Czech

Noun

celer m

1. celery

Declension

French

Etymology

From Latin cēlāre, present active infinitive of cēlō ‎(“hide, conceal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səle/

Verb

celer

1. (transitive) to conceal or hide

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il cèle rather than *il cele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

Latin

Etymology

From cellō, from Proto-Indo-European *kel-. Probably cognate with Ancient Greek κέλλω ‎(kéllō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ler/, [ˈkɛ.ɫɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ler/, [ˈt͡ʃeː.ler]

Adjective

celer m ‎(feminine celeris, neuter celere); third declension

1. fast, swift

Inflection

Third declension, masculine nominative singular in -er, neuter in -e.

• comparative: celerior, superlative: celerrimus

Antonyms

• (fast, swift): lentus

Derived terms

Descendants

• Portuguese: célere
• Spanish: célere
• Italian: celere

References

• celer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• celer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “celer”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• celer in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• celer in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Middle French

Verb

celer

1. to hide

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: celer

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cēlāre, present active infinitive of cēlō ‎(“hide, conceal”).

Verb

celer

1. to conceal
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Mes dites moi, nel me celez

     But tell me, do not hide it from me

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-oils, *-oilt are modified to ouz, out. This verb has a stressed present stem çoil distinct from the unstressed stem cel. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsêler/
• Hyphenation: ce‧ler

Noun

cȅler m ‎(Cyrillic spelling це̏лер)

1. celery

Declension