English

Noun

chele

1. plural of chela

Italian

Noun

chele f

1. plural of chela

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χηλή ‎(khēlḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰeː.leː/, [ˈkʰeː.ɫeː]

Noun

chēlē f ‎(genitive chēlēs); first declension

1. claw-shaped mechanism, trigger

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃele/

Etymology 1

From Nahuatl celic ‎(“green thing”).

Noun

chele m ‎(plural cheles)

1. (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) sleep (in the corner of the eye)
2. (Dominican Republic) cent (currency)

Synonyms

• (sleep): lagaña f, legaña f
• (cent): centavo m

Related terms

• (sleep): chelito
• (cent): chelear, chelero

Etymology 2

From a vesre form of leche.

Noun

chele m f ‎(plural cheles)

1. (Honduras, Nicaragua, vesre) blond-haired
2. (vesre) milk
3. (vulgar, slang, Uruguay, Argentina, vesre) semen

Adjective

chele m, f ‎(plural cheles)

1. (El Salvador, colloquial) fair-skinned