kell

See also: Kell

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

Compare caul.

Noun

kell (plural kells)

1. (obsolete) The caul.
2. (obsolete, figurative) That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film.
   • c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene iv:

     I'll have him cut to the kell.

3. (obsolete) The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.
   • 1616, Ben Jonson, The Devil Is an Ass:

     Bury himself in every silkworm's kell

Etymology 2

Noun

kell (plural kells)

1. A kiln.
   • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC:

     Kell-drying

Etymology 3

Noun

kell (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of kale (“broth”).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “kell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛlː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin cōleus (“testicle”) (compare Cornish kell, Welsh caill), ultimately from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós).

Noun

kell f (plural kelloù, dual divgell)

1. testicle

Etymology 2

From Latin cella (compare Old Irish cell).

Noun

kell f (plural kelloù or killi)

1. cell (of prisoner, monk):

Mutation

Mutation of kell

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kell	gell	c'hell	unchanged
plural	kelloù	gelloù	c'helloù	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [kɛlː]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [kɛlʰ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *köll, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin cōleus (“testicle”) (compare Breton kell, Welsh caill), ultimately from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós).

Noun

kell f (dual diwgell, plural kellow or kellyow)

1. testicle

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *kell, from Latin cella. Cognate with Welsh cell.

Noun

kell f (plural kellow or kellyow)

1. cell

Derived terms

• kellgowser (“cell phone”)

Mutation

Mutation of kell

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kell	gell	hell	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kellä, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”).

Noun

kell (genitive kella, partitive kella)

1. clock
2. bell
3. (in the plural, colloquial) balls, testicles

Declension

Declension of kell (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kell	kellad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kella
genitive			kellade
partitive		kella	kelli kellasid
illative		kella kellasse	kelladesse kellisse
inessive		kellas	kellades kellis
elative		kellast	kelladest kellist
allative		kellale	kelladele kellile
adessive		kellal	kelladel kellil
ablative		kellalt	kelladelt kellilt
translative		kellaks	kelladeks kelliks
terminative		kellani	kelladeni
essive		kellana	kelladena
abessive		kellata	kelladeta
comitative		kellaga	kelladega

Derived terms

• käekell