cella

See also: Cella and cel·la

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cella. Doublet of cell and hall.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

cella (plural cellae)

1. (architecture) The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos. [from 17th c.]
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     Room by room, Sarrasine advances to the cella of the hermaphrodite god, veiled like Spenser's Venus.

Anagrams

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Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cilia, plural of cilium.From a shortened form of Latin supercilium. The root of which comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeʎa/
• IPA^(key): /ˈseʎa/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: ce‧lla
• Rhymes: -eʎa

Noun

cella f

1. eyebrow

Catalan

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cella

Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cilia, plural of cilium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛ.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsə.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.ʎa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

cella f (plural celles)

1. eyebrow

Derived terms

• cellut

Further reading

• “cella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Noun

cella f (plural cellas)

1. cella

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese celha), from Latin cilia (compare Spanish ceja), from cilium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθeʎɐ], (western) [ˈseʎɐ]

Noun

cella f (plural cellas)

1. eyebrow

   Synonym: sobrecella

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cella”, 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), “cella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN