parella

Catalan

Etymology

Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Spanish pareja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pəˈɾe̞.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəˈɾə.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [pəˈɾɛ.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [paˈɾe.ʎa]

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Noun

parella f (plural parelles)

1. pair (set of two people or animals intended to do something together)
2. couple (set of two people in a relationship)

   La Maria i el Joan fa poc que són parella. ― Maria and Joan have only recently become mates.

3. pair (male and female of the same species)
4. significant other

   En Miquel és la parella de na Maria. ― Miquel is Maria's mate.

5. (card games) pair (set of two cards with equal rank, but not necessarily the same suit)

   Una parella d'asos. ― A pair of aces.

6. (set theory) pair (each of the elements formed by the Cartesian product of two sets)

Derived terms

• unió estable de parella

Adjective

parella

1. feminine singular of parell

Further reading

• “parella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “parella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Galician

Alternative forms

• parelha (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Portuguese parelha, Asturian pareya.

Adjective

parella

1. feminine singular of parello

Noun

parella f (plural parellas)

1. pair; a set of two people or animals intended to do something together
2. couple; a set of two people in a relationship
3. pair; a male and female of the same species
4. significant other
5. (card games) pair; a set of two cards with equal rank, but not necessarily the same suit
6. (set theory) pair; each of the elements formed by the Cartesian product of two sets
7. (fishing) pair; a set of two trawlers rigged with a fishing net rig named bou
8. (fishing) net; the proper net rig used by a pair of trawlers for fishing

Further reading

• “parella”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026