise grâce) (countable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'humoriste grinçant suscitait plutôt des rires jaunes que de francs éclats de rire.

vin jaune

nom masculin (vin issu de cépage savagnin) (French wine)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

yellow-throated vireo

nom masculin (oiseau d'Amérique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le viréo a gorge jaune vit dans l'Est des États-Unis.

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