paella

Borrowed from Catalan paella (“pot; pan”), from Old French paelle, from Latin patella (“plate, small pan”).^[1][2] Doublet of patella and possibly pail.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /paɪˈ(j)ɛl(j)ə/, /pɑːˈɛ.(l)(j)ə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pɑːˈeɪ.(j)ə/, /paɪˈ(j)eɪ.(j)ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlə
• Rhymes: -eɪə
• Hyphenation: pa‧e‧lla

paella (countable and uncountable, plural paellas)

1. A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.

• paella valenciana / paella Valenciana / paella Valencia / Valencian paella
• paella de marisco / seafood paella
  • paella marinera / paella marinara
  • arroz a la marinera

• apella, paleal, pallae

Borrowed from Spanish paella, from Catalan paella, from Latin patella. Doublet of payella and padiella.

paella f (plural paelles)

1. paella

From Old French paelle (“pan”), from Latin patella (“pan”). Compare Occitan paela.

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

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paella f (plural paelles)

1. frying pan
2. paella

• → Spanish: paella
  • → Tagalog: paelya

• “paella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “paella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “paella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “paella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Spanish paella, from Catalan paella (“pot; pan”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑelːɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝e̞lːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑelːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧el‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧el‧la

paella

1. paella

• “paella”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• apella, pallea

• paélia (post-1990 spelling)
• paëlla

Borrowed from Catalan paella or Spanish paella, from Latin patella. Doublet of poêle.

• IPA^(key): /pa.e.ja/, /pa.e.lja/, /pa.e.la/

paella f (plural paellas)

1. (countable and uncountable) paella

• “paella”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• paelha (reintegrationist)

From Catalan paella.

paella f (plural paellas)

1. paella

• “paella”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish paella.

• IPA^(key): /paˈɛ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛja
• Syllabification: pa‧e‧lla

paella f

1. paella (savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish)

• paella in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• paella in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• paella in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from Catalan paella, from Latin patella. Doublet of padilla, paila, and puela.

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• Syllabification: pa‧e‧lla

paella f (plural paellas)

1. paella

• paella valenciana
• paella de marisco
  • paella marinera
  • arroz a la marinera

• → Tagalog: paelya

• arroz con cosas

• “paella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024