cel

See also: cél, cèl, ceļ, čel, and çel

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛl/

Etymology 1

Clipping of celluloid.

Noun

cel (plural cels)

  1. A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film.
    • 2008 June 22, Michael Hirschorn, “Success Story 2”, in New York Times‎:
      After Jobs’s $5 million offer was rejected, the team attempted to do a deal with Disney, then a bastion of hand-painted cel animation.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of celibate.

Noun

cel (uncountable)

  1. clipping of celibate.
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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛl/

Noun

cel m (plural cels)

  1. sky
  2. heaven

Crimean Tatar

Noun

cel

  1. (Northern dialect) gale, wind

Usage notes

  • Literary form: yel

Declension

Czech

Noun

cel

  1. genitive plural of cela

Noun

cel

  1. genitive plural of clo

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛl/
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Noun

cel f (plural cellen, diminutive celletje n)

  1. cell (component of a battery)
  2. cell (part of the body)
  3. (architecture) cell, a small room or compartment
    1. prison cell
    2. cloister cell
  4. (entomology) cell – of a honeycomb
  5. (computer science) cell – of a table

Synonyms

  • (prison cell): gevangeniscel
  • (cloister cell): kloostercel

Derived terms

Latvian

Verb

cel

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of celt
  2. 2nd person singular imperative form of celt

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an earlier cil, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *ecce illu, a compound of Latin ecce or eccum and illum. Largely replaced cist used in earlier Old French.

Adjective

cel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cele)

  1. this (the one in question)

Declension

Synonyms

  • cist (chiefly 12th and 13th centuries)

Descendants

  • French: ce

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Noun

cel m

  1. Heaven

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German zil. Compare German Ziel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sɛl/
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Noun

cel m inan

  1. goal, aim, objective
  2. (shooting) target
  3. (military) target

Declension

Descendants

Noun

cel m anim

  1. (colloquial) aim, ability to hit a target with a weapon

Declension

Noun

cel f

  1. genitive plural of cela

Further reading

  • cel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From acel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʃel]

Determiner

cel m, n (feminine singular cea, masculine plural cei, feminine and neuter plural cele)

  1. (popular) that

Declension

Synonyms

Article

cel m, n (feminine singular cea, masculine plural cei, feminine and neuter plural cele)

  1. the

Declension

Pronoun

cel m, n (feminine singular cea, masculine plural cei, feminine and neuter plural cele)

  1. the one (that is)
    Cel bogat face cum vrea, cel sărac face cum poate.
    The rich one does as he pleases, the poor one does as he can.

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Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtséːw/
  • Tonal orthography: cẹ̑ł

Adjective

cél (not comparable)

  1. whole

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʃel]

Noun

cel (plural cels)

  1. cherry

Declension

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