celle

Danish

Etymology

From Latin cella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

celle c (singular definite cellen, plural indefinite celler)

1. cell

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/

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• Homophones: celles, sel, selle, sellent, selles, sels

Pronoun

celle f

1. feminine singular of celui

   J’avais oublié ma gomme, alors j’ai emprunté celle de Pierre.

   I'd forgotten my eraser, so I borrowed Pierre's.

Derived terms

• celle-ci
• celle-là

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛl.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛlle
• Hyphenation: cèl‧le

Noun

celle f

1. plural of cella

Latvian

Noun

celle f (5th declension)

1. cell (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)

Declension

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cel, cell, scelle, sel, sell, selle

Etymology

From Old English cell and Old French cele, selle, both from Latin cella, from Proto-Italic *kelnā; compare halle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl(ə)/

Noun

celle (plural celles or cellen)

1. cell (dependent monastery)
2. cell (residence of a monk or hermit).
3. A private place room or building for habitation.
4. A chamber or section, especially one of the brain's parts.
5. (figuratively) A place of entrapment or confinement.
6. (rare) A storage facility.

Descendants

• English: cell
• Scots: cell

References

• “celle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Celle (andre betydninger)

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Alternative forms

• selle

Etymology

From Latin cella.

Noun

celle f or m (definite singular cella or cellen, indefinite plural celler, definite plural cellene)

1. a cell (most, if not all, senses)

Derived terms

References

• “celle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Celle (fleirtyding)

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Alternative forms

• selle

Etymology

From Latin cella.

Noun

celle f (definite singular cella, indefinite plural celler, definite plural cellene)

1. a cell (most, if not all, senses)

Derived terms

References

• “celle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.