campana

See also: campaña and Campana

English

Etymology

From Late Latin campana, traditionally taken from Campana (“Campanian”), from its diocese Nola's having been the supposed location of St Paulinus's introduction of bells to Christian ceremony,[1][2] but sometimes derived from Ancient Greek καπάνη (kapánē, “felt helmet”) owing to a supposed resemblance of shape.[3]

Noun

campana (plural campanas)

  1. A church bell, particularly a large bell used in medieval church steeples or towers.[1][3][4]
  2. A bell-shaped vase.
  3. (obsolete, botany) A bell-shaped flower, particularly the pasque flower.
  4. (obsolete, architecture) The body of a capital of the Corinthian order.
  5. (obsolete, architecture) A drop of a Doric architrave.

References

  1. 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., "Bell".
  2. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "campana, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.
  3. 1 2 Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, p. 3.
  4. ↑ Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna (“stilyard; bell”), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus (“of Campania”), from Latin Campānia (“a region of Italy in which bronze was produced”), from campus (“open or flat space; plain”).

Noun

campana f (plural campanes)

  1. bell (percussive instrument)

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna (“stilyard; bell”), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus (“of Campania”), from Latin Campānia (“a region of Italy in which bronze was produced”), from campus (“open or flat space; plain”).

Noun

campana f (plural campane)

  1. bell

See also

Latin

Etymology

Traditionally taken from Campana (“Campanian”), from its diocese Nola's having been the supposed location of St Paulinus's introduction of bells to Christian ceremony[1][2] (see also nola), but sometimes derived from Ancient Greek καπάνη (kapánē, “felt helmet”) owing to a supposed resemblance of shape.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

campana f (genitive campanae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) a large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples.
  2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) a tower for such a bell, a campanile, belfry

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative campana campanae
genitive campanae campanārum
dative campanae campanīs
accusative campanam campanās
ablative campanā campanīs
vocative campana campanae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • campana in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • campana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • campana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • campana in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • campana in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • campana in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., "Bell".
  2. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "campana, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.
  3. ↑ Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, p. 3.

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna (“stilyard; bell”), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus (“of Campania”), from Latin Campānia (“a region of Italy in which bronze was produced”), from campus (“open or flat space; plain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kamˈpana/, [kãmˈpana]

Noun

campana f (plural campanas)

  1. bell
  2. a bell-shaped (or roughly) object or component (such as the canopy of a parachute)
  3. hood (device to suck away smokes and fumes)
  4. extractor hood

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