yellowface
English
noun
Definitions
- A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor yellows their face in order to portray an East Asian.
Etymology
Compound from English yellow (a colour like that of copper, yellow flag) + English face (figure, form, shape).
Origin
English
face
Gloss
figure, form, shape
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
姿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blackface English
- Jewface English
- PrimeFaces English
- Yellowknife English
- Yellowstone English
- about-face English
- aface English
- antiyellow English
- arseface English
- assface English
- babyface English
- backface English
- beyellowed English
- biface English
- bitchface English
- blackface English
- blockface English
- boldface English
- boltface English
- brazenface English
- breakface English
- brownface English
- buttface English
- catface English
- clubface English
- coalface English
- cockface English
- counterface English
- crapface English
- crater face English
- cuntface English
- dickface English
- dogface English
- dollface English
- dorkface English
- doucheface English
- doughface English
- downface English
- duckface English
- eigenface English
- enantioface English
- enface English
- exoface English
- face English
- face fly English
- face-off English
- faceable English
- faceache English
- facebook English
- facebow English
- facebuster English
- facecam English
- facecare English
- facecloth English
- facecrime English
- faced English
- facefirst English
- facefuck English
- faceful English
- faceguard English
- faceism English
- faceless English
- facelet English
- facelick English
- facelift English
- facelike English
- facemail English
- facemask English
- faceoff English
- facepaint English
- facepalm English
- facepic English
- facepiece English
- faceplant English
- faceplate English
- faceprint English
- facer English
- facesaving English
- facesitter English
- facesitting English
- facest English
- faceth English
- faceup English
- faceward English
- facewards English
- facewash English
- facewear English
- facewipe English
- facework English
- faceworker English
- facey English
- fagface English
- faggotface English
- falseface English
- fartface English
- fatface English
- foreface English
- foxface English
- freckleface English
- fuckface English
- full-course yellow English
- gasface English
- gayface English
- heartface English
- hemiface English
- horseface English
- hyperface English
- infrayellow English
- interface English
- jerkface English
- lightface English
- manface English
- midface English
- monkeyface English
- moon-face English
- nonface English
- nonyellow English
- outface English
- paleface English
- pieface English
- pigface English
- pissface English
- pooface English
- pram face English
- prickface English
- pukeface English
- ratface English
- redface English
- reface English
- scarface English
- screwface English
- scumface English
- shitface English
- shoreface English
- sleeveface English
- slimeface English
- slipface English
- slutface English
- snotface English
- snowface English
- spotface English
- straightface English
- subface English
- tardface English
- trollface English
- twi-faced English
- typeface English
- underface English
- unface English
- uniface English
- unyellow English
- wankface English
- wheyface English
- whiteface English
- yeldrin English
- yellow English
- yellow bone English
- yellow-bellied English
- yellow-green English
- yellow-red English
- yellowback English
- yellowbelly English
- yellowberry English
- yellowbill English
- yellowbird English
- yellowcake English
- yellowcress English
- yellowen English
- yelloweye English
- yellowfacing English
- yellowfin English
- yellowfish English
- yellowhead English
- yellowhorn English
- yellowish English
- yellowjacket English
- yellowly English
- yellowmouth English
- yellowness English
- yellowroot English
- yellowseed English
- yellowshanks English
- yellowshins English
- yellowtail English
- yellowthroat English
- yellowtop English
- yellowware English
- yellowwood English
- yellowwort English
- yellowy English
- zitface English
- fjes Norwegian Bokmål
- fejs Swedish
- イエロー Japanese
- fjes Norwegian Nynorsk
- face Middle English
- yelwe, yelow, yelou Middle English
- fásáil Irish
- fjæs Danish
- 番斯 Chinese
- iaļo Marshallese
- pes Tok Pisin
- yelo Tok Pisin
- feese Pennsylvania German
- yelo Bislama
- face
- faced
- aface
- facer
- facey
- faceup
- yellow
- enface
- facest
- biface
- unface
- faceth
- reface
- gasface
- faceism
- faceful
- yeldrin
- pigface
- midface
- dogface
- manface
- exoface
- facelet
- redface
- fatface
- Jewface
- assface
- subface
- nonface
- outface
- facecam
- catface
- facebow
- yellowy
- fagface
- pooface
- foxface
- pieface
- faceoff
- facepic
- gayface
- ratface
- zitface
- uniface
- facecare
- backface
- crapface
- facepalm
- faceache
- boltface
- wheyface
- slipface
- arseface
- dollface
- coalface
- slutface
- face fly
- facemask
- facewipe
- spotface
- facework
- paleface
- face-off
- facemail
- faceable
- buttface
- shitface
- jerkface
- facelick
- facelike
- boldface
- scarface
- typeface
- dickface
- yellowly
- scumface
- facefuck
- downface
- facewear
- hemiface
- yellowen
- clubface
- tardface
- snowface
- cockface
- babyface
- dorkface
- fuckface
- foreface
- facewash
- faceless
- wankface
- faceward
- pukeface
- cuntface
- pissface
- unyellow
- snotface
- facelift
- duckface
- fartface
- blockface
- faceplate
- Blackface
- facepaint
- facepiece
- faceguard
- lightface
- twi-faced
- bitchface
- moon-face
- yellowtop
- yelloweye
- facefirst
- facewards
- eigenface
- facecloth
- brownface
- slimeface
- pram face
- falseface
- interface
- hyperface
- whiteface
- doughface
- faceplant
- trollface
- yellowfin
- facecrime
- faceprint
- yellowish
- shoreface
- breakface
- prickface
- heartface
- nonyellow
- horseface
- blackface
- screwface
- underface
- yellowseed
- facebuster
- about-face
- yellow-red
- yellowroot
- sleeveface
- yellowware
- yellowness
- yellowhorn
- facesaving
- brazenface
- faceworker
- beyellowed
- yellowwood
- yellowbill
- yellowback
- yellowwort
- facesitter
- doucheface
- yellowtail
- yellowhead
- yellowfish
- faggotface
- yellowcake
- PrimeFaces
- yellowbird
- antiyellow
- monkeyface
- yellowbelly
- yellowcress
- Yellowknife
- yellowshins
- enantioface
- infrayellow
- counterface
- crater face
- yellowberry
- yellowmouth
- Yellowstone
- yellow bone
- freckleface
- facesitting
- yellowshanks
- straightface
- yellowthroat
- yellowfacing
- yellow-green
- yellowjacket
- yellow-bellied
- full-course yellow