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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. to hit, to hurt [with dative]

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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bella

  1. to dare, venture [with dative]
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bella — active (weak class 1)
infinitive bella
present participle bellandi
past participle belldr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular belli bellda bella bellda
2nd person singular bellir belldir bellir belldir
3rd person singular bellir belldi belli belldi
1st person plural bellum belldum bellim belldim
2nd person plural bellið bellduð bellið belldið
3rd person plural bella belldu 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 subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bellumk belldumk bellumk belldumk
2nd person singular bellisk belldisk bellisk belldisk
3rd person singular bellisk belldisk bellisk belldisk
1st person plural bellumsk belldumsk bellimsk belldimsk
2nd person plural bellizk bellduzk bellizk belldizk
3rd person plural bellask belldusk 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

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bella1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bella2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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, 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