See fabella on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la-new",
"3": "fābella"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from New Latin fābella",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "faba",
"t": "bean"
},
"expansion": "Latin faba (“bean”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from New Latin fābella, diminutive of Latin faba (“bean”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fabellae",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fabellae"
},
"expansion": "fabella (plural fabellae)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"fa",
"bel",
"la"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Anatomy",
"orig": "en:Anatomy",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "91 5 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "92 5 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals."
],
"id": "en-fabella-en-noun-bp0rPkRg",
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"sesamoid",
"sesamoid"
],
[
"bone",
"bone"
],
[
"condyles",
"condyles"
],
[
"femur",
"femur"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "fabellectomy"
},
{
"word": "fabello-"
}
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fəˈbɛlə/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fabella.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fabella.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fabella.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fabella.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fabella.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
}
],
"word": "fabella"
}
{
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": ":af",
"3": "fābula",
"4": "-lus<alt:-la><pos:diminutive suffix>",
"id": "m1",
"text": "+",
"title": "fābella",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin fābula\nProto-Indo-European *-lós\nProto-Indo-European *-elós\nProto-Italic *-elos\nLatin -la\nLatin fābella\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-elos\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-lus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\", \"pos\" : \"diminutive suffix\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"fābella\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-id=\"m1\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"fābella\" id=\"Latin:_m1\">\nFrom fābula + -la (diminutive suffix).",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nLatin fābula\nProto-Indo-European *-lós\nProto-Indo-European *-elós\nProto-Italic *-elos\nLatin -la\nLatin fābella\nFrom fābula + -la (diminutive suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fābella",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellae",
"links": [
[
"fābellae",
"fabellae"
]
],
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "fābella",
"links": [
[
"fābella",
"fabella#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellae",
"links": [
[
"fābellae",
"fabellae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellae",
"links": [
[
"fābellae",
"fabellae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellārum",
"links": [
[
"fābellārum",
"fabellarum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellae",
"links": [
[
"fābellae",
"fabellae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellīs",
"links": [
[
"fābellīs",
"fabellis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellam",
"links": [
[
"fābellam",
"fabellam#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellās",
"links": [
[
"fābellās",
"fabellas#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellā",
"links": [
[
"fābellā",
"fabella#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellīs",
"links": [
[
"fābellīs",
"fabellis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fābella",
"links": [
[
"fābella",
"fabella#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellae",
"links": [
[
"fābellae",
"fabellae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fābella<1>"
},
"expansion": "fābella f (genitive fābellae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fābella<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ellus",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "fābellor"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "fable, tale, story",
"word": "fābula"
}
],
"glosses": [
"diminutive of fābula (“fable, tale, story”)"
],
"id": "en-fabella-la-noun-CBgQK7HV",
"links": [
[
"fābula",
"fabula#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"diminutive",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"word": "fabella"
}
{
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "faba",
"3": "ellus",
"gloss1": "bean"
},
"expansion": "faba (“bean”) + -ellus",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "faba (“bean”) + -ellus. From its bean-like shape and size, in some animals.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "fabella",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellārum",
"links": [
[
"fabellārum",
"fabellarum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellīs",
"links": [
[
"fabellīs",
"fabellis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellās",
"links": [
[
"fabellās",
"fabellas#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellā",
"links": [
[
"fabellā",
"fabella#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellīs",
"links": [
[
"fabellīs",
"fabellis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fabella",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "noun",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "fabella f",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fabella<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Anatomy",
"orig": "la:Anatomy",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "43 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ellus",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fabella (the posterior analogue of the anterior patella)"
],
"id": "en-fabella-la-noun-cpKejNBe",
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"fabella",
"fabella#English"
],
[
"patella",
"patella#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) fabella (the posterior analogue of the anterior patella)"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "fabella"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la-new",
"3": "fābella"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from New Latin fābella",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "faba",
"t": "bean"
},
"expansion": "Latin faba (“bean”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from New Latin fābella, diminutive of Latin faba (“bean”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fabellae",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fabellae"
},
"expansion": "fabella (plural fabellae)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"fa",
"bel",
"la"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "fabellectomy"
},
{
"word": "fabello-"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English terms borrowed from New Latin",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from New Latin",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Anatomy"
],
"glosses": [
"One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals."
],
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"sesamoid",
"sesamoid"
],
[
"bone",
"bone"
],
[
"condyles",
"condyles"
],
[
"femur",
"femur"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals."
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fəˈbɛlə/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fabella.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fabella.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fabella.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fabella.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fabella.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
}
],
"word": "fabella"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
"Latin entries with etymology texts",
"Latin entries with etymology trees",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"Latin first declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms suffixed with -ellus",
"Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "fābellor"
}
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": ":af",
"3": "fābula",
"4": "-lus<alt:-la><pos:diminutive suffix>",
"id": "m1",
"text": "+",
"title": "fābella",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin fābula\nProto-Indo-European *-lós\nProto-Indo-European *-elós\nProto-Italic *-elos\nLatin -la\nLatin fābella\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-elos\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-lus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\", \"pos\" : \"diminutive suffix\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"fābella\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-id=\"m1\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"fābella\" id=\"Latin:_m1\">\nFrom fābula + -la (diminutive suffix).",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nLatin fābula\nProto-Indo-European *-lós\nProto-Indo-European *-elós\nProto-Italic *-elos\nLatin -la\nLatin fābella\nFrom fābula + -la (diminutive suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fābella",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellae",
"links": [
[
"fābellae",
"fabellae"
]
],
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "fābella",
"links": [
[
"fābella",
"fabella#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellae",
"links": [
[
"fābellae",
"fabellae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellae",
"links": [
[
"fābellae",
"fabellae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellārum",
"links": [
[
"fābellārum",
"fabellarum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellae",
"links": [
[
"fābellae",
"fabellae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellīs",
"links": [
[
"fābellīs",
"fabellis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellam",
"links": [
[
"fābellam",
"fabellam#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellās",
"links": [
[
"fābellās",
"fabellas#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellā",
"links": [
[
"fābellā",
"fabella#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellīs",
"links": [
[
"fābellīs",
"fabellis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fābella",
"links": [
[
"fābella",
"fabella#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "fābellae",
"links": [
[
"fābellae",
"fabellae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fābella<1>"
},
"expansion": "fābella f (genitive fābellae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fābella<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin diminutive nouns"
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "fable, tale, story",
"word": "fābula"
}
],
"glosses": [
"diminutive of fābula (“fable, tale, story”)"
],
"links": [
[
"fābula",
"fabula#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"diminutive",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"word": "fabella"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms suffixed with -ellus",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "faba",
"3": "ellus",
"gloss1": "bean"
},
"expansion": "faba (“bean”) + -ellus",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "faba (“bean”) + -ellus. From its bean-like shape and size, in some animals.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "fabella",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellārum",
"links": [
[
"fabellārum",
"fabellarum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellīs",
"links": [
[
"fabellīs",
"fabellis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellās",
"links": [
[
"fabellās",
"fabellas#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellā",
"links": [
[
"fabellā",
"fabella#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellīs",
"links": [
[
"fabellīs",
"fabellis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fabella",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "fabellae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "noun",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "fabella f",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fabella<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"la:Anatomy"
],
"glosses": [
"fabella (the posterior analogue of the anterior patella)"
],
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"fabella",
"fabella#English"
],
[
"patella",
"patella#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) fabella (the posterior analogue of the anterior patella)"
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "fabella"
}
Download raw JSONL data for fabella meaning in All languages combined (8.4kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (e79dea5 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.