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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdʒaləʊ/ [UK], /ˈdʒæloʊ/ [US] Forms: giallos [plural], gialli [plural, rare]
Rhymes: -æləʊ Etymology: Etymology tree Latin galbinus Old French jalnebor. Italian giallobor. English giallo Borrowed from Italian giallo (literally “yellow”), in reference to the yellow covers of a series of mystery novels published by Mondadori from 1929. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|it:giallo<lit:yellow><ety:bor<fro:jalne<ety:inh<la:galbinus>>>>|nodot=1|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin galbinus Old French jalnebor. Italian giallobor. English giallo [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "galbinus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "jalne", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "giallo", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "giallo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="giallo"> Borrowed from Italian giallo (literally “yellow”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|gialli<l:rare>}} giallo (countable and uncountable, plural giallos or (rare) gialli)
  1. (uncountable) A genre of Italian cinema mixing mystery and thriller with psychological elements. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-giallo-en-noun-gO40fepf Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 52 48
  2. (countable) A film in this genre. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-giallo-en-noun-3h8lZP9S Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Film genres Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 52 48 Disambiguation of Film genres: 42 58

Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒal.lo/
Rhymes: -allo Etymology: Borrowed from Old French jalne (variant of jaune), from Latin galbinus. Crime fiction sense is in reference to the yellow covers of a series of mystery novels published by Mondadori from 1929. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|fro|jalne}} Borrowed from Old French jalne, {{der|it|la|galbinus}} Latin galbinus Head templates: {{it-adj|aug=giallóne|derog=giallùccio|dim=giallìno,giallétto<pos:also “sweet yellow flour roll with raisins” as a noun, in the Veneto>,giallolìno<pos:also “Naples yellow” as a noun>|pej=giallàccio|sup=giallissimo}} giallo (feminine gialla, masculine plural gialli, feminine plural gialle, superlative giallissimo, diminutive giallìno or giallétto (also “sweet yellow flour roll with raisins” as a noun, in the Veneto) or giallolìno (also “Naples yellow” as a noun), augmentative giallóne, pejorative giallàccio, derogatory giallùccio) Forms: gialla [feminine], gialli [masculine, plural], gialle [feminine, plural], giallissimo [superlative], giallìno [diminutive], giallétto [also, diminutive, error-unknown-tag, noun], giallolìno [also, diminutive, error-unknown-tag, noun], giallóne [augmentative], giallàccio [pejorative], giallùccio [derogatory]
  1. yellow
    Sense id: en-giallo-it-adj-xoWiybqy Categories (other): Yellows Disambiguation of Yellows: 36 6 38 15 3 2
  2. involving crimes and detective work (of a story)
    Sense id: en-giallo-it-adj-ClpIAg5R Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with ignored alt parameters, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Film genres Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 9 0 34 1 23 21 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 0 39 1 26 23 1 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 1 43 1 28 26 1 Disambiguation of Italian links with ignored alt parameters: 2 42 2 27 25 2 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 0 42 2 28 25 2 Disambiguation of Film genres: 0 41 3 27 26 3

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒal.lo/ Forms: gialli [plural]
Rhymes: -allo Etymology: Borrowed from Old French jalne (variant of jaune), from Latin galbinus. Crime fiction sense is in reference to the yellow covers of a series of mystery novels published by Mondadori from 1929. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|fro|jalne}} Borrowed from Old French jalne, {{der|it|la|galbinus}} Latin galbinus Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} giallo m (plural gialli)
  1. yellow Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-giallo-it-noun-xoWiybqy Categories (other): Yellows Disambiguation of Yellows: 36 6 38 15 3 2
  2. amber, yellow (traffic signals) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-giallo-it-noun-D-pC42In Categories (other): Yellows Disambiguation of Yellows: 36 6 38 15 3 2
  3. detective fiction, detective novel, detective story; crime fiction; whodunit; pulp fiction Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-giallo-it-noun-t3TjcAt0 Categories (other): Literature Disambiguation of Literature: 0 0 0 0 100 0
  4. (by extension) mystery, (police) case Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-giallo-it-noun-3qMZkN8V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: giallastro, gialleggiare, gialligno, giallista, giallognolo, giallorosa, giallume, ingiallire

Inflected forms

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