campanella

See also: Campanella

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin campānella, from campāna (“steeple bell”) + -ella (diminutive suffix).

Noun

campanella (plural campanellas or campanellae)

  1. (historical) A smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., "Bell".
  2. ^ Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin campānella. By surface analysis, campana +‎ -ella.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kam.paˈnɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: cam‧pa‧nèl‧la

Noun

campanella f (plural campanelle)

  1. handbell
  2. campanula

Latin

Etymology

From campāna (“steeple bell”) +‎ -ella (diminutive suffix).

Noun

campānella f (genitive campānellae); first declension

  1. (historical) diminutive of campāna: A smallish suspended bell used in some medieval cloisters.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative campānella campānellae
genitive campānellae campānellārum
dative campānellae campānellīs
accusative campānellam campānellās
ablative campānellā campānellīs
vocative campānella campānellae

Descendants

  • Italian: campanella
  • Spanish: campanilla
  • → English: campanella

References

  • campanella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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