čelo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "celo"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech čelo, from Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛlo]

Noun

čelo n (diminutive čelíčko or čílko)

  1. (anatomy) forehead

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
verbs
nouns

Further reading

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeːlo/

Verb

čēlo

  1. inflection of čeallut:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čelo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈt͡ʃɛɫo/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈt͡ʃɛlo/

Noun

čelo n

  1. forehead
  2. front

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: čelo

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃělo/
  • Hyphenation: če‧lo

Noun

čèlo n (Cyrillic spelling чѐло)

  1. forehead

Declension

Declension of čelo
singular plural
nominative čèlo čela
genitive čela čélā
dative čelu čelima
accusative čelo čela
vocative čelo čela
locative čelu čelima
instrumental čelom čelima

Descendants

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃelɔ]

Noun

čelo n (relational adjective čelový)

  1. forehead

Declension

Declension of čelo
(pattern mesto)
singularplural
nominativečeločelá
genitivečelačiel
dativečelučelám
accusativečeločelá
locativečelečelách
instrumentalčelomčelami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • čelo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛ̀ːlɔ/

Noun

čélo n

  1. forehead
Declension
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Neuter, hard
nom. sing. čêlo
gen. sing. čêla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
čêlo čêli čêla
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
čêla čêl čêl
dative
(dajȃlnik)
čêlu čêloma čêlom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
čêlo čêli čêla
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
čêlu čêlih čêlih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
čêlom čêloma čêli

Etymology 2

Shortening of violončélo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃéːlɔ/

Noun

čẹ̑lo m inan

  1. cello
Declension
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. čélo
gen. sing. čéla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
čélo čéla čéli
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
čéla čélov čélov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
čélu čéloma čélom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
čélo čéla čéle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
čélu čélih čélih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
čélom čéloma čéli

Further reading

  • čelo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025