cela

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛla]

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cela f

1. cell (room in a prison for containing inmates)

• “cela”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “cela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “cela”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

By surface analysis, ce +‎ là. See also -là.

• IPA^(key): /sə.la/

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cela n

1. that

   Antonym: ceci

• ça (informal)

• c'est cela
• cela étant
• comment cela

cela

1. third-person singular past historic of celer

• “cela”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• cale, calé
• lace, lacé

From Old Galician-Portuguese cela (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cella.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɛla̝/

cela f (plural celas)

1. cell of a grid
2. square on a game board
3. cell of a panel

   Synonym: favo

4. cell, cubicle (in a prison or a monastery)

   Synonym: cuarto

5. (archaic) monastery

• célula

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Malay cela, from Sanskrit छल (chala).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.la/
• Hyphenation: cê‧la

cêla

1. disgrace

• “cela” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: cè‧la

From Hindi चेला (celā).

cela m (invariable)

1. chela (pupil)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cela

1. inflection of celare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

• cela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• alce, cale

cēlā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cēlō

• "cela", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe ǀē (“ask for something”).

-céla

1. to ask for

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Louw, J.A. (2013) “The Impact of Khoesan on Southern Bantu”, in Vossen, Rainer, editor, The Khoesan Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 435-444

cela n

1. cloth
2. garment

• Maung Tin (1920), The Student's Pali-English Dictionary, Rangoon: British Burma Press.

Borrowed from German Zelle, from Latin cella.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: ce‧la

cela f

1. cell (room in a monastery)
2. cell (room in a prison for containing inmates)

• cela in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cela in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Old Galician-Portuguese cela (“cell”), from Latin cella (“small room”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā.

• Hyphenation: ce‧la
• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Homophone: sela

cela f (plural celas)

1. cell (small room or compartment)
   1. room in a prison for containing inmates

      Synonyms: jaula, cárcere

   2. room of a monastery

• célula

cela (Cyrillic spelling цела)

1. inflection of ceo:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe ǀē (“ask for something”).

-céla

1. to request

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Louw, J.A. (2013) “The Impact of Khoesan on Southern Bantu”, in Vossen, Rainer, editor, The Khoesan Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 435-444

cela f (plural celas)

1. obsolete spelling of cilla

cela f (plural celas)

1. obsolete spelling of celda

cela

1. inflection of celar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “cela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe ǀē (“ask for something”).

-céla

1. to ask for

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Louw, J.A. (2013) “The Impact of Khoesan on Southern Bantu”, in Vossen, Rainer, editor, The Khoesan Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 435-444

From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe ǀē (“ask for something”).

-cêla

1. to request

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Louw, J.A. (2013) “The Impact of Khoesan on Southern Bantu”, in Vossen, Rainer, editor, The Khoesan Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 435-444

From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe ǀē (“ask for something”).

-céla

1. to ask for, to request

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “cela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “cela (3.9)”
• Louw, J.A. (2013) “The Impact of Khoesan on Southern Bantu”, in Vossen, Rainer, editor, The Khoesan Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 435-444