bella

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See also: Bella and Bellä

Catalan

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Adjective

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bella

  1. feminine singular of bell

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Substantivization of the singular feminine form of bello (“beautiful”).

Noun

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bella f (plural belle)

  1. beauty, belle (beautiful woman)
  2. sweetheart
    Synonyms: compagna, fidanzata, innamorata
  3. fair copy (final draft of a piece of writing)
  4. showdown (deciding match)
  5. a Renaissance-style ceramic plate decorated with portraits of young women
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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bella f sg

  1. feminine singular of bello

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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bella n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bellum (“war”)

Adjective

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bella

  1. inflection of bellus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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bellā

  1. ablative feminine singular of bellus

Verb

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bellā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of bellō

Lombard

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bella f

  1. (Old Lombard) beautiful

Makasar

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bella (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨒ)

  1. far
    Antonym: ambani

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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bella (present bellr, past singular ball)

  1. (transitive, with dative) hit, hurt

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *balþijaną, from *balþaz (“bold”).

Verb

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bella

  1. (with dative) to dare, venture
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bella — active (weak class 1)
infinitive bella
present participle bellandi
past participle belldr
indicative present past
1st-person singular belli bellda
2nd-person singular bellir belldir
3rd-person singular bellir belldi
1st-person plural bellum belldum
2nd-person plural bellið bellduð
3rd-person plural bella belldu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular bella bellda
2nd-person singular bellir belldir
3rd-person singular belli belldi
1st-person plural bellim belldim
2nd-person plural bellið belldið
3rd-person plural belli belldi
imperative present
2nd-person singular bell, belli
1st-person plural bellum
2nd-person plural bellið
Conjugation of bella — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive bellask
present participle bellandisk
past participle bellzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular bellumk belldumk
2nd-person singular bellisk belldisk
3rd-person singular bellisk belldisk
1st-person plural bellumsk belldumsk
2nd-person plural bellizk bellduzk
3rd-person plural bellask belldusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular bellumk belldumk
2nd-person singular bellisk belldisk
3rd-person singular bellisk belldisk
1st-person plural bellimsk belldimsk
2nd-person plural bellizk belldizk
3rd-person plural bellisk belldisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular bellsk, bellisk
1st-person plural bellumsk
2nd-person plural bellizk
Descendants
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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: belle

References

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  • “bella1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “bella2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

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Adjective

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bella

  1. feminine singular of bello

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bella f (plural bellas)

  1. (Sursilvan) butterfly, moth

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Spanish

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈbeʝa/ [ˈbe.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈbeʎa/ [ˈbe.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbeʃa/ [ˈbe.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbeʒa/ [ˈbe.ʒa]

  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
 

  • Syllabification: be‧lla

Adjective

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bella f

  1. feminine singular of bello
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