célula

See also: celulă

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɛlula/ [ˈθɛ.lu.lɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈθɛlula/ [ˈθɛ.lu.lɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈsɛlula/ [ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛlula

Noun

célula f (plural células)

1. cell (room in a monastery)

   Synonym: cela

2. cell (biological unit)
3. cell (electronic component)
4. cell (autonomous subgroup)

Related terms

• celular
• pluricelular
• unicelular

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛlulɐ
• Hyphenation: cé‧lu‧la

Noun

célula f (plural células)

1. (biology) cell

Related terms

• celular
• cela

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθelula/ [ˈθe.lu.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈselula/ [ˈse.lu.la]
• Rhymes: -elula
• Syllabification: cé‧lu‧la

Noun

célula f (plural células)

1. cell (the basic unit of a living organism)
2. cell (a small group of people forming part of a larger organization)

Hyponyms

• célula dendrítica
• célula durmiente (“sleeper cell”)
• célula glial (“glial cell”)
• célula madre

 

Derived terms

• anemia de células falciformes
• célula fotoeléctrica
• celulitis

 

Related terms

• celular

 

Further reading

• “célula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014