campana

See also: campaña and Campana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin campana, traditionally taken from Campana (Campanian), from the diocese of Nola having been the supposed location of St Paulinus's introduction of bells to Christian ceremony,[1][2] but sometimes derived from Ancient Greek καπάνη (kapánē, felt helmet) owing to a supposed resemblance of shape.[3]

Noun

campana (plural campanas)

  1. A church bell, particularly a large bell used in medieval church steeples or towers.[1][3][4]
  2. A bell-shaped vase.
  3. (obsolete, botany) A bell-shaped flower, particularly the pasque flower.
  4. (obsolete, architecture) The body of a capital of the Corinthian order.
  5. (obsolete, architecture) A drop of a Doric architrave.

References

  1. Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., "Bell".
  2. Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "campana, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.
  3. Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, p. 3.
  4. Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.

Aragonese

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna (stilyard; bell), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus (of Campania), from Campānia (a region of Italy in which bronze was produced), from campus (open or flat space; plain).

Noun

campana f (plural campanas)

  1. bell

References

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna (stilyard; bell), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus (of Campania), from Campānia (a region of Italy in which bronze was produced), from campus (open or flat space; plain).

Noun

campana f (plural campanes)

  1. bell (percussive instrument)

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna (stilyard; bell), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus (of Campania), from Campānia (a region of Italy in which bronze was produced), from campus (open or flat space; plain).

Pronunciation

Noun

campana f (plural campanes)

  1. bell

Derived terms

Further reading

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish campana.

Noun

campana

  1. bell

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna (stilyard; bell), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus (of Campania), from Campānia (a region of Italy in which bronze was produced), from campus (open or flat space; plain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kamˈpa.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: cam‧pà‧na

Noun

campana f (plural campane)

  1. bell
  2. hopscotch

See also

Latin

Etymology

Traditionally taken from Campāna (Campanian), from its diocese Nola's having been the supposed location of St Paulinus's introduction of bells to Christian ceremony[1][2] (see also nola), but sometimes derived from Ancient Greek καπάνη (kapánē, felt helmet) owing to a supposed resemblance of shape.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

campāna f (genitive campānae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) a large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples.
  2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) a tower for such a bell, a campanile, belfry

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative campāna campānae
Genitive campānae campānārum
Dative campānae campānīs
Accusative campānam campānās
Ablative campānā campānīs
Vocative campāna campānae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • campana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • campana 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)
  • campana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • campana”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • campana in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • campana”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., "Bell".
  2. Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "campana, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.
  3. Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, p. 3.

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

campana f (plural campanas)

  1. bell
  2. straw foxglove (Digitalis lutea L.)[1]

Synonyms

References

  1. Gui Benoèt, "Las plantas", 2008, Toulouse, IEO Edicions, 2008, →ISBN, p. 99.

Further reading

  • Arve Cassignac, Dictionnaire français-occitan, occitan-français, 2015

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna (stilyard; bell), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus (of Campania), from Campānia (a region of Italy in which bronze was produced), from campus (open or flat space; plain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kamˈpana/ [kãmˈpa.na]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: cam‧pa‧na

Noun

campana f (plural campanas)

  1. bell
  2. a bell-shaped (or roughly) object or component (such as the canopy of a parachute)
  3. hood (device to suck away smokes and fumes)
  4. extractor hood
    Synonyms: campana extractora, extractora
  5. cloche, tableware cover, usually metalic
    Synonym: cubreplatos

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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