campanella

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin campanella, from campana (“steeple bell”) + -ella (“forming diminutives”).

Noun[edit]

campanella (plural campanellas or campanellae)

  1. (historical) A smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., "Bell".
  2. ^ Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin campanella.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kam.paˈnɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: cam‧pa‧nèl‧la

Noun[edit]

campanella f (plural campanelle)

  1. small bell (in a school or factory)
  2. campanula

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From campāna (“steeple bell”) +‎ -ella (diminutive suffix).

Noun[edit]

campānella f (genitive campānellae); first declension

  1. (historical) Diminutive of campāna: A smallish suspended bell used in some medieval cloisters.

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative campānella campānellae
Genitive campānellae campānellārum
Dative campānellae campānellīs
Accusative campānellam campānellās
Ablative campānellā campānellīs
Vocative campānella campānellae

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: campanella
  • → Italian: campanella

References[edit]

  • campanella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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