Marcella

English

Etymology

From Latin Marcella.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Marcella

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 2010, Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 102:

     Marcella and Nathaniel. Now I know their names. I haven't thought much about having children, but if I did, I wouldn't give them names like that. They're the sort of names you choose if you think you're someone to be reckoned with.

Derived terms

• Marcee

Related terms

• Marcelle
• Marcia

Translations

female given name

Czech: Marcela (cs) French: Marcelle (fr) Galician: Marcela (gl) f Irish: Mairsile f Romanian: Marcela Spanish: Marcela (es)

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of Mārcellus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maːrˈkɛl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [marˈt͡ʃɛl.la]

Proper noun

Mārcella f (genitive Mārcellae, masculine Mārcellus); first declension

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A feminine praenomen.
2. A Roman cognomen — held by:
   1. Claudia Marcella

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Mārcella	Mārcellae
genitive	Mārcellae	Mārcellārum
dative	Mārcellae	Mārcellīs
accusative	Mārcellam	Mārcellās
ablative	Mārcellā	Mārcellīs
vocative	Mārcella	Mārcellae