"cel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɛl/ Forms: cels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Clipping of celluloid. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|celluloid}} Clipping of celluloid Head templates: {{en-noun}} cel (plural cels)
  1. A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film. Derived forms: cel-shaded, cel shading
    Sense id: en-cel-en-noun-NRmlPfce Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cell
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /sɛl/ Forms: cels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Clipping of celibate. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|celibate}} Clipping of celibate Head templates: {{en-noun}} cel (plural cels)
  1. clipping of celibate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: celibate Categories (topical): Animation Synonyms: celibate, truecel Derived forms: incel, marcel, noncel, truecel, heightcel, nearcel, hicel, volcel
    Sense id: en-cel-en-noun-NhBPfApw Disambiguation of Animation: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cell
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cel meaning in English (2.7kB)

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