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Definitions and meaning of paella

paella

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan paella (“pot; pan”), from Old French paelle, from Latin patella (“plate, small pan”). Doublet of patella and possibly pail.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /paɪˈ(j)ɛlə/, /pɑːˈɛ.(j)ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɑːˈeɪ.(j)ə/, /paɪˈ(j)eɪ.(j)ə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə
• Rhymes: -eɪə

Noun

paella (countable and uncountable, plural paellas)

1. A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.

Hyponyms

• paella valenciana / paella Valenciana / paella Valencia / Valencian paella
• paella de marisco / seafood paella
  • paella marinera / paella marinara
  • arroz a la marinera

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• apella, paleal, pallae

Asturian

Noun

paella f (plural paelles)

1. paella

Catalan

Etymology

From Old French paelle (“pan”), from Latin patella (“pan”). Compare Occitan paela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈe.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [paˈe.ʎa]

Noun

paella f (plural paelles)

1. frying pan
2. paella

Descendants

• → Spanish: paella

Further reading

• “paella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “paella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “paella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “paella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paella, from Catalan paella (“pot; pan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑelːɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝e̞lːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑelːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧el‧la

Noun

paella

1. paella

Declension

Further reading

• “paella”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• apella, pallea

French

Alternative forms

• paélia (post-1990 spelling)
• paëlla

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan paella or Spanish paella, from Latin patella. Doublet of poêle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.e.ja/, /pa.e.lja/, /pa.e.la/

Noun

paella f (plural paellas)

1. (countable and uncountable) paella

Further reading

• “paella”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Catalan paella.

Noun

paella f (plural paellas)

1. paella

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish paella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɛ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɛja
• Syllabification: pa‧e‧lla

Noun

paella f

1. paella (savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish)

Declension

Further reading

• paella in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• paella in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• paella in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan paella, from Latin patella. Doublet of padilla, paila, and puela.

Pronunciation

• Syllabification: pa‧e‧lla

Noun

paella f (plural paellas)

1. paella

Hyponyms

• paella valenciana
• paella de marisco
  • paella marinera
  • arroz a la marinera

See also

• arroz con cosas

Further reading

• “paella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014