English Explanatory Dictionary

campanella

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters.

Word forms

campanella campanellas campanellae

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin campānella, from campāna (“steeple bell”) + -ella (diminutive suffix).

Related words

campanile campanula
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