Meanings
yellow pages1
nounyellow pages (plural yellow pages)
alternative Yellow Pages
- A telephone directory that lists commercial organizations, organized by type of organization.
Yellow Pages2
nounYellow Pages (plural Yellow Pages)
- Alternative letter-case form of yellow pages.
Origin
From such directories being printed on yellow paper.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 黃頁 /黄页
- 黃頁 /黄页 (huángyè)telephone directory that lists commercial organisations
Danish gule sider
- gule sidertelephone directory that lists commercial organisations
Dutch Gouden Gids
- Gouden Gidstelephone directory that lists commercial organisations
Finnish keltaiset sivut
- keltaiset sivuttelephone directory that lists commercial organisations
French pages jaunes
- pages jaunestelephone directory that lists commercial organisations
German Gelbe Seiten
- Gelbe Seitentelephone directory that lists commercial organisations
Japanese イエローページ
- イエローページ (ierōpēji)telephone directory that lists commercial organisations
Korean 옐로 페이지
- 옐로 페이지 (yello peiji)telephone directory that lists commercial organisations
Polish żółte strony
- żółte stronytelephone directory that lists commercial organisations
Portuguese páginas amarelas
- páginas amarelastelephone directory that lists commercial organisations
Russian жёлтые страни́цы
- жёлтые страни́цы (žóltye stranícy)telephone directory that lists commercial organisations
Spanish páginas amarillas
- páginas amarillastelephone directory that lists commercial organisations
Cite this entry
APA
yellow pages. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20pages
MLA
“yellow pages.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20pages. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yellow pages,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20pages.
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