śal
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sal"
Emilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French jalne from Latin galbinus. Compare Italian giallo.
The crime fiction sense derives from the cheap paper used for crime literature, which becomes yellow as it ages.
Pronunciation
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un bévar śal
- a yellow glass
Adjective
śal (masculine plural śai, feminine śala, feminine plural śali) (Mirandola)
- yellow
- (of a story) involving crimes and detective work
- mistēr śal ― crime mystery
- cont śal ― whodunit tales
Noun
śal m (plural śai)
- the colour yellow
- amber, yellow (traffic signals)
- mystery, police case
- detective fiction, detective novel, detective story; crime fiction; whodunit; pulp fiction
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