Cel in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Cel

You can make 2 words from 'cel' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'cel'
• 2 letters words from 'cel'

3 letters words from 'cel'

CEL 5

2 letters words from 'cel'

EL 2

Definitions and meaning of cel

cel

Alternative forms

• cell

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/

Etymology 1

Clipping of celluloid.

Noun

cel (plural cels)

1. A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film.

Derived terms

• cel shading

Etymology 2

Clipping of celibate.

Noun

cel (uncountable)

1. clipping of celibate.

Synonyms

• celibate
• truecel

Derived terms

Anagrams

• CLE, ECL, LCE, LEC

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl/

Noun

cel m (plural cels)

1. sky
2. heaven

Derived terms

• 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.
• “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.

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

cel

1. (Northern dialect) gale, wind

Usage notes

• Literary form: yel

Declension

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛl]

Noun

cel

1. genitive plural of cela

Noun

cel

1. genitive plural of clo

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/
• Hyphenation: cel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

cel f (plural cellen, diminutive celletje n)

1. cell (a compartment)
   1. component of a battery
   2. (biology) component of a body tissue
   3. (architecture) a small room, such as a prison or cloister cell
   4. (entomology) cell – of a honeycomb
   5. (computer science) cell – of a table

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• brandstofcel
• bloedcel
• celkern
• cellenbeton
• celmaat
• celmembraan
• celwand
• eicel
• hersencel
• telefooncel
• zenuwcel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sel
• → Indonesian: sel

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Latvian

Verb

cel

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

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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)

Declension

Synonyms

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

Descendants

• Middle French: [Term?]
  • French: ce
  • Lorrain: ceil
    • Barrois: cheil

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Noun

cel m

1. Heaven

Descendants

• Catalan: cel
• Occitan: cèl, ciau, ciel, cèu

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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
4. destination

Declension

Descendants

• Russian: цель (celʹ)
• Ukrainian: ціль (cilʹ)

Noun

cel m anim

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

Declension

Noun

cel f

1. genitive plural of cela

Further reading

• cel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of celular.

Noun

cel m (plural cels)

1. (Brazil, Internet slang) mobile phone

   Synonym: celular

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Romanian

Etymology

From acel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃel]

Determiner

cel m or n (feminine singular cea, masculine plural cei, feminine and neuter plural cele)

1. (popular) that

Declension

Synonyms

• acel, acela, ăl, ăla

Article

cel m or n (feminine singular cea, masculine plural cei, feminine and neuter plural cele)

1. the

Declension

Pronoun

cel m or n (feminine singular cea, masculine plural cei, feminine and neuter plural cele)

1. the one (that is)

Declension

Derived terms

• celălalt

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡séːʋ/

Adjective

cẹ̑ł (not comparable)

1. whole

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “cel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃel]

Noun

cel (nominative plural cels)

1. cherry

Declension

Source: wiktionary.org

• (short for) celluloid, a celluloid frame of an animated cartoon.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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