cellule

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cellula (“a small apartment”), diminutive of cella.

Noun

cellule (plural cellules)

  1. A small cell.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cellule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cellula.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /se.lyl/, /sɛ.lyl/
  • (France)
    (file)
  • Homophone: cellules

Noun

cellule f (plural cellules)

  1. (biology) cell
  2. cell (of prison)
  3. (electronics) cell
  4. (optics) cell
  5. (geometry) cell
  6. (computing) table cell

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: cèl‧lu‧le

Noun

cellule f pl

  1. plural of cellula
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.