English

Alternative forms

• cell

Noun

cel ‎(plural cels)

1. A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film.
   • 2008 June 22, Michael Hirschorn, “Success Story 2”, in New York Times:

     After Jobs’s $5 million offer was rejected, the team attempted to do a deal with Disney , then a bastion of hand-painted cel animation.

2. short for celibate.

Derived terms

• cel shading

Anagrams

• ECL
• LEC

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal cel, from Latin caelum.

Noun

cel m ‎(plural cels)

1. sky
2. heaven

Crimean Tatar

Noun

cel

1. (Northern dialect) gale, wind

Declension

Usage notes

• Literary form: yel

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

cel f ‎(plural cellen, diminutive celletje n)

1. cell (component of a battery)
2. (cytology) cell
3. (architecture) prison cell
4. (architecture) cloister cell
5. (entomology) cell – of a honeycomb
6. (computer science) cell – of a table

Synonyms

• (prison cell): gevangeniscel
• (cloister cell): kloostercel

Derived terms

• (component of a battery): brandstofcel
• (cytology): bloedcel
• cellenbeton

Latvian

Verb

cel

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

Lojban

Rafsi

cel

1. rafsi of cecla.

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)

Synonyms

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

Declension

Descendants

• French: ce

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Noun

cel m

1. Heaven

Descendants

• Catalan: cel
• Occitan: cèl, ciel

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German zil. Compare German Ziel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɛl]

Noun

cel m inan

1. goal, aim, objective
2. (shooting) target
3. (military) target

Declension

Descendants

• Russian: цель ‎(cel')
• Ukrainian: ціль ‎(cil')

Noun

cel m anim

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

Declension

Noun

cel f

1. genitive plural of cela

Romanian

Etymology

From acel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃel]

Article

cel

1. the

Pronoun

cel

1. the one (that is)

   cel bogat face cum vrea, cel sărac face cum poate - the rich one does as he pleases, the poor one does as he can

Declension

Derived terms

• celălalt

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtséːw/
• Tonal orthography: cẹ̑ł

Adjective

cél ‎(not comparable)

1. whole

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Volapük

Noun

cel ‎(plural cels)

1. cherry

Declension