French

Verb

querella

1. third-person singular past historic of quereller

Latin

Alternative forms

• querēla

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷeˈrel.la/, [kᶣɛˈrɛl.la]

Noun

querella f ‎(genitive querellae); first declension

1. complaint
2. lament

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• English: quarrel
• Old French: querele
  • Modern French: querelle
• German Querele
• Spanish: querella

References

• querella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin querella ‎(“complaint”), from queror ‎(“I lament, complaint”) (compare English quarrel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾe.ʎa/

Noun

querella f ‎(plural querellas)

1. lawsuit
2. complaint

Derived terms

• querellarse verb