calla

See also: çalla, Calla, callá, callà, and čállá

English

Calla palustris

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ælə

Noun

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).

Translations

Calla palustris

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} кала (kala)
• French: calla (fr) m, calla des marais m, anguine (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Drachenwurz f
• Hungarian: sárkánygyökér (hu)
• Ingrian: vehka, soovehka
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} calla (it) f
• Polish: czermień błotna f
• Portuguese: cala (pt) f
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} cală (ro) f
• Russian: белокры́льник (ru) f (belokrýlʹnik), ка́лла (ru) f (kálla)

References

• calla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calla palustris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Calla palustris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Zantedeschia aethiopica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Zantedeschia aethiopica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Catalan

Verb

calla

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

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

calla

1. obsolete spelling of callah

French

Noun

calla m or f (plural callas)

1. calla

Galician

Verb

calla

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Variant of calle.

Noun

calla f (plural calle) (obsolete)

1. passage, passageway

   Synonyms: apertura, passaggio, varco

2. weir

   Synonym: pescaia

Derived terms

• callone

Etymology 2

Borrowed from translingual Calla, from Latin calla.

Noun

calla f (plural calle)

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

Further reading

• 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

Noun

calla

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of callum

References

• “calla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "calla", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑl.lɑ/, [ˈkɑɫ.ɫɑ]

Verb

calla m (Anglian)

1. alternative form of ċealla

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	calla	callan
accusative	callan	callan
genitive	callan	callena
dative	callan	callum

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

calla m

1. genitive singular of call

Spanish

Verb

calla

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːla/

Verb

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

1. (card games) to call

Conjugation

Conjugation of calla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	calla		callas
supine	callat		callats
imperative	calla		—
imper. plural1	callen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	callar	callade	callas	callades
ind. plural1	calla	callade	callas	callades
subjunctive2	calle	callade	calles	callades
present participle		callande
past participle		callad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• syna