paella

See also: paëlla

English

A Valencian paella

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paella, 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/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɑːˈeɪ.(j)ə/, /paɪˈ(j)eɪ.(j)ə/

  • Audio (US)

    (file)

• 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

• paellera (“paella pan”)

Translations

savory Valencian dish

• Afrikaans: paella
• Asturian: paella f
• Catalan: paella (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西班牙大鍋飯, 西班牙大锅饭 (Xībānyá dàguōfàn), 西班牙海鮮燉飯, 西班牙海鲜炖饭 (Xībānyá hǎixiāndùnfàn)

• Dutch: paella (nl) m or f
• Finnish: paella (fi)
• French: paella (fr) f, paélia (fr) f
• Galician: paella f
• German: Paella (de) f
• Italian: paella f
• Japanese: パエリア (ja) (paeria)
• Korean: 파에야 (pa'eya)
• Occitan: paèlha f
• Polish: paella (pl)
• Portuguese: paelha (pt) f, paeja (pt) f
• Russian: паэ́лья (ru) f (paélʹja)
• Spanish: paella (es) f
• Swedish: paella (sv) c
• Welsh: paëla m

Anagrams

• apella, paleal, pallae

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Asturian

Noun

paella f (plural paelles)

1. paella

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

  (file)

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, 2023
• “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.

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Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

paella

1. paella

Declension

Inflection of paella (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		paella	paellat
genitive		paellan	paelloiden paelloitten paellojen
partitive		paellaa	paelloita paelloja
illative		paellaan	paelloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		paella	paellat
accusative	nom.	paella	paellat
	gen.	paellan
genitive		paellan	paelloiden paelloitten paellojen paellainrare
partitive		paellaa	paelloita paelloja
inessive		paellassa	paelloissa
elative		paellasta	paelloista
illative		paellaan	paelloihin
adessive		paellalla	paelloilla
ablative		paellalta	paelloilta
allative		paellalle	paelloille
essive		paellana	paelloina
translative		paellaksi	paelloiksi
instructive		—	paelloin
abessive		paellatta	paelloitta
comitative		—	paelloineen

Possessive forms of paella (type katiska)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	paellani	paellamme
2nd person	paellasi	paellanne
3rd person	paellansa

Anagrams

• apella, pallea

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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.

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Galician

Etymology

From Catalan paella.

Noun

paella f (plural paellas)

1. paella

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paella, from Catalan paella (“pot; pan”), from Old French paelle, from Latin patella (“plate, small pan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɛ.ja/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛja
• Syllabification: pa‧e‧lla

Noun

paella f

1. paella

Declension

Declension of paella

	singular	plural
nominative	paella	paelle
genitive	paelli	paelli
dative	paelli	paellom
accusative	paellę	paelle
instrumental	paellą	paellami
locative	paelli	paellach
vocative	paello	paelle

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan paella. Doublet of paila.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈeʝa/ [paˈe.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paˈeʝa/ [paˈe.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /paˈeʎa/ [paˈe.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈeʃa/ [paˈe.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈeʒa/ [paˈe.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -eʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒa

• 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