fiscella
Italian
Etymology
From Latin fiscella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiʃˈʃɛl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Hyphenation: fi‧scèl‧la
Noun
fiscella f (plural fiscelle)
- a conical wicker basket used to drain fresh ricotta
- Synonym: (made of plastic material suitable for food use) fuscella
Descendants
- → Maltese: bixkilla, bexkilla
Anagrams
- fallisce
Latin
Etymology
From fiscina (“small wicker basket”) + -la (feminine diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fisˈkel.la/, [fɪs̠ˈkɛlːʲä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiʃˈʃel.la/, [fiʃˈʃɛlːä]
Noun
fiscella f (genitive fiscellae); first declension
- small wicker basket
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fiscella | fiscellae |
| Genitive | fiscellae | fiscellārum |
| Dative | fiscellae | fiscellīs |
| Accusative | fiscellam | fiscellās |
| Ablative | fiscellā | fiscellīs |
| Vocative | fiscella | fiscellae |
References
- “fiscella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fiscella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fiscella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette