bella

See also: Bella and Bellä

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

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  • Syllabification: be‧lla

Adjective

bella f

  1. feminine singular of bello