"cela" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛ.lɐ/ Forms: celas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlɐ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese cela (“cell”), from Latin cella (“small room”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|cela||cell}} Old Galician-Portuguese cela (“cell”), {{der|pt|la|cella||small room}} Latin cella (“small room”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*ḱelnā}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} cela f (plural celas)
  1. cell (small room or compartment)
    room in a prison for containing inmates
    Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Monasticism, Prison Synonyms: jaula, cárcere
    Sense id: en-cela-pt-noun-UJtd~Qqb Disambiguation of Monasticism: 85 15 Disambiguation of Prison: 55 45 Categories (other): Pages with 16 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 16 entries: 0 11 0 14 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 10 10 12 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 17 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 11 0 15 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 11 10 12 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 18 2 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 91 9
  2. cell (small room or compartment)
    room of a monastery
    Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Prison
    Sense id: en-cela-pt-noun-srGlr3x6 Disambiguation of Prison: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Religion Related terms: célula
Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0

Inflected forms

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