giallo

From Italian giallo.

giallo (countable and uncountable, plural giallos or (rare) gialli)

1. (uncountable) A genre of Italian cinema mixing mystery and thriller with psychological elements.
2. (countable) A film in this genre.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒal.lo/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: giàl‧lo

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

1. yellow
2. involving crimes and detective work (of a story)

   Mistero giallo.

   Crime mystery.

   Racconti gialli.

   Whodunit tales.

giallo m (plural gialli)

1. yellow
2. amber, yellow (traffic signals)
3. mystery, (police) case
4. detective fiction, detective novel, detective story; crime fiction; whodunit; pulp fiction

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