chele
English edit
Noun edit
chele
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chele f
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰeː.leː/, [ˈkʰeːɫ̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈke.le/, [ˈkɛːle]
Noun edit
chēlē f (genitive chēlēs); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun (Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | chēlē | chēlae |
Genitive | chēlēs | chēlārum |
Dative | chēlae | chēlīs |
Accusative | chēlēn | chēlās |
Ablative | chēlē | chēlīs |
Vocative | chēlē | chēlae |
References edit
- “chele”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- chele in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- chele in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “chele”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “chele”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl celic (“green thing”).
Noun edit
chele m (plural cheles)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) sleep (in the corner of the eye)
- (Dominican Republic) cent (currency)
- Synonym: centavo
Derived terms edit
sleep
cent
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
chele f (uncountable)
Adjective edit
chele m or f (masculine and feminine plural cheles)
- (El Salvador, colloquial) fair-skinned
- (Honduras, Nicaragua, colloquial) blond-haired
- Synonym: rubio
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “chele”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014