FromItaliangiallo.
giallo (countable anduncountable,pluralgiallosor(rare)gialli)
- (uncountable) Agenre ofItaliancinema mixingmystery andthriller withpsychological elements.
- (countable) A film in this genre.
Un aperitivo gialloBorrowed fromOld Frenchjalne (variant ofjaune), fromLatingalbinus. Crime fiction sense derives from the yellow covers of cheap crime literature.
giallo (femininegialla,masculine pluralgialli,feminine pluralgialle,diminutivegiallìnoorgiallétto(also “sweet yellow flour roll with raisins” as a noun, in theVeneto)orgiallolìno(also “Naples yellow” as a noun),augmentativegiallóne,pejorativegiallàccio,derogatorygiallùccio)
- yellow
- involvingcrimes anddetective work(of a story)
Misterogiallo.- Crime mystery.
Raccontigialli.- Whodunit tales.
giallo m (pluralgialli)
- yellow
- amber, yellow(traffic signals)
- mystery,(police)case
- detectivefiction, detectivenovel, detectivestory;crime fiction;whodunit;pulp fiction
