campanella

See also: Campanella

English

Etymology

From Latin campanella, from campana (“steeple bell”) + -ella (“forming diminutives”)

Noun

campanella (plural campanellas or campanellae)

  1. (historical) A smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters.[1][2]

References
  1. Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., "Bell".
  2. Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin campanella

Noun

campanella f (plural campanelle)

  1. small bell (in a school or factory)
  2. campanula

Latin

Etymology

From campana (“steeple bell”) + -ella (“forming diminutives”)

Noun

campanella

  1. (historical) A smallish suspended bell used in some medieval cloisters.

Descendants
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