English

Noun

cella ‎(plural cellae)

1. (architecture) The part enclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cilia, from cilium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʎə/

Noun

cella f ‎(plural celles)

1. eyebrow

French

Noun

cella f ‎(plural cellas)

1. cella

Galician

Etymology

From Latin cilia, from cilium.

Noun

cella f ‎(plural cellas)

1. eyebrow

Italian

Etymology

Latin cella.

Noun

cella f ‎(plural celle)

1. cell

Derived terms

• cella solare

Anagrams

• calle

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā, which consists of Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‎(“to cover”) and a suffix -nā. Cognate to Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-: Latin clam, Latin celo, Proto-Germanic *helaną.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkel.la/, [ˈkɛl.la]

Noun

cella f ‎(genitive cellae); first declension

1. a small room, a hut, barn, granary
2. the part of a temple where the image of a god stood; altar, sanctuary, shrine, pantry

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• cellārium
• cellārius
• cellula

Descendants

• Albanian: qelë
• Basque: gela
• Catalan: cel·la
• English: cell
• Greek: κελί ‎(kelí)

  Ancient Greek: κέλλα ‎(kélla)

• Italian: cella
• Portuguese: cela
• Spanish: cela, celda, cilla

External links

• cell in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• cella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

References

• cella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CELLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cella”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• cella in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• cella in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cella in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• cellen

Noun

cella m, f

1. definite feminine singular of celle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

cella f

1. definite singular of celle