a Spanish dish of rice, chicken, fish and vegetables, cooked and served in a large shallow pan 西班牙炖饭（用大米、鸡肉、鱼肉和蔬菜以平底锅烹制而成） Word OriginCatalan, from Old French paele, from Latin patella, diminutive of patina ‘shallow dish’, from Greek patanē ‘a plate’.