yellowjacket
English
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
Etymology
Compound from English yellow (a colour like that of copper, yellow flag) + English jacket.
Origin
English
jacket
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yellowknife English
- Yellowstone English
- antiyellow English
- bedjacket English
- beyellowed English
- bluejacket English
- bookjacket English
- full-course yellow English
- half-jacket English
- infrayellow English
- jacket English
- jacketless English
- leatherjacket English
- nonyellow English
- rainjacket English
- rejacket English
- shooting-jacket English
- straitjacket English
- unyellow 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
- yellowface English
- yellowfin English
- yellowfish English
- yellowhead English
- yellowhorn English
- yellowish 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
- イエロー Japanese
- ジャケット Japanese
- yelwe, yelow, yelou Middle English
- seaicéad Irish
- जैकेट Hindi
- geacă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- แจ็กเก็ต Thai
- jaket Indonesian
- siaced Welsh
- dyaket Tagalog
- jacquet Middle French
- 夾克 Chinese
- jaketi Swahili
- 재킷 Korean
- iaļo Marshallese
- saket Tok Pisin
- yelo Tok Pisin
- jekete Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- yelo Bislama
- ጃኬት Amharic
- yellow
- jacket
- yellowy
- yeldrin
- unyellow
- rejacket
- yellowly
- yellowen
- bedjacket
- nonyellow
- yelloweye
- yellowfin
- yellowtop
- yellowish
- yellowwort
- yellowbird
- yellowface
- yellowroot
- bookjacket
- yellowseed
- yellowwood
- antiyellow
- yellowware
- yellowhead
- rainjacket
- yellowfish
- bluejacket
- yellowness
- yellowtail
- yellowhorn
- yellowbill
- yellowback
- jacketless
- yellowcake
- beyellowed
- yellow-red
- Yellowstone
- infrayellow
- half-jacket
- yellowbelly
- yellow bone
- yellowshins
- yellowberry
- yellowmouth
- Yellowknife
- yellowcress
- yellowthroat
- yellowshanks
- straitjacket
- yellow-green
- leatherjacket
- yellow-bellied
- shooting-jacket
- full-course yellow