chele

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See also: Chële and chɛlɛ

English

Noun

chele

  1. plural of chela

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɛle
  • Hyphenation: chè‧le

Noun

chele f

  1. plural of chela

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

chēlē f (genitive chēlēs); first declension

  1. claw-shaped mechanism, trigger

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative chēlē chēlae
Genitive chēlēs chēlārum
Dative chēlae chēlīs
Accusative chēlēn chēlās
Ablative chēlē chēlīs
Vocative chēlē chēlae

References

  • “chele”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • chele in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • chele in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “chele”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “chele”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃele/
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Syllabification: che‧le

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl celic (“green thing”).

Noun

chele m (plural cheles)

  1. (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) sleep (in the corner of the eye)
    Synonyms: lagaña, legaña
  2. (Dominican Republic) cent (currency)
    Synonym: centavo
Derived terms
sleep
cent

Etymology 2

From a vesre form of leche.

Noun

chele f (uncountable)

  1. (vesre) milk
  2. (vulgar, slang, Uruguay, Argentina, vesre) semen

Noun

chele m or f by sense (plural cheles)

  1. (El Salvador, colloquial) a fair-skinned person; a white person
  2. (Honduras, Nicaragua, colloquial) a blond-haired person
    Synonym: rubio

Adjective

chele m or f (masculine and feminine plural cheles)

  1. (El Salvador, colloquial) fair-skinned
  2. (El Salvador, colloquial) white
  3. (Honduras, Nicaragua, colloquial) blond-haired
    Synonym: rubio
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “chele” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
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