patela

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English

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Hindi

Noun

patela (plural patelas)

  1. A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges in India.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “patela”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Galician

Etymology

A semi-learned form from Latin patella (“a shallow pan”).

Pronunciation

Noun

patela f (plural patelas)

  1. a large flat-bottomed basket
  2. a wooden tray
  3. limpet (Patella vulgata)
    Synonyms: arneirón, lapa

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References

  • “patela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “patela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “patela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “patela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “patela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin patella (“kneecap”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

patela f (plural patelas)

  1. (anatomy) kneecap
    Synonym: (dated) rótula

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