célula

See also: celulă

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈθɛlula/ [ˈθɛ.lu.lɐ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈsɛlula/ [ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ]

  • Rhymes: -ɛlula
  • Hyphenation: cé‧lu‧la

Noun

célula f (plural células)

  1. cell (room in a monastery)
    Synonym: cela
  2. cell (biological unit)
  3. cell (electronic component)
  4. cell (autonomous subgroup)

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ/

  • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlulɐ
  • Hyphenation: cé‧lu‧la

Noun

célula f (plural células)

  1. (biology) cell

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθelula/ [ˈθe.lu.la] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ˈselula/ [ˈse.lu.la] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -elula
  • Syllabification: cé‧lu‧la

Noun

célula f (plural células)

  1. cell (the basic unit of a living organism)
    • 2022 June 3, Sandee LaMotte, “El efecto 'Benjamin Button': científicos logran revertir el envejecimiento en ratones. El objetivo es hacer lo mismo con los humanos”, in CNN en Español[1]:
      Usando proteínas que pueden convertir una célula adulta en una célula madre, Sinclair y su equipo han restablecido las células envejecidas en ratones a versiones anteriores de sí mismos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. cell (a small group of people forming part of a larger organization)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • célula”, 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
  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “célula”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]