Latin

Adjective

Campāna

1. nominative feminine singular of Campānus
2. nominative neuter plural of Campānus
3. accusative neuter plural of Campānus
4. vocative feminine singular of Campānus
5. vocative neuter plural of Campānus

Campānā

1. ablative feminine singular of Campānus

References

• Campana in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Campana”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

campana ‎(plural campanas)

1. A church bell, particularly a large bell used in medieval church steeples or towers.^[1][3][4]
2. A bell-shaped vase.
3. (obsolete, botany) A bell-shaped flower, particularly the pasque flower.
4. (obsolete, architecture) The body of a capital of the Corinthian order.
5. (obsolete, architecture) A drop of a Doric architrave.

References

1. 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., "Bell".
2. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "campana, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.
3. 1 2 Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, p. 3.
4. ↑ Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna ‎(“stilyard; bell”), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus ‎(“of Campania”), from Latin Campānia ‎(“a region of Italy in which bronze was produced”), from campus ‎(“open or flat space; plain”).

Noun

campana f ‎(plural campanes)

1. bell (percussive instrument)

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna ‎(“stilyard; bell”), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus ‎(“of Campania”), from Latin Campānia ‎(“a region of Italy in which bronze was produced”), from campus ‎(“open or flat space; plain”).

Noun

campana f ‎(plural campane)

1. bell

Related terms

• campanaccio
• campanario
• campanaro
• campanella
• campanello
• campanatura
• campanile
• campanula
• campanone
• campanulato

See also

• scampanare
• scampanio

Latin

Etymology

Traditionally taken from Campana ‎(“Campanian”), from its diocese Nola's having been the supposed location of St Paulinus's introduction of bells to Christian ceremony^[1][2] (see also nola), but sometimes derived from Ancient Greek καπάνη ‎(kapánē, “felt helmet”) owing to a supposed resemblance of shape.^[3]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkam.pa.na/

Noun

campana f ‎(genitive campanae); first declension

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) a large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples.
2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) a tower for such a bell, a campanile, belfry

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• campanella

Descendants

References

• campana in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CAMPANA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “campana”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• campana in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• campana in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• campana in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

1. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., "Bell".
2. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "campana, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.
3. ↑ Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, p. 3.

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna ‎(“stilyard; bell”), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus ‎(“of Campania”), from Latin Campānia ‎(“a region of Italy in which bronze was produced”), from campus ‎(“open or flat space; plain”).

Noun

campana f ‎(plural campanas)

1. bell
2. a bell-shaped (or roughly) object or component (vg, the canopy of a parachute)
3. hood (device to suck away smokes and fumes)
4. extractor hood

Synonyms

• (extractor hood): campana extractora, extractora

Derived terms

• campanada
• campanil
• campanilla