Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic чело (čelo), from Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

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Noun

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чело́ (čelón (diminutive челце́)

  1. forehead
    Synonym: (dated) лоб (lob)
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Etymology 2

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Participle

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че́ло (čélon

  1. indefinite neuter singular past active aorist participle of чета́ (četá)

References

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  • чело”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • чело”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛɫɔ]
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чело (čelon (plural чела, diminutive челце)

  1. forehead

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  • чело in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Old Church Slavonic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *čelo.

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чело (čelon

  1. forehead

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

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Noun

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чело́ (čelón inan (genitive чела́, nominative plural чёла, genitive plural чёл)

  1. (archaic, anatomy) forehead, brow
    Synonym: (regular term) лоб (lob)

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чело”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “чело”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 377

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃělo/
  • Hyphenation: че‧ло

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чѐло n (Latin spelling čèlo)

  1. forehead

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