jaunir
Meanings
Verb
1. to go yellow, to turn yellow (intransitive)
a. to ripen (of bananas, intransitive)
2. to make yellow (transitive)
Examples7
Les documents ont jauni avec l'âge.
The documents have yellowed with age.
Les feuilles de l'arbre ont jauni.
The leaves of the tree turned yellow.
Toutes les feuilles de l'arbre ont jauni.
All the leaves on the tree turned yellow.
Les feuilles jaunissent déjà.
The leaves are turning yellow already.
À l'automne, les feuilles des arbres jaunissent.
In the autumn, the leaves on the trees become yellow.
Tom jaunit.
Tom is turning yellow.