calla

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See also: Calla, callá, callà, and čállá

English

Calla palustris

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

calla (plural callas)

  1. A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
  2. A calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica).

Translations

References

Catalan

Verb

calla

  1. inflection of callar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

calla

  1. obsolete spelling of callah

French

Noun

calla m or f (plural callas)

  1. calla

Galician

Verb

calla

  1. inflection of callar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.la/
  • Rhymes: -alla
  • Hyphenation: càl‧la

Etymology 1

Variant of calle.

Noun

calla f (plural calle) (obsolete)

  1. passage, passageway
    Synonyms: apertura, passaggio, varco
  2. weir
    Synonym: pescaia
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from translingual Calla, from Latin calla.

Noun

calla f (plural calle)

  1. calla (Calla palustris)
  2. calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

Further reading

  • calla1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • calla2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

calla

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of callum

References

  • “calla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "calla", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • calla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

calla m

  1. genitive singular of call

Spanish

Verb

calla

  1. inflection of callar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

calla (present callar, preterite callade, supine callat, imperative calla)

  1. (card games) to call

Conjugation

Conjugation of calla (weak)
active passive
infinitive calla callas
supine callat callats
imperative calla —
imper. plural1 callen —
present past present past
indicative callar callade callas callades
ind. plural1 calla callade callas callades
subjunctive2 calle callade calles callades
present participle callande
past participle callad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

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Boobota
Sagapedia