celular

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cellulare (“cellphone”).

Noun

celular m (plural celularë, definite celulari)

1. mobile phone, cell phone

   Synonym: hendi — Kosovo

Further reading

• “celular”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Matzinger, Joachim (2017–2018) “Chapter XV: Albanian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Albanian, page 1791

Galician

Adjective

celular m or f (plural celulares)

1. (biology) cellular; of or pertaining to a cell

Derived terms

Derived terms

• membrana celular
• parede celular
• pluricelular
• unicelular

Related terms

• célula

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.luˈlaʁ/ [se.luˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.luˈlaʁ/ [se.luˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /se.luˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /se.luˈlaʁ/ [se.luˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.luˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.luˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.luˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.luˈla.ɾi/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɛ.lu.ˈlah/
• (Rio Grande do Sul) IPA^(key): /se.lu.ˈlaɾ/
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /se.lu.ˈlaɻ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ce‧lu‧lar

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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin cellulāris. By surface analysis, célula +‎ -ar.

Adjective

celular m or f (plural celulares, not comparable)

1. (cytology) cellular (relating to cells)
   • 2002, Richard Gerber, Medicina vibracional: uma medicina para o futuro, Editora Cultrix, →ISBN, page 91:

     Não se poderá obter imagens biologicamente significativas se as frequências de rádio dos aparelhos de formação de imagens por ressonância magnética estiverem numa faixa incapaz de ressoar com os componentes celulares integrais do corpo.

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Etymology 2

Ellipsis of telefone celular.

Noun

celular m (plural celulares)

1. (Brazil, mobile telephony) cell phone; smartphone

   Synonym: (Portugal) telemóvel

References

• “celular”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “celular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “celular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “celular”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cellulaire.

Noun

celular n (plural celulari)

1. cellphone

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	celular	celularul		celulari	celularile
genitive-dative	celular	celularului		celulari	celularilor
vocative	celularule			celularilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeluˈlaɾ/ [θe.luˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seluˈlaɾ/ [se.luˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ce‧lu‧lar

Adjective

celular m or f (masculine and feminine plural celulares)

1. cellular

Noun

celular m (plural celulares)

1. (Latin America, Philippines) cell phone (US), mobile phone (UK, Australia)

   Synonyms: (Latin America) teléfono celular, (Spain) teléfono móvil, (Spain) móvil

Derived terms

• biología celular
• ciclo celular
• división celular
• elemento celular
• pared celular

 

Related terms

• célula
• celulitis
• celulosa

 

Further reading

• “celular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28