giallo

Italian

Etymology

From Old French jalne from Latin galbinus.

Pronunciation

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

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• Hyphenation: giàl‧lo

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)

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

Related terms

• giallastro
• gialleggiare
• gialligno
• giallista
• giallognolo
• giallorosa
• giallume
• ingiallire

Anagrams

• gallio

See also

• (basic colors) colore; arancione, azzurro, bianco, blu, giallo, grigio, marrone, nero, rosa, rosso, verde, viola ^{(Category: it:Colors) [edit]}