animella

Finnish

Noun

animella

1. adessive singular of anime

Italian

Animelle di agnello – lamb sweetbread

Etymology

From anima (“soul”) +‎ -ella (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.niˈmɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mèl‧la

Noun

animella f (plural animelle)

1. (usually in the plural) sweetbread (thymus gland of an animal used as food)
2. the main moving part of a valve
3. (button manufacture) a levigated button prior to being milled
4. Diminutive of anima

Further reading

• animella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• animella in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa