chele

chele

1. plural of chela

• Leech, leche, leech

• Rhymes: -ɛle

chele f

1. plural of chela

From Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰeː.leː/, [ˈkʰeː.ɫeː]

chēlē f (genitive chēlēs); first declension

1. claw-shaped mechanism, trigger

First declension, Greek type.

• chele in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• chele in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• chele in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• chele in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• chele in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃele/

From Nahuatl celic (“green thing”).

chele m (plural cheles)

1. (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) sleep (in the corner of the eye)

   Synonyms: lagaña, legaña

2. (Dominican Republic) cent (currency)

   Synonym: centavo

• (sleep): chelito
• (cent): chelear, chelero

From a vesre form of leche.

chele m or f (plural cheles)

1. (Honduras, Nicaragua, vesre) blond-haired
2. (vesre) milk
3. (vulgar, slang, Uruguay, Argentina, vesre) semen

chele (plural cheles)

1. (El Salvador, colloquial) fair-skinned

• “chele” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.