different between cellar vs fellar

English

Alternative forms

• seller (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?l?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?(?)
• Homophone: seller
• Hyphenation: cel?lar

Etymology 1

From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cell?rium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.

Noun

cellar (plural cellars)

1. An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
2. A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
3. (slang) Last place in a league or competition.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

cellar (third-person singular simple present cellars, present participle cellaring, simple past and past participle cellared)

1. (transitive) To store in a cellar.

Translations

Etymology 2

From 15th Century English saler, from French salière, from Latin salarius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sal (“salt”)

Noun

cellar (plural cellars)

1. salt cellar
2. (historical) A small dish for holding salt.

Anagrams

• caller, re-call, recall

English

Etymology

Variant of fellow which reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings -er/-ar.

Noun

fellar (plural fellars)

1. Pronunciation spelling of fellow.
   • 2006, J.C. Abbott, Peein' Off The Porch: A Remembrance, ?ISBN, page 104[1]:

     "Don't cry, pore little fellar", she would say.

References

Anagrams

• Faller, Lafler, faller, refall