calla

See also: Calla, callá, callà, and čállá

English
Calla palustris

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ælə

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. The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica.

Translations

References

Catalan

Verb

calla

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

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

calla

  1. Obsolete spelling of callah

French

Noun

calla m or f (plural callas)

  1. calla

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːla/

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
Participles
Present participle callande
Past participle callad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms
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