bella

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See also: Bella and Bellä

Catalan

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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

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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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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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Etymology

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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, 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