padella

See also: Padella

English

Etymology

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Noun

padella (plural padellas)

1. An Italian-style skillet, or small frying pan.
2. (often in combinations) A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, formerly used for public illumination.
   • 1910 (translated), Memoirs of Countess Golovina:

     Two porticos shut off the centre, and between the two porticos was a winter garden, magnificently illuminated by concealed padellas.

   • 1875, Newcastle Council Reports:

     The padella lamps , which were coloured red , white , and blue , were hung upon the trees and bushes at the sides of the walks , and were also placed in groups along the edge of the lake

   • 1884, A Short Account of the Tercentenary Festival of the University of Edinburgh:

     padella lights on the parapets of the North Bridge

References

• “padella”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pəˈðe̞.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [pəˈðe.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [paˈðe.ʎa]

Noun

padella f (plural padelles)

1. alternative form of paella

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin patella.

Noun

padella f

1. pan

See also

• forsaura

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈdɛl.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: pa‧dèl‧la

Etymology 1

From earlier *patella, from Latin patella, diminutive of patera or patina.

Noun

padella f (plural padelle)

1. frying pan, skillet

   Synonym: tegame

2. bedpan

Derived terms

• padellaio
• padellina
• padellino
• padellone

Further reading

• “padella”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

padella

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

Anagrams

• Dallapé, Pallade