bella

See also: Bella and Bellä

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

bella

1. feminine singular of bell

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: bèl‧la

Etymology 1

Substantivization of the singular feminine form of bello (“beautiful”).

Noun

bella f (plural belle)

1. beauty, belle (beautiful woman)
2. sweetheart

   Synonyms: compagna, fidanzata, innamorata

3. fair copy (final draft of a piece of writing)
4. showdown (deciding match)
5. a Renaissance-style ceramic plate decorated with portraits of young women

Derived terms

• bella di notte

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bella f sg

1. feminine singular of bello

Further reading

• bella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• balle

Latin

Noun

bella n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bellum (“war”)

Adjective

bella

1. inflection of bellus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

bellā

1. ablative feminine singular of bellus

Verb

bellā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of bellō

Lombard

Adjective

bella f

1. (Old Lombard) beautiful

Makasar

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *bela (“far”)”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbelːa/, [ˈbel.la]
• Hyphenation: bel‧la

Adjective

bella (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨒ)

1. far

   Synonym: lere (Turatea, Bantaeng)

   Antonym: ambani

Affixations

• aʼbella-bella
• bellanngang
• pakabella
• sikabellài

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Old Norse

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

bella (present bellr, past singular ball)

1. to hit, to hurt [with dative]

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *balþijaną, from *balþaz (“bold”).

Verb

bella

1. to dare, venture [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of bella — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	bella
present participle	bellandi
past participle	belldr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	belli	bellda		bella	bellda
2nd person singular	bellir	belldir		bellir	belldir
3rd person singular	bellir	belldi		belli	belldi
1st person plural	bellum	belldum		bellim	belldim
2nd person plural	bellið	bellduð		bellið	belldið
3rd person plural	bella	belldu		belli	belldi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	bell, belli
1st person plural	bellum
2nd person plural	bellið

Conjugation of bella — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	bellask
present participle	bellandisk
past participle	bellzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	bellumk	belldumk		bellumk	belldumk
2nd person singular	bellisk	belldisk		bellisk	belldisk
3rd person singular	bellisk	belldisk		bellisk	belldisk
1st person plural	bellumsk	belldumsk		bellimsk	belldimsk
2nd person plural	bellizk	bellduzk		bellizk	belldizk
3rd person plural	bellask	belldusk		bellisk	belldisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	bellsk, bellisk
1st person plural	bellumsk
2nd person plural	bellizk

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: belle

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bella1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bella2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Portuguese

Adjective

bella

1. feminine singular of bello

Romansch

Alternative forms

• bula (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• pula (Surmiran)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bella f (plural bellas)

1. (Sursilvan) butterfly, moth

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) spler
• (Rumantsch Grischun) tgiralla
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) tschitta
• (Puter) chüralla
• (Vallader) splerin

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeʝa/ [ˈbe.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeʝa/ [ˈbe.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbeʎa/ [ˈbe.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbeʃa/ [ˈbe.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbeʒa/ [ˈbe.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -eʝa

• Rhymes: -eʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -eʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: be‧lla

Adjective

bella f

1. feminine singular of bello