bella

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See also: Bella and Bellä

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

bella

  1. feminine singular of bell

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

bella (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨒ)

  1. far
    Antonym: ambani

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. (transitive, with dative) hit, hurt

Etymology 2

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

Verb

bella

  1. (with dative) to dare, venture
Conjugation
Conjugation of bella — active (weak class 1)
infinitive bella
present participle bellandi
past participle belldr
indicative present past
1st-person singular belli bellda
2nd-person singular bellir belldir
3rd-person singular bellir belldi
1st-person plural bellum belldum
2nd-person plural bellið bellduð
3rd-person plural bella belldu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular bella bellda
2nd-person singular bellir belldir
3rd-person singular belli belldi
1st-person plural bellim belldim
2nd-person plural bellið belldið
3rd-person plural 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 present past
1st-person singular bellumk belldumk
2nd-person singular bellisk belldisk
3rd-person singular bellisk belldisk
1st-person plural bellumsk belldumsk
2nd-person plural bellizk bellduzk
3rd-person plural bellask belldusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular bellumk belldumk
2nd-person singular bellisk belldisk
3rd-person singular bellisk belldisk
1st-person plural bellimsk belldimsk
2nd-person plural bellizk belldizk
3rd-person plural bellisk belldisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular bellsk, bellisk
1st-person plural bellumsk
2nd-person plural bellizk
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: belle

References

  • “bella1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “bella2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈbeʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈbeʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbeʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbeʒa/

  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
 

  • Syllabification: be‧lla

Adjective

bella f

  1. feminine singular of bello
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