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cel

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 2Edit

Clipping of celibate.

NounEdit

cel (uncountable)

  1. clipping of celibate.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
terms derived using cel as suffix

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

cel m (plural cels)

  1. sky
  2. heaven

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Crimean TatarEdit

NounEdit

cel

  1. (Northern dialect) gale, wind

Usage notesEdit

  • Literary form: yel

DeclensionEdit

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

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

cel

  1. genitive plural of cela

NounEdit

cel

  1. genitive plural of clo

DutchEdit

 
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /sɛl/
  • Audio
    		(file)
  • Hyphenation: cel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

NounEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

cel

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

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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)

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

SynonymsEdit

  • cist (chiefly 12th and 13th centuries)

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle French: [Term?]
    • French: ce

Old OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin caelum.

NounEdit

cel m

  1. Heaven

DescendantsEdit

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German zil. Compare German Ziel.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

cel m inan

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

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

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

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Clipping of celular.

NounEdit

cel m (plural cels)

  1. (Brazil, Internet slang) mobile phone
    Synonym: celular

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From acel.

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

cel m or 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

ArticleEdit

cel m or 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 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.

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

SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

cẹ̑ł (not comparable)

  1. whole

InflectionEdit

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.

VolapükEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

cel (nominative plural cels)

  1. cherry

DeclensionEdit

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
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