cel

See also: cél, cèl, ceļ, and çel

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• cell

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/

Etymology 1Edit

Clipping of celluloid.

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• cel shading

Etymology 2Edit

Clipping of celibate.

NounEdit

cel (uncountable)

1. clipping of celibate.

SynonymsEdit

• celibate

Derived termsEdit

terms derived using cel as suffix

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

AnagramsEdit

• CLE, ECL, LCE, LEC

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/

NounEdit

cel m (plural cels)

1. sky
2. heaven

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Crimean TatarEdit

NounEdit

cel

1. (Northern dialect) gale, wind

DeclensionEdit

Declension of cel

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

Usage notesEdit

• Literary form: yel

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

cel f (plural cellen, diminutive celletje n)

1. cell (component of a battery)
2. (cytology) cell
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

SynonymsEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

• (component of a battery): brandstofcel
• (cytology): bloedcel
• cellenbeton
• telefooncel

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LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

cel

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

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LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

cel

1. rafsi of cecla.

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Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• cil
• chil
• chel

EtymologyEdit

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.

AdjectiveEdit

cel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cele)

1. this (the one in question)

SynonymsEdit

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

DeclensionEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

• French: ce

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Old ProvençalEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin caelum.

NounEdit

cel m

1. Heaven

DescendantsEdit

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• Catalan: cel
• Occitan: cèl, ciel

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PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German zil. Compare German Ziel.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɛl]

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

cel m inan

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

DeclensionEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

• Russian: цель (cel')
• Ukrainian: ціль (cil')

NounEdit

cel m anim

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

DeclensionEdit

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

NounEdit

cel f

1. genitive plural of cela

Further readingEdit

• cel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From acel.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [tʃel]

DeterminerEdit

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

1. (popular) that

DeclensionEdit

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	—		—	—	—

SynonymsEdit

• acel, acela, ăl, ăla

ArticleEdit

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

1. the

DeclensionEdit

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	—		—	—	—

PronounEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

• celălalt

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SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

cél (not comparable)

1. whole

DeclensionEdit

Declension of cél (hard)

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.

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VolapükEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [tʃel]

NounEdit

cel (plural cels)

1. cherry

DeclensionEdit

declension of cel

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