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