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Is cel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cel is a Scrabble US word. The word cel is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is cel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cel is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

C3E1L1

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You can make 3 words from 'cel' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'cel'

CEL 5 

2 letters words from 'cel'

EL 2 

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

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 (plural cels)

  1. clipping of celibate.
Synonyms
  • celibate
  • truecel
Derived terms

Anagrams

  • CLE, ECL, LCE, LEC

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.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

cel

  1. (Northern dialect) gale, wind

Usage notes

  • Literary form: yel

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛl]

Noun

cel

  1. genitive plural of cela

Noun

cel

  1. genitive plural of clo

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

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: sel
  • → Indonesian: sel
  • → Papiamentu: sèl

Latvian

Verb

cel

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

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 12th and 13th centuries)

Descendants

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

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Noun

cel m

  1. Heaven

Descendants

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sɛl/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German zil. Compare German Ziel.

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of celular.

Noun

cel m (plural cels)

  1. (Brazil, Internet slang) mobile phone
    Synonym: celular

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

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

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)