niella
See also: niellä
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin nigella, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nigellus (“blackish”), so-named on account of its tiny black seeds.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
niella f (plural nielles)
- common corncockle (Agrostemma githago)
- Synonyms: clavell d'ase, clavell de blat
- love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena)
- Synonym: flor d'aranya
Further reading edit
- “niella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “niella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
niella
- third-person singular past historic of nieller
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈnjɛl.la/, (traditional) /niˈɛl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Hyphenation: nièl‧la, (traditional) ni‧èl‧la
Verb edit
niella
- inflection of niellare: