You can make 3 words from cel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of cel
cel ecl cle lce elc lec
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word cel. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in cel.
Definitions and meaning of cel
cel
Translingual
Symbol
cel
(international standards)ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Celtic languages.
Alternative forms
cell
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sɛl/
Homophones: cell, sell
Rhymes: -ɛl
Etymology 1
Clipping of celluloid.
Noun
cel (pluralcels)
A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Clipping of celibate.
Noun
cel (pluralcels)
clipping of celibate.
Synonyms
celibate
truecel
Derived terms
Anagrams
CLE, ECL, LCE, LEC
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latincaelum, from Proto-Italic*kailom, from Proto-Indo-European*keh₂i-lom(“whole”), from *keh₂i-. Compare Occitancèl.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[ˈsɛl]
Noun
celm (pluralcels)
sky
heaven
Derived terms
arc del cel
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, 2024
“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
(Northern dialect) gale, wind
Usage notes
Literary form: yel
Declension
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛl]
Noun
celf
genitive plural of cela
Noun
celn
genitive plural of clo
Verb
cel
second-person singular imperative of celit
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutchcelle, from Latincella.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sɛl/
Hyphenation: cel
Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
celf (pluralcellen, diminutivecelletjen)
cell(a compartment)
component of a battery
(biology) component of a body tissue
(architecture) a small room, such as a prison or cloister cell
(entomology) cell – of a honeycomb
(computer science) cell – of a table
Synonyms
(prison cell):gevangeniscel
(cloister cell):kloostercel
Derived terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: sel
→ Indonesian: sel
→ Papiamentu: sèl
Latvian
Verb
cel
inflection of celt:
second-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Old French
Alternative forms
cil, chil, chel
Etymology
From an earlier cil, from Vulgar Latin*ecce ille, a compound of Latinecce and ille. Largely replaced cist used in earlier Old French.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (unstressed)/t͡səl/
IPA(key): (stressed)/ˈt͡sɛl/
Adjective
celm (oblique and nominative feminine singularcele)
this (the one in question)
Declension
Synonyms
cist (chiefly 12th and 13th centuries)
Descendants
Middle French: cel
French: ce
Lorrain: ceil
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latincaelum.
Noun
celm
Heaven
Descendants
Occitan: cèl, ciau, ciel, cèu
Old Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Czechcíl. First attested in the fifteenth century.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (10th–15th CE)/t͡sɛːlʲ/
IPA(key): (15th CE)/t͡selʲ/
Noun
celm ?
target (butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile)
Derived terms
Descendants
Masurian: cél
Polish: cel, cyl, czel
→ Esperanto: celo
→ Kashubian: cél
→ Russian: цель(celʹ)
→ Ukrainian: ціль(cilʹ)
Silesian: cyl
References
Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “cel”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “cel”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /t͡sɛl/
(Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sel/
Rhymes: -ɛl
Syllabification: cel
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Polishcel. Compare GermanZiel.
Noun
celm inan
goal, aim, objective, target (that which one attempts to achieve)
target (butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile)
target, aim (person or object that is the focus of one's actions)
goal, aim, objective; destination (place where one would like to go)
(archaic, firearms) foresight (front sight of a rifle)
Synonym:muszka
(Middle Polish) end point, borderline
(Middle Polish) deadline
Synonym:termin
(Middle Polish) racetrack; stadium
(Middle Polish) measuring instrument for determining the direction of a straight line (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
(Middle Polish) respect
Synonyms:poważanie, szacunek
(Middle Polish) abyss
Synonym:przepaść
Declension
Alternative forms
cyl, czel(Middle Polish)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
→ Esperanto: celo
→ Kashubian: cél
→ Russian: цель(celʹ)
→ Ukrainian: ціль(cilʹ)
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), cel is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 79 times in scientific texts, 69 times in news, 85 times in essays, 15 times in fiction, and 18 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 266 times, making it the 190th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
celf
genitive plural of cela
Further reading
cel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
cel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “cel”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Krystyna Siekierska (22.01.2019) “CEL”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “cel”, in Słownik języka polskiego[5]
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “cel”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[6]
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “cel”, in Słownik języka polskiego[7] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 259
Portuguese
Etymology
Clipping of celular.
Pronunciation
Noun
celm (pluralcels)
(Brazil, Internet slang) mobile phone
Synonym:celular
Romanian
Alternative forms
чел(cel) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
From acel.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [tʃel]
Determiner
celm or n (feminine singularcea, masculine pluralcei, feminine and neuter pluralcele)
(popular) that
Synonyms:acel, acela, ăl, ăla
Declension
Article
celm or n (feminine singularcea, masculine pluralcei, feminine and neuter pluralcele)
the
Declension
Pronoun
celm or n (feminine singularcea, masculine pluralcei, feminine and neuter pluralcele)
the one (that is)
Declension
Derived terms
celălalt
Slovene
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /t͡séːʋ/
Adjective
cẹ̑ł (not comparable)
whole
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
“cel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran