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cell
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?l/
- Homophones: cel, sell
Etymology 1
From Middle English celle, selle, from Old English cell (attested in inflected forms), from Latin cella (“chamber, small room, compartment”), later reinforced by Old French cel, sele, Old French cele. Doublet of cella; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?elneh?, from Proto-Indo-European *?el- (“to cover”).
Noun
cell (plural cells)
- A single-room dwelling for a hermit. [from 10th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:
- So, taking them apart into his cell, / He to that point fit speaches gan to frame […].
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, IV:
- For three days he and his attendants had wandered in the forest without seeing a human form: but on the evening of the third they came to a cell, in which they found a venerable hermit in the agonies of death.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:
- (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment. [from 11th c.]
- A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. [from 14th c.]
- A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. [from 18th c.]
- Synonym: prison cell
- Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb. [from 14th c.]
- (biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions. [from 14th c.]
- 1858, Asa Gray, Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany, fifth edition, p. 282:
- Each of the two cells or lobes of the anther is marked with a lateral line or furrow, running from top to bottom […].
- 1858, Asa Gray, Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany, fifth edition, p. 282:
- (entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
- (obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories. [14th-19th c.]
- A section or compartment of a larger structure. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den. [16th-19th c.]
- 1810, Walter Scott, Lady of the Lake, II:
- Not long shall honour'd Douglas dwell, / Like hunted stag, in mountain-cell […].
- 1810, Walter Scott, Lady of the Lake, II:
- A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery. [from 19th c.]
- (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself. [from 19th c.]
- 1999, Paul Brown & Dave King, The Guardian, 15 Feb 1999:
- An American company has applied to experiment in Britain on Parkinson's disease sufferers by injecting their brains with cells from pigs.
- 2011, Terence Allen & Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 3:
- In multicellular organisms, groups of cells form tissues and tissues come together to form organs.
- 1999, Paul Brown & Dave King, The Guardian, 15 Feb 1999:
- (meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front. [from 20th c.]
- (computing) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior. [from 20th c.]
- (card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
- A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. [from 20th c.]
- (communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode. [from 20th c.]
- (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
- (geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
- (statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
- (architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
- (architecture) A cella.
- (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins
Usage notes
In the sense of an electrical device, "cell" is the technically correct name for a single unit of battery-type power storage, whereas a battery is a device comprising multiple of them, though it is often used for simple cells.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:cell.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cell
Derived terms
Related terms
- cellar
- cellular
- cellule
Translations
Verb
cell (third-person singular simple present cells, present participle celling, simple past and past participle celled)
- (transitive) To place or enclose in a cell.
Etymology 2
From cell phone, from cellular phone, from cellular + telephone
Noun
cell (plural cells)
- (US, informal) A cellular phone.
Usage notes
- Widely used attributively.
Translations
Further reading
- cell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- cell in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- cell at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Cell in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of cellulair or borrowed directly from English cell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?l/
- Hyphenation: cell
Noun
cell m (plural cells, diminutive celltje n)
- (Suriname, colloquial) cellular phone, mobile phone.
- Synonyms: (Belgium) gsm, (Netherlands) mobiel
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Clipping of cellulaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?l/
Noun
cell m (plural cells)
- (Quebec, colloquial) cellular phone, mobile phone; Abbreviation of téléphone cellulaire..
Synonyms
- portable, téléphone portable, téléphone cellulaire, cellulaire, téléphone mobile, mobile
Old Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?el?/
Noun
cell f
- church
Inflection
Descendants
- Irish: cill
- Manx: keeill
- Scottish Gaelic: cill
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
cell c
- cell; a room in a prison.
- Cell; a room in a monastery for sleeping one person.
- Cell; a small group of people forming part of a larger organization.
- (biology) Cell; the basic unit of a living organism.
- (biology) Cell; a cavity in a structure such as a honeycomb.
- (computing) Cell; a minimal unit of a cellular automaton.
Declension
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??/
Noun
cell f (plural celloedd)
- cell
- Often used as the second part of a compound word denoting a place, i.e. llyfrgell (library), literally "llyfr" (book) + "cell".
Mutation
cell From the web:
- what cell process occurs in the mitochondria
- what cells produce antibodies
- what cells undergo meiosis
- what cells have a cell wall
- what cells in living organisms are diploid
- what cells have a nucleus
- what cells undergo mitosis
- what cells does hiv attack
cella
English
Etymology
From Latin cella. Doublet of cell.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s?l?/
- Rhymes: -?l?
Noun
cella (plural cellae)
- (architecture) The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos. [from 17th c.]
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- Room by room, Sarrasine advances to the cella of the hermaphrodite god, veiled like Spenser's Venus.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan (compare Occitan cilha), from Latin cilia (compare Spanish ceja), from cilium (compare French cil), from Proto-Indo-European *?el-yo-m, from *?el- (“to cover”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?s?.??/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?s?.??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?se.?a/
Noun
cella f (plural celles)
- eyebrow
Derived terms
- cellut
Further reading
- “cella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cella” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “cella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Noun
cella f (plural cellas)
- cella
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese celha), from Latin cilia (compare Spanish ceja), from cilium.
Noun
cella f (plural cellas)
- eyebrow
Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin cella (“chamber, small room”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?s?l??]
- Hyphenation: cel?la
- Rhymes: -l?
Noun
cella (plural cellák)
- cell (room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates)
- Hyponym: börtöncella
- cell (small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person)
- (architecture) cella (central, enclosed part of an ancient temple)
- (biology, archaic) cell (basic unit of a living organism)
- Synonym: sejt
- cell (each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb)
- (electricity) cell (basic unit of a battery)
- (communication) cell (region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network)
- (statistics) cell (unit in a statistical array where a row and a column intersect)
- Synonym: mez?
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- cella in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- cella in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)
Italian
Etymology
From Latin cella, from Proto-Indo-European *?eln?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t???l.la/
- Rhymes: -?lla
Noun
cella f (plural celle)
- cell
Derived terms
- cella solare
- fotocella
- semicella
Related terms
- cellaio
- cellario
- celliere
- cellula
Anagrams
- calle
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *?elneh?, which consists of Proto-Indo-European *?el- (“to cover”) and a suffix -n?.Cognate to Proto-Indo-European *?el-: Latin clam, Latin celo, Proto-Germanic *helan?.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?kel.la/, [?k?l??ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?t??el.la/, [?t???l??]
Noun
cella f (genitive cellae); first declension
- a small room, a hut, storeroom
- a barn, granary
- the part of a temple where the image of a god stood; altar, sanctuary, shrine, pantry
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
- cell?rium
- cell?rius
- cellula
Descendants
Further reading
- cell in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- cella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
References
- cella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- cella in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[1]
- cella in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cella in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- cellen
Noun
cella m or f
- definite feminine singular of celle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
cella f
- definite singular of celle
cella From the web:
- what cellar means
- what cells
- what cells produce antibodies
- what cells undergo meiosis
- what cells have a cell wall
- what cells in living organisms are diploid
- what cells have a nucleus
- what cells undergo mitosis
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