giallo

Italian

An appertivo giallo

Etymology

From Old French jalne from Latin galbinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʒ͡al.lo], /ˈdʒallo/

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• Hyphenation: giàl‧lo
• Rhymes: -allo

Adjective

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

1. yellow
2. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (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, 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)}