parula
See also: Parula
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
parula (plural parulas)
- Any of the New World warblers of the genus Parula.
Translations
bird of the genus Parula
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Neapolitan
Etymology
From older padule, from Late Latin padūlem, from Latin palūdem via metathesis. Compare Italian padule.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈrulə/
Noun
parula f (plural parule)
- swamp, marsh
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 432: “la palude” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “palus, -ūdis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 530