calla

See also: Calla, callá, callà, and čállá

English

Calla palustris

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

Calla palustris

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} кала (kala)
• French: calla (fr) m, calla des marais m, anguine f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Drachenwurz f
• Hungarian: sárkánygyökér (hu)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} calla (it) f

• Polish: czermień błotna f
• Portuguese: cala (pt) f
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} cală (ro) f
• Russian: белокры́льник (ru) f (belokrýlʹnik), ка́лла (ru) f (kálla)

References

• calla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calla palustris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Calla palustris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Zantedeschia aethiopica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Zantedeschia aethiopica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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French

Noun

calla m or f (plural callas)

1. calla

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Catalan

Verb

calla

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

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Classical Nahuatl

Noun

calla

1. Obsolete spelling of callah

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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

• callone

Etymology 2

From translingual Calla, from Latin calla.

Noun

calla f (plural calle)

1. calla (Calla palustris)
2. calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

References

• calla¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• calla² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Noun

calla

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of callum

References

• “calla”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

calla m

1. genitive singular of call

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Spanish

Verb

calla

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of callar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of callar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of callar.

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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

• syna