Adjective: giallo
Hyphenation: giàl‧lo
| Singular m. | giallo |
| Singular f. | gialla |
| Plural m. | gialli |
| Plural f. | gialle |
Sample Sentences
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Mistero giallo. (Crime mystery.)
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Racconti gialli. (Whodunit tales.)
Adjectives inflected like giallo
periurbano,
rigenerativo,
ionizzato,
surrogato,
monferrino,
coscienzioso,
palesato,
urinoso,
megadiverso,
autovalutativo,
sfatto,
sfitto,
tiburtino,
evacuato,
meschino,
angloamericano,
moltiplicativo,
sessantaseiesimo,
transgiordano,
sereno, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
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. See: Latin Adjectives '
galbinus'.
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