Paella Definition

pä-ĕlə, pä-ālyä, -āyä
noun
A Spanish dish of rice cooked with chicken, seafood, etc. and seasoned with saffron.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Paella

Noun

Singular:
paella
Plural:
paellas

Origin of Paella

  • Catalan frying pan, paella from Old French paelle frying pan, pot from Latin patella diminutive of patina pan paten

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Catalan paella (“pot; pan").

    From Wiktionary

Paella Sentence Examples

  • I really wanted to try some typically Spanish dish, and had had paella the day before.

  • Yully's shepherd pie and Bianca's paella did nothing to fill the gnawing hole within him.

  • She loves Thai food, roast chicken and roast butternut squash, paella and is partial to ice-cream.

  • Barbecue tapas platter, including chorizo, lamb chops and marinated pork filet served with a tasty vegetarian paella.

  • We asked Mr Portillo for a comment but his office told us he was busy cooking an enormous paella.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAE

Words Ending With

ALALLA

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Words Starting With P and Ending With A

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With A