celle

See also: Celle

Danish

Etymology

From Latin cella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛlə]

Noun

celle c (singular definite cellen, plural indefinite celler)

1. cell

Inflection

Declension of celle

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	celle	cellen	celler	cellerne
genitive	celles	cellens	cellers	cellernes

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/

• Audio (Paris):

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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

Declension of celle (5th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	celle	celles
genitive	celles	ceļļu
dative	cellei	cellēm
accusative	celli	celles
instrumental	celli	cellēm
locative	cellē	cellēs
vocative	celle	celles

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 storeroom.

Descendants

• English: cell
• Scots: cell

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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

• blodcelle
• brenselcelle
• celledeling
• cellekjerne
• cellemembran
• cellevegg
• fengselscelle
• kreftcelle
• nervecelle
• solcelle
• stamcelle
• sædcelle

References

• “celle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

• brenselcelle
• fengselscelle
• kreftcelle
• nervecelle
• solcelle
• stamcelle
• sædcelle

References

• “celle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.