giallo — meaning in English

English meaning

• amber noun A hard, translucent, yellow-to-brown fossilized tree resin, used in jewellery and sometimes containing preserved insects.
• mystery noun Something unexplained, unknown, or puzzling.
• yellow noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.

Senses

giallo is used for these senses in English:

• amber (British, AU) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
• whodunit A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.
• yellow The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.

amber — full definition

1. noun A hard, translucent, yellow-to-brown fossilized tree resin, used in jewellery and sometimes containing preserved insects.
2. noun A yellowish-orange colour, like that of the resin.
3. noun The middle light of a traffic signal, signalling drivers to stop if it is safe to do so.
4. adj Of a brownish-yellow colour.

mystery — full definition

1. noun Something unexplained, unknown, or puzzling.
2. noun A story, book, or film built around solving a puzzling crime, with the answer revealed at the end.
3. noun A religious truth or rite considered beyond ordinary human understanding.

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