Noun: poncella
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | poncella |
| Plural f | poncelles |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like poncella
taquicàrdia,
indumentària,
histerectomia,
secada,
seguda,
segura,
segada,
segona,
sedera,
sembra,
savina,
safata,
sageta,
sagita,
sagnia,
sabata,
sabana,
sacada,
sambra,
sanefa, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin pullicella, of disputed origin. Possibly a diminutive of Latin pullus (“young of animals, chick”). Alternatively from Latin puella (“girl”) through a Vulgar Latin root *puellicella. Cognate with French pucelle. See: Latin Nouns '
pullus', Latin Nouns '
puella', French Nouns '
pucelle'.
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