cell
A single-room dwelling for a hermitA single-room dwelling for a hermit.
» I'm calling from a cell phone.
Ich rufe von meinem Mobiltelefon aus an.
Я звоню с сотового.
Я звоню с мобильного.
Я телефоную з мобілки.
Meaning
24 sensesA single-room dwelling for a hermit.
(historical)A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
Gregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell.
Zelle, Mönchszelle
ке́льяkélʹja
ке́ліяkélija
small room in which a monk or nun lives
A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
The combatants spent the night in separate cells.
Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
any small compartment
Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
A section or compartment of a larger structure.
A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
This MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells.
The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
Zelle
кле́ткаklétka, ячейкаjačejka
кліти́наklitýna, комі́ркаkomírka
A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
There is a powerful storm cell headed our way.
The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
The upper right cell always starts with the color green.
Examples
524 sentencesI'm calling from a cell phone.
Я телефоную з мобілки.
ruЯ звоню с сотового.
deIch rufe von meinem Mobiltelefon aus an.
Tom doesn't have a cell phone.
Том не має мобільного телефону.
ruУ Тома нет мобильного телефона.
Do you have a cell phone?
У вас є мобільний телефон?
ruУ тебя есть мобильник?
deHast du ein Handy?
I need to charge my cell phone.
Мені потрібно зарядити мобільний телефон.
ruМне нужно зарядить мой телефон.
deIch muss mein Mobiltelefon aufladen.
Tom said he was calling from his cell phone.
Том сказав, що телефонує з мобільного.
ruТом сказал, что звонит со своего мобильного.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 5
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Origin
From Middle English celle, selle, from Old English cell (attested in inflected forms), froFrom Middle English celle, selle, from Old English cell (attested in inflected forms), from Latin cella (“chamber, small room, compartment”), later reinforced by Old French cel, sele, Old French cele. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *kelnā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Doublet of cella and hall.
Ellipsis of cell phone, itself a clipping of cellular phone, from cellular + phone.
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Forms
plural: cellsSynonyms
11 synonyms- a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction:electric cell
- a room where a prisoner is kept:jail cellprison cell
- small room in which a monk or nun lives:cubicle
- a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement:cadre
- a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver:cellular telephonecellular phonecellphonemobile phone
Word family
229 related wordsCollocations
7 patterns- cell phone
- his cell phone
- your cell phone
- my cell phone
- a cell phone
- in his cell
- have a cell