"célula" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθelula/, [ˈθe.lu.la], /ˈselula/, [ˈse.lu.la] Forms: células [plural]
Rhymes: -elula Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulalbor. Spanish célula Learned borrowing from Latin cellula. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:lbor|la:cellula|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulalbor. Spanish célula [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "cover", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱel-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cella", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "alt" : "-ula", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ulus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "diminutive" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cellula", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "célula", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="célula"> Learned borrowing from Latin cellula. Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} célula f (plural células)
  1. cell (the basic unit of a living organism) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-célula-es-noun-~Xq79llG Categories (other): Biology Disambiguation of Biology: 100 0
  2. cell (a small group of people forming part of a larger organization) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-célula-es-noun-Yf8V8rE0 Categories (other): Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 18 82 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 18 82 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 16 84 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: célula dendrítica, célula durmiente (english: sleeper cell), célula glial (english: glial cell), célula hija, célula madre, célula troncal Derived forms: anemia de células falciformes, célula fotoeléctrica, célula solar, celulitis Related terms: celular

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "células",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "cé‧lu‧la"
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      "word": "célula dendrítica"
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      "english": "sleeper cell",
      "translation": "sleeper cell",
      "word": "célula durmiente"
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    {
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      "english": "glial cell",
      "translation": "glial cell",
      "word": "célula glial"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "célula hija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "célula madre"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "célula troncal"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "ipa": "/ˈθelula/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈθe.lu.la]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈselula/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈse.lu.la]"
    },
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    }
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    "cé‧lu‧la"
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      "word": "célula dendrítica"
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      "english": "sleeper cell",
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      "word": "célula durmiente"
    },
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      "english": "glial cell",
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    },
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      "word": "célula hija"
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      "ipa": "/ˈθelula/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈθe.lu.la]"
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}

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