calla

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See also: Calla, callá, callà, and čállá

English[edit]

Calla palustris

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

calla (plural callas)

  1. A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
  2. A calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica).

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Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

calla

  1. inflection of callar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Noun[edit]

calla

  1. Obsolete spelling of callah

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

calla m or f (plural callas)

  1. calla

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

calla

  1. inflection of callar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.la/
  • Rhymes: -alla
  • Hyphenation: càl‧la

Etymology 1[edit]

Variant of calle.

Noun[edit]

calla f (plural calle) (obsolete)

  1. passage, passageway
    Synonyms: apertura, passaggio, varco
  2. weir
    Synonym: pescaia
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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from translingual Calla, from Latin calla.

Noun[edit]

calla f (plural calle)

  1. calla (Calla palustris)
  2. calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

Further reading[edit]

  • calla1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • calla2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

calla

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of callum

References[edit]

  • calla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • calla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Noun[edit]

calla m

  1. genitive singular of call

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

calla

  1. inflection of callar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

calla (present callar, preterite callade, supine callat, imperative calla)

  1. (card games) to call

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