Italian

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ giallo (yellow) +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.d͡ʒalˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧gial‧lì‧re

Verb

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ingiallìre (first-person singular present ingiallìsco, first-person singular past historic ingiallìi, past participle ingiallìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to turn yellow, to make yellow, to yellow
  2. (intransitive) to turn yellow, to become yellow, to yellow [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • ingiallire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana