estella

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin astella, from astla, from Latin assula. Compare Spanish astilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈte.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈte.ʎa]

Noun

estella f (plural estelles)

1. splinter

Derived terms

• estellar
• estellera
• estellicó

Further reading

• “estella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “estella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “estella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “estella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

estella

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