English

Proper noun

Parma

1. Province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
2. A city, the capital of Parma.

Translations

Derived terms

• Parma ham

Related terms

• Parmesan
• Parmese

Anagrams

• param

Catalan

Proper noun

Parma f

1. Parma

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Parma, from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Parma f

1. Parma (province)
2. Parma (town)
3. The river that crosses the city

Derived terms

• parmense
• parmigiano

Anagrams

• rampa

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan.

Proper noun

Parma f ‎(genitive Parmae); first declension

1. Parma (city in Italy)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

References

• Parma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Parma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

parma

1. (Australia) A dish cooked in the parmigiana style

   The local pub was offering a chicken parma and a pot of beer for $8.

Etymology 2

From Latin parma.

Noun

parma ‎(plural parmae)

1. A small shield carried by the infantry and cavalry.

Anagrams

• param

Latin

eques cum parmā (cavalryman with parma)

Alternative forms

• palma

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ma/

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ma/

Noun

parma f ‎(genitive parmae); first declension

1. a parma; a small shield carried by the infantry and cavalry
2. (poetic) any shield
3. (poetic) a Thraex; a gladiator armed with a parma
4. vocative singular of parma

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• parmula

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.maː/

Noun

parmā

1. ablative singular of parma

References

• parma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• parma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PARMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “parma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• parma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• parma in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• parma in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• parma in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press