saffronItalian → EnglishOxford Italian–Englishsaffron /BrE ˈsafr(ə)n , AmE ˈsæfrən / I noun (all contexts) zafferano m; before n [flavour, flower] di zafferano; [rice] allo zafferanoII adjective [COLOURS] [robes, cloth] (giallo) zafferano