giallo

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Italian

Un aperitivo giallo

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French jalne (variant of jaune), from Latin galbinus. Crime fiction sense derives from the yellow covers of cheap crime literature.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒal.lo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -allo
  • Hyphenation: giàl‧lo

Adjective

giallo (feminine gialla, masculine plural gialli, feminine plural gialle)

  1. yellow
  2. (of a story) involving crimes and detective work
    Mistero giallo.
    Crime mystery.
    Racconti gialli.
    Whodunit tales.

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; whodunit; pulp fiction

See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
     bianco      argento; grigio      nero
             rosso; cremisi              arancione; marrone; bronzo              giallo; oro; crema
             verde chiaro; limetta              verde              verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
             ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di              azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro              blu; blu scuro
             violetto; indaco              magenta; viola              rosa; fucsia; porpora

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