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Aragonese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin cilia, accusative plural of cilium (“eyelid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθeʎa/
- Rhymes: -eʎa
- Syllabification: ze‧lla
Noun
zella f (plural zellas)
- (anatomy) eyebrow
References
- “ceja”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Italian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈt͡sel.la/
- Rhymes: -ella
- Hyphenation: zél‧la
Noun
zella f (uncountable) (regional, Rome)
- filth
- Synonyms: sporcizia, sudiciume
- (in particular) sticky dark grime formed by dead skin and sweat which usually accumulates in places that are touched often
Derived terms
Further reading
- zella in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- Augusto Pantoni (2001) “La zélla”, in www.romacultura.it (in Italian), archived from the original on 30 January 2020