parella
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Spanish pareja.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]parella f (plural parelles)
- pair (set of two people or animals intended to do something together)
- couple (set of two people in a relationship)
- La Maria i el Joan fa poc que són parella. ― Maria and Joan have only recently become mates.
- pair (male and female of the same species)
- significant other
- En Miquel és la parella de na Maria. ― Miquel is Maria's mate.
- (card games) pair (set of two cards with equal rank, but not necessarily the same suit)
- Una parella d'asos. ― A pair of aces.
- (set theory) pair (each of the elements formed by the Cartesian product of two sets)
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]parella
Further reading
[edit]- “parella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “parella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Portuguese parelha, Asturian pareya.
Adjective
[edit]parella
Noun
[edit]parella f (plural parellas)
- pair; a set of two people or animals intended to do something together
- couple; a set of two people in a relationship
- pair; a male and female of the same species
- significant other
- (card games) pair; a set of two cards with equal rank, but not necessarily the same suit
- (set theory) pair; each of the elements formed by the Cartesian product of two sets
- (fishing) pair; a set of two trawlers rigged with a fishing net rig named bou
- (fishing) net; the proper net rig used by a pair of trawlers for fishing
Further reading
[edit]- “parella”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
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