cel

See also cél, and cèl

English

Alternative forms

• cell

Etymology

From celluloid, by shortening

Noun

cel (plural cels)

1. A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film.
   • 2008 June 22, Michael Hirschorn, “Success Story 2”, New York Times:

     After Jobs’s $5 million offer was rejected, the team attempted to do a deal with Disney , then a bastion of hand-painted cel animation.

Derived terms

• cel shading

Anagrams

• ECL
• LEC

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Noun

cel m. (plural cels)

1. sky
2. heaven

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

cel

1. (Northern dialect) gale, wind

Declension

    declension of cel

nominative	cel
genitive	celniñ
dative	celge
accusative	celni
locative	celde
ablative	celden

Usage notes

• Literary form: yel

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Dutch

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Noun

cel m. (plural cellen, diminutive celletje)

1. cell (component of a battery)
2. (cytology) cell
3. (architecture) prison cell
4. (architecture) cloister cell
5. (entomology) cell – of a honeycomb
6. (computer science) cell – of a table

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• (component of a battery): brandstofcel
• (cytology): bloedcel
• cellenbeton

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Old French

Alternative forms

• cil
• chil
• chel

Etymology

From an earlier cil, ultimately from Latin ecce illum, from ille. Largely replaced cist used in earlier Old French.

Adjective

cel

1. this (the one in question)

Synonyms

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

Declension

  Declension of cel  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	cels	cele	cel
	Oblique	cel	cele	cel
Plural	Subject	cel	celes	cel
	Oblique	cels	celes	cel

Descendants

• French: ce

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Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin caelum.

Noun

cel m.

1. Heaven

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [t͡sɛl]

• Audio

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Noun

cel m.

1. aim
2. goal

Declension

    declension of cel

	singular	plural
nominative	cel	cele
genitive	celu	celów
dative	celowi	celom
accusative	cel	cele
instrumental	celem	celami
locative	celu	celach
vocative	celu	cele

Descendants

• Russian: цель (cel')

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Romanian

Etymology

From acel.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tʃel]

Article

cel

1. the

Pronoun

cel

1. the one (that is)

   cel bogat face cum vreau, cel sărac face cum poate - the rich one does as he pleases, the poor one does as he can

Declension

    declension of cel

	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
Nominative/Accusative	cel	cel	cea	cei	cele	cele
Genitive/Dative	celui	celui	celei	celor	celor	celor

Derived terms

• celălalt

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Slovene

Adjective

cel

1. whole