célula

See also: celula and celulă

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɛlula/ [ˈθɛ.lu.lɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈθɛlula/ [ˈθɛ.lu.lɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈsɛlula/ [ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛlula
• Hyphenation: cé‧lu‧la

Noun

célula f (plural células)

1. cell (room in a monastery)

   Synonym: cela

2. cell (biological unit)
3. cell (electronic component)
4. cell (autonomous subgroup)

Related terms

• celular
• pluricelular
• unicelular

Further reading

• “célula”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “célula”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lu.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛlulɐ
• Hyphenation: cé‧lu‧la

Noun

célula f (plural células)

1. (biology) cell

Related terms

• celular
• cela

Further reading

• “célula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “célula”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “célula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθelula/ [ˈθe.lu.la] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈselula/ [ˈse.lu.la] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -elula
• Syllabification: cé‧lu‧la

Noun

célula f (plural células)

1. cell (the basic unit of a living organism)
   • 2022 June 3, Sandee LaMotte, “El efecto 'Benjamin Button': científicos logran revertir el envejecimiento en ratones. El objetivo es hacer lo mismo con los humanos”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Usando proteínas que pueden convertir una célula adulta en una célula madre, Sinclair y su equipo han restablecido las células envejecidas en ratones a versiones anteriores de sí mismos.

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2. cell (a small group of people forming part of a larger organization)

Hyponyms

• célula dendrítica
• célula durmiente (“sleeper cell”)
• célula glial (“glial cell”)
• célula hija
• célula madre

Derived terms

• anemia de células falciformes
• célula fotoeléctrica
• célula solar
• celulitis

Related terms

• celular

Further reading

• “célula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “célula”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA