ćelija

From palatalized (iotized) form of Russian ке́лья (kélʹja), from Latin cella, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕělija/
• Hyphenation: će‧li‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

ćèlija f (Cyrillic spelling ћѐлија)

1. cell (room for a monk or nun in a monastery or convent)
2. cell (room in a prison for containing inmates)
3. cell (compartment in a honeycomb)
4. (Montenegro, Serbia, biology) cell (basic unit of a living organism). In Croatia and often in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the synonym stanica is used instead.
5. cell (small number of people)
6. cell (unit in a statistical array). forming the basic unit of an organization)