different between cel vs ceil

English

Alternative forms

• cell

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?l/

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.

Derived terms

• cel shading

Etymology 2

Clipping of celibate.

Noun

cel (uncountable)

1. clipping of celibate.

Synonyms

• celibate
• truecel

Derived terms

Anagrams

• CLE, ECL, LCE, LEC

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?s?l/

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.
• “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.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

cel

1. (Northern dialect) gale, wind

Usage notes

• Literary form: yel

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?s?l]

Noun

cel

1. genitive plural of cela

Noun

cel

1. genitive plural of clo

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?l/
• Hyphenation: cel
• Rhymes: -?l

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

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sel
• ? Indonesian: sel

Latvian

Verb

cel

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• cil
• chil
• chel

Etymology

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.

Adjective

cel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cele)

1. this (the one in question)

Declension

Synonyms

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

Descendants

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

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Noun

cel m

1. Heaven

Descendants

• Catalan: cel
• Occitan: cèl, ciau, ciel, cèu

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?s?l/

Etymology 1

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

Descendants

• Russian: ???? (cel?)
• Ukrainian: ???? (cil?)

Noun

cel m anim

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

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

cel f

1. genitive plural of cela

Further reading

• cel in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• cel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of celular.

Noun

cel m (plural cels)

1. (Brazil, Internet slang) mobile phone

   Synonym: celular

Romanian

Etymology

From acel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?el]

Determiner

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

1. (popular) that

Declension

Synonyms

• acel, acela, ?l, ?la

Article

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

1. the

Declension

Pronoun

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

1. the one (that is)

Declension

Derived terms

• cel?lalt

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?sé??/

Adjective

c??? (not comparable)

1. whole

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?el]

Noun

cel (nominative plural cels)

1. cherry

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?l/
• Rhymes: -i?l
• Homophones: SEAL, seal

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Latin c?l? (“to hide”).

Alternative forms

• ciel

Verb

ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)

1. (transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
2. (mathematics) To set a higher bound.

Derived terms

• ceiler
• ceiling

Etymology 2

Abbrevation of ceiling, influenced by French ciel

Noun

ceil (plural ceils)

1. (poetic) a ceiling

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

ceil

1. (mathematics) Abbreviation of ceiling.

Anagrams

• -icle, Celi, ICLE, ILEC, Icel., ciel, lice

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ceilid, from Proto-Celtic *keleti, from Proto-Indo-European *?el-; compare Welsh celu, Latin c?l?, Old English helan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /c?l?/

Verb

ceil (present analytic ceileann, future analytic ceilfidh, verbal noun ceilt, past participle ceilte)

1. to hide, conceal

   Synonym: folaigh

Conjugation

Mutation