parella
Catalan
Etymology
Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Spanish pareja.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /pəˈɾə.ʎə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pəˈɾɛ.ʎə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /paˈɾe.ʎa/
Noun
parella f (plural parelles)
- pair (set of two people or animals intended to do something together)
- couple (set of two people in a relationship)
- En Marc i en Joan fa poc que són parella. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- pair (male and female of the same species)
- significant other
- En Miquel és la parella de na Maria. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (card games) pair (set of two cards with equal rank, but not necessarily the same suit)
- Una parella d'asos. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (set theory) pair (each of the elements formed by the Cartesian product of two sets)
Derived terms
- unió estable de parella
Adjective
parella
- feminine singular of parell
Further reading
- “parella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “parella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Galician
Etymology
Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Portuguese parelha, Asturian pareya.
Adjective
parella
- feminine singular of parello
Noun
parella f (plural parellas)
- pair; A set of two people or animals intended to do something together.
- couple; A set of two people in a relationship.
- pair; A male and female of the same species.
- significant other
- (card games) pair; A set of two cards with equal rank, but not necessarily the same suit.
- (set theory) pair; Each of the elements formed by the Cartesian product of two sets.
- (fishing) pair; A set of two trawlers rigged with a fishing net rig named bou
- (fishing) net; The proper net rig used by a pair of trawlers for fishing