casella

See also: Casella

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin casella.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

casella f (plural caselles)

1. compartment

   Synonym: compartiment

2. (board games) square on a game board

Derived terms

• encasellar

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin casella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈzɛl.la/, (traditional) /kaˈsɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: ca‧sèl‧la

Noun

casella f (plural caselle)

1. box (small area on a document for a tick mark)
2. square (of a chess board)
3. pigeonhole

Derived terms

• casella di spunta
• casella postale

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ascella

Latin

Etymology

From casula (“hut, small cottage”) +‎ -la (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈsel.la/, [käˈs̠ɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈsel.la/, [käˈs̬ɛlːä]

Noun

casella f (genitive casellae); first declension

1. Diminutive of casa
   1. hut, small cottage
   2. small farm

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	casella	casellae
Genitive	casellae	casellārum
Dative	casellae	casellīs
Accusative	casellam	casellās
Ablative	casellā	casellīs
Vocative	casella	casellae

Related terms

• casellula
• casula

Descendants

• Catalan: casella
• Italian: casella
• Piedmontese: casela
• Spanish: casilla

References

• casella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.