facella

See also: Facella

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin facella, diminutive of Latin fax (“torch, firebrand”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faˈt͡ʃɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: fa‧cèl‧la

Noun

facella f (plural facelle)

  1. (archaic, poetic):
    1. Diminutive of face: a small torch.
    2. (by extension) light
    3. (by extension) flame
    4. (by extension, figurative) shine, splendor
    5. (by extension, figurative) star
  2. (zoology) a scyphozoan's striplike appendages

Further reading
  • facella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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