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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

Etymology

From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-Germanic *hwat (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?ód (“what”), neuter form of *k?ós (“who”). Cognate with Scots whit (“what”), North Frisian wat (“what”), Saterland Frisian wat (“what”), West Frisian wat (“what”), Dutch wat (“what”), Low German wat (“what”), German was (“what”), Danish hvad (“what”), Norwegian Bokmål hva (“what”), Swedish vad (“what”), Norwegian Nynorsk kva (“what”), Icelandic hvað (“what”), Latin quod (“what, which”).

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /w?t/
• (UK, General New Zealand) enPR: hw?t, w?t, IPA^(key): /??t/, /w?t/
  • (in accents with the wine–whine merger)
• (NYC) enPR: w?t, IPA^(key): /w?t/
  • (wine–whine merged)
• Rhymes: -?t
• Homophones: Watt, watt, wot (all only in British, Australian, New Zealand, New York City accents with the wine–whine merger)
• (Canada, US) enPR: hw?t, w?t, IPA^(key): (without wine–whine merger) /??t/, (with wine–whine merger) /w?t/
  • (Canada, US, unstressed) IPA^(key): (flapped) [w??], (glottalized) [w??]
  • (stressed, in accents without the wine–whine merger)
  • (stressed, in accents with the wine–whine merger)
  • (unstressed, flapped, whine-wine merged)
  • (unstressed, glottalized, whine-wine merged)
• Rhymes: -?t

Pronoun

what

1. (interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     The gym is across from … what? — The gym is across from the lounge. — Across from the lounge. Right. Thanks!

2. That which; those that; the thing that.

3. (relative, nonstandard) That; which; who.
   • 1902, J. M. Barrie, The Admirable Crichton:

     That’s her; that’s the thing what has stole his heart from me.

   • 2017, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2:

     For, it is a name what strikes fear in the heart of anyone what hears it.

4. Whatever.

Translations

Adjective

what (not comparable)

1. Used before a noun phrase at the beginning of a sentence to form an exclamation. Indicates that something is remarkable in quality or degree.

Usage notes

what and such are largely interchangeable, with a few exceptions:

• Nouns modified by such need not appear at the beginning of the sentence: She sings with such passion.
• such requires that the noun phrase it modifies be gradable in some way. Such a disaster! is acceptable because a disaster may be minor or major in degree, but Such a movie! is not (except with the unusual meaning that the movie under discussion has especially "movie-like" qualities).

how is another word used at the beginning of a sentence to form an exclamation (How quickly he ran!), but it modifies different syntactic elements (verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and certain determinatives).

Synonyms

• such

Translations

Adverb

what (not comparable)

1. (usually followed by "with," but also sometimes "would" or "might," especially in finance) In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with

   This leads to an uncertain situation for creditors what would negatively affect the willingness to provide credit.

2. (Singlish) Alternative form of wat (used to contradict an assumption)

Translations

Interjection

what

1. An expression of surprise or disbelief.
   • 1605 William Shakespeare, King Lear

     What, have his daughters brought him to this pass?

   What! That’s amazing.

2. What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.

   What? I'm busy.

3. (Britain, colloquial, dated) Clipping of what do you say?
   • 1991 May 12, "Kidnapped!" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:

     Chuffy: WHAT? No, no, no, no, no. My casa is your casa, what?

4. What did you say? I beg your pardon?

Alternative forms

• wha

Synonyms

• (colloquial British interjection): what-what, wot
• (what did you say?): come again, pardon; see also Thesaurus:say again

Translations

Determiner

what

1. Which one(s); which kind of.

   What shirt are you going to wear?

   What time is it?

   What kind of car is that?

2. (relative) Whatever

Translations

Noun

what (countable and uncountable, plural whats)

1. (obsolete, uncountable) Something; thing; stuff.
2. (countable) The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
   • 2005, Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research (page 493)

     The emphasis on the interplay between the hows and whats of interpretive practice is paramount.

3. (countable) Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
   • 2012, "We Are Both", season 2, episode 2 of Once Upon a Time

     Regina: What are you?

     Rumplestiltskin: What? What? What? My, my, what a rude question! I am not a what.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• HAWT, Thaw, Wath, hawt, thaw, wath

Middle English

Alternative forms

• whad, whote, watte, wath, wad, qhat

Etymology

From Old English hwæt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat.

Pronoun

what

1. what

Descendants

• English: what
• Scots: what, whate, whit, whut, wha', quhat, quat, fat, faht, phat, fit, fut, fout, at
• Yola: faade, fade, f'ad

References

• “what, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adverb

what

1. Why.

   • What shulde I tel the answere of the knyght?
2. Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both...and...

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat. Cognates include English what and Yola faade.

Alternative forms

• whate, whit, whut, wha', quhat, quat, fat, faht, phat, fit, fut, fout, at

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??t], [??t], [??t], [???]
• (Shetland) IPA^(key): [kw?t]

Pronoun

what

1. (interrogative) what?
2. (relative) that, which

Adverb

what

1. (interrogative) how?
2. (interrogative) why?
3. (relative) as, than, how
4. (exclamatory) how!

Determiner

what

1. (interrogative) what?
2. (relative) what, which
3. (exclamatory) what a lot of! how many!

Etymology 2

From Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan. Cognates include English whet

Alternative forms

• whatt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??t]

Verb

what (third-person singular present whats, present participle whatin, past whatt, past participle whatt)

1. (transitive) to whet, hone, sharpen

References