Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.
Paella
паэ́льяpaélʹja
saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken
Examples
21 sentencesMixed paella contains meat and fish.
Is there turmeric in the paella?
There's meat and fish in mixed paella.
What type of paella do you like?
Benedito's restaurant has a seafood paella dish.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
savory Valencian dish:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
savory Valencian dish:
Origin
Borrowed from Catalan paella (“pot; pan”), from Old French paelle, from Latin patella (“plBorrowed from Catalan paella (“pot; pan”), from Old French paelle, from Latin patella (“plate, small pan”). Doublet of patella and possibly pail.
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Forms
plural: paellasWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable