цель

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɛlʲ]
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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish cel (aim, goal), in turn from Middle High German zil.

Noun

цель (celʹ) f inan (genitive це́ли, nominative plural це́ли, genitive plural це́лей)

  1. goal, target, aim, end, object
    не попада́ть/попа́сть в цельne popadátʹ/popástʹ v celʹto miss (one's aim)
  2. purpose
  3. destination (of traveller)
  4. chain
Declension

Verb

цель (celʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of це́лить (célitʹ)
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