giallo

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

Old French jalne from Latin galbus

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈdʒ͡al.lo], /ˈdʒallo/, SAMPA: /"dZallo/
  • Hyphenation: giàl‧lo

[edit] Adjective

giallo m (f gialla, m plural gialli, f plural gialle)

  1. yellow
  2. mystery (of story, novel, movie etc), detective (of story, novel, movie etc), crime (of story, novel, etc)

[edit] Noun

giallo m. (plural gialli)

  1. the colour yellow
  2. amber, yellow (traffic signals)
  3. mystery, (police) case
  4. detective fiction, detective novel, detective story; crime fiction, crime novel, crime story

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