cellula

Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.

cellula (plural cellulae)

1. (anatomy, botany) A small compartment or chamber.

cellula (plural cellulas)

1. (biology) cell

• cellular

Learned borrowing from Latin cellula (17th century).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛl.lu.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛllula
• Hyphenation: cèl‧lu‧la

cellula f (plural cellule)

1. cell

From cella + -ula (diminutive).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛl.lʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛl.lu.la]

cellula f (genitive cellulae); first declension

1. small room, especially that of a slave
2. humble dwelling
3. porter's lodge
4. prostitute's cubicle
5. (New Latin, cytology) cell (basic unit of a living organism)

First-declension noun.

• “cellula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cellula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "cellula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “cellula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• IPA^(key): /selˈlylo/

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cellula f (plural cellulas)

1. (biology) cell (the basic unit of a living organism)

• cellular