sel
Afrikaans
/sɛl/
noun
Definitions
- cell element of a table
- cell basic unit of a living organism
- cell small room, especially in a jail or prison
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish cel (cell) inherited from Middle Dutch celle derived from Latin cella (small room, chamber, compartment, room, cell, pantry, closet, shrine, hut, granary).
Origin
Latin
cella
Gloss
small room, chamber, compartment, room, cell, pantry, closet, shrine, hut, granary
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
宮
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cella English
- cella Latin
- cellarium Latin
- cellarius Latin
- cellula Latin
- cellārium Latin
- Zelle German
- cella Italian
- bloedcel Dutch, Flemish
- brandstofcel Dutch, Flemish
- cel Dutch, Flemish
- celgenoot Dutch, Flemish
- celgenote Dutch, Flemish
- celkern Dutch, Flemish
- cellenbeton Dutch, Flemish
- celmaat Dutch, Flemish
- celmembraan Dutch, Flemish
- celstraf Dutch, Flemish
- celwand Dutch, Flemish
- douchecel Dutch, Flemish
- eicel Dutch, Flemish
- gastheercel Dutch, Flemish
- gevangeniscel Dutch, Flemish
- hersencel Dutch, Flemish
- knoopcel Dutch, Flemish
- koelcel Dutch, Flemish
- stamcel Dutch, Flemish
- supercel Dutch, Flemish
- telefooncel Dutch, Flemish
- zenuwcel Dutch, Flemish
- zonnecel Dutch, Flemish
- celda Spanish, Castilian
- κέλλα Ancient Greek
- *ḱelneh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱelnā Proto-Indo-European
- celle Norwegian Bokmål
- selle Norwegian Bokmål
- cell Swedish
- celle Norwegian Nynorsk
- selle Norwegian Nynorsk
- cell Old English
- celle Danish
- cel Old French
- cel·la Catalan, Valencian
- Celanova Galician
- sel Indonesian
- cell Welsh
- celle Middle Dutch
- cell Old Irish
- maat Afrikaans
- selmaat Afrikaans
- qelizë Albanian
- cela Old Portuguese
- κελλία gkm