favella

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English

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Noun

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favella (plural favellas)

  1. Alternative form of favela

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faˈvɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: fa‧vèl‧la

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from favellare (to speak, talk) +‎ -a.

Noun

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favella f (plural favelle)

  1. (uncountable) speech (ability)
    L'uomo ha il dono della favella.Man has the gift of speech.
  2. speech, utterance
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 52–54; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      [] Mal volontier lo dico; ¶ ma sforzami la tua chiara favella, ¶ che mi fa sovvenir del mondo antico.
      Unwillingly I tell it; but forces me thine utterance distinct, which makes me recollect the ancient world.
  3. (literary) language, tongue
    l'italica favellathe Italian language
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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favella

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

Maltese

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Italian favarella.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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favella f

  1. chickling vetch (Lathyrus sativus)
    Synonyms: favetta, ċiċċarda

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin fabella, diminutive of fābula, or from a derivative of Vulgar Latin *fabellāre.

Noun

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favella f (plural favellas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader, poetic) language

Usage notes

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Implies a strong emotional attachment. Used almost exclusively to refer to Romansch itself.

Synonyms

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