cel

See also: CEL, -cel, cél, cèl, ceļ, čel, çel, цел, цель, and чел

English

Alternative forms

• cell

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophones: cell, sell

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^[1]:

     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

• cel shading

Etymology 2

Clipping of celibate.

Noun

cel (plural cels)

1. clipping of celibate.

Synonyms

• celibate
• truecel

Derived terms

terms derived using cel as suffix

• incel
• marcel
• noncel
• truecel
• heightcel
• nearcel
• hicel
• volcel

Anagrams

• CLE, ECL, LCE, LEC

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

cel m (plural cels)

1. sky
2. heaven

Derived terms

• celobert
• gratacel

Related terms

• celeste

Further reading

• “cel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “cel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

cel

1. (Northern dialect) gale, wind

Usage notes

• Literary form: yel

Declension

Declension of cel

nominative	cel
genitive	celniñ
dative	celge
accusative	celni
locative	celde
ablative	celden

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛl]

Noun

cel

1. genitive plural of cela

Noun

cel

1. genitive plural of clo

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

cel f (plural cellen, diminutive celletje n)

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• bloedcel
• brandstofcel
• celdeling
• celkern
• cellenbeton
• celmaat
• celmembraan
• celsplitsing
• celwand
• eicel
• gevangeniscel
• hersencel
• kloostercel
• knoopcel
• telefooncel
• terreurcel
• zaadcel
• zenuwcel

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sel
• → Indonesian: sel
• → Papiamentu: sèl

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Latvian

Verb

cel

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• cil
• chil
• chel

Etymology

From an earlier cil, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *eccille, a compound of Latin ecce and ille. Largely replaced cist used in earlier Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (unstressed) /t͡səl/
• IPA^(key): (stressed) /ˈt͡sɛl/

Adjective

cel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cele)

1. this (the one in question)

Declension

Declension of cel

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	cels	cele	cel
	Oblique	cel	cele	cel
Plural	Subject	cel	celes	cel
	Oblique	cels	celes	cel

Synonyms

• cist (chiefly 12^th and 13^th centuries)

Descendants

• Middle French: [Term?]
  • French: ce
  • Lorrain: ceil
    • Barrois: cheil

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Noun

cel m

1. Heaven

Descendants

• Occitan: cèl, ciau, ciel, cèu

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Syllabification: cel

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German zil. Compare German Ziel.

Noun

cel m inan

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

Declension

Declension of cel

	singular	plural
nominative	cel	cele
genitive	celu	celi/celów
dative	celowi	celom
accusative	cel	cele
instrumental	celem	celami
locative	celu	celach
vocative	celu	cele

Derived terms

adjective

• bezcelowy

 

adverb

• bezcelowo

 

noun

• bezcelowość

 

Descendants

• Russian: цель (celʹ)
• Ukrainian: ціль (cilʹ)

Noun

cel m anim

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

Declension

Declension of cel

	singular	plural
nominative	cel	cele
genitive	cela	celów
dative	celowi	celom
accusative	cela	cele
instrumental	celem	celami
locative	celu	celach
vocative	celu	cele

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cel f

1. genitive plural of cela

Further reading

• cel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of celular.

Noun

cel m (plural cels)

1. (Brazil, Internet slang) mobile phone

   Synonym: celular

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Romanian

Etymology

From acel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃel]

Determiner

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

1. (popular) that

Declension

Declension of cel (determiner declension, indefinite only)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	cel		cea	cei	cele
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	celui		celei	celor	celor
	definite	—		—	—	—

Synonyms

• acel, acela, ăl, ăla

Article

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

1. the

Declension

Declension of cel (determiner declension, indefinite only)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	cel		cea	cei	cele
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	celui		celei	celor	celor
	definite	—		—	—	—

Pronoun

cel m or 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.

Declension

Declension of cel (determiner declension, indefinite only)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	cel		cea	cei	cele
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	celui		celei	celor	celor
	definite	—		—	—	—

Derived terms

• celălalt

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡séːʋ/

Adjective

cẹ̑ł (not comparable)

1. whole

Inflection

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	cél	céla	célo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cél ind céli def	céla	célo
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	célo	célo
genitive	célega	céle	célega
dative	célemu	céli	célemu
locative	célem	céli	célem
instrumental	célim	célo	célim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	céla	céli	céli
accusative	céla	céli	céli
genitive	célih	célih	célih
dative	célima	célima	célima
locative	célih	célih	célih
instrumental	célima	célima	célima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	céli	céle	céla
accusative	céle	céle	céla
genitive	célih	célih	célih
dative	célim	célim	célim
locative	célih	célih	célih
instrumental	célimi	célimi	célimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “cel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃel]

Noun

cel (nominative plural cels)

1. cherry

Declension

declension of cel

	singular	plural
nominative	cel	cels
genitive	cela	celas
dative	cele	celes
accusative	celi	celis
vocative 1	o cel!	o cels!
predicative 2	celu	celus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only