"celha" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈse.ʎɐ/ [Brazil], /ˈsɐ(j).ʎɐ/ [Portugal], /ˈse.ʎɐ/ [Northern, Portugal], /ˈse.ʎɐ/ [Central, Portugal], /ˈse.ʎɐ/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: celhas [plural]
Rhymes: -eʎɐ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?] (compare Galician cella), from Latin cilia (compare Spanish ceja), from cilium. Doublet of cílio. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt}} Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], {{cog|gl|cella}} Galician cella, {{inh|pt|la|cilia}} Latin cilia, {{cog|es|ceja}} Spanish ceja, {{doublet|pt|cílio}} Doublet of cílio Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} celha f (plural celhas)
  1. eyelash (hair that grows along the edge of eyelids) Tags: feminine Synonyms: cílio, pestana
    Sense id: en-celha-pt-noun-1GOojEAN Categories (other): Hair Disambiguation of Hair: 39 44 17
  2. eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket) Tags: feminine Synonyms: sobrancelha, sobrolho, supercílio
    Sense id: en-celha-pt-noun-WMDSky1F Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Hair Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 16 51 32 Disambiguation of Hair: 39 44 17
  3. (botany) cilium (one of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-celha-pt-noun-1HqcQulT Categories (other): Botany, Hair Disambiguation of Hair: 39 44 17 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sobrancelha

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cella",
      "cella#Galician"
    ],
    [
      "cilia",
      "cilia#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "ceja",
      "ceja#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "cilium",
      "cilium#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "cílio",
      "cílio#Portuguese"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?]",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "cella"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician cella",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cilia"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cilia",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ceja"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish ceja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "cílio"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of cílio",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?] (compare Galician cella), from Latin cilia (compare Spanish ceja), from cilium. Doublet of cílio.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "celhas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "celha f (plural celhas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ce",
        "lha"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sobrancelha"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 44 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "pt:Hair",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eyelash (hair that grows along the edge of eyelids)"
      ],
      "id": "en-celha-pt-noun-1GOojEAN",
      "links": [
        [
          "eyelash",
          "eyelash"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair#English"
        ],
        [
          "eyelid",
          "eyelid#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cílio"
        },
        {
          "word": "pestana"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 51 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 44 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "pt:Hair",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)"
      ],
      "id": "en-celha-pt-noun-WMDSky1F",
      "links": [
        [
          "eyebrow",
          "eyebrow"
        ],
        [
          "bone ridge",
          "bone ridge#English"
        ],
        [
          "eye socket",
          "eye socket#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sobrancelha"
        },
        {
          "word": "sobrolho"
        },
        {
          "word": "supercílio"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "pt:Botany",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 44 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "pt:Hair",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cilium (one of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ)"
      ],
      "id": "en-celha-pt-noun-1HqcQulT",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "cilium",
          "cilium"
        ],
        [
          "protrusion",
          "protrusion#English"
        ],
        [
          "margin",
          "margin#English"
        ],
        [
          "organ",
          "organ#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) cilium (one of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.ʎɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɐ(j).ʎɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.ʎɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.ʎɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Central",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.ʎɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʎɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "celha"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Galician-Portuguese term requests",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
    "Portuguese countable nouns",
    "Portuguese doublets",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese feminine nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/eʎɐ",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/eʎɐ/2 syllables",
    "pt:Hair"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cella",
      "cella#Galician"
    ],
    [
      "cilia",
      "cilia#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "ceja",
      "ceja#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "cilium",
      "cilium#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "cílio",
      "cílio#Portuguese"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?]",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "cella"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician cella",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cilia"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cilia",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ceja"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish ceja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "cílio"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of cílio",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?] (compare Galician cella), from Latin cilia (compare Spanish ceja), from cilium. Doublet of cílio.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "celhas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "celha f (plural celhas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ce",
        "lha"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sobrancelha"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eyelash (hair that grows along the edge of eyelids)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eyelash",
          "eyelash"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair#English"
        ],
        [
          "eyelid",
          "eyelid#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cílio"
        },
        {
          "word": "pestana"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eyebrow",
          "eyebrow"
        ],
        [
          "bone ridge",
          "bone ridge#English"
        ],
        [
          "eye socket",
          "eye socket#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sobrancelha"
        },
        {
          "word": "sobrolho"
        },
        {
          "word": "supercílio"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "pt:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cilium (one of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "cilium",
          "cilium"
        ],
        [
          "protrusion",
          "protrusion#English"
        ],
        [
          "margin",
          "margin#English"
        ],
        [
          "organ",
          "organ#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) cilium (one of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.ʎɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɐ(j).ʎɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.ʎɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.ʎɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Central",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.ʎɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʎɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "celha"
}

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