parella

Catalan

Etymology

Feminine of parell, or from Vulgar Latin *paricla, feminine of *pariclus, from contraction of *pariculus, diminutive of Latin par. Compare Spanish pareja, Portuguese parelha, Galician parella, French pareille, Italian parecchia, Romanian pereche.

Adjective

parella

  1. feminine singular of parell

Noun

parella f (plural parelles)

  1. pair; A set of two people or animals intended to do something together.
  2. couple; A set of two people in a relationship.
  3. pair; A male and female of the same species.
  4. significant other
  5. (card games) pair; A set of two cards with equal rank, but not necessarily the same suit.
  6. (set theory) pair; Each of the elements formed by the Cartesian product of two sets.

Galician

Etymology

Feminine of parello, or from Vulgar Latin *paricla, feminine of *pariclus, from contraction of *pariculus, diminutive of Latin par. Compare Spanish pareja, Portuguese parelha, Catalan parella, French pareille, Italian parecchia, Romanian pereche.

Adjective

parella

  1. feminine singular of parello

Noun

parella f (plural parellas)

  1. pair; A set of two people or animals intended to do something together.
  2. couple; A set of two people in a relationship.
  3. pair; A male and female of the same species.
  4. significant other
  5. (card games) pair; A set of two cards with equal rank, but not necessarily the same suit.
  6. (set theory) pair; Each of the elements formed by the Cartesian product of two sets.
  7. (fishing) pair; A set of two trawlers rigged with a fishing net rig named bou
  8. (fishing) net; The proper net rig used by a pair of trawlers for fishing
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