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cellula.

small/slave's room; lowly apartment/dwelling/hut; porter's lodge; whore's crib; cell (monk); monastery/daughter house (monastic); case for banner; chapel; |cell (biological); chamber of brain; ovary;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkɛl.lʊ.ɫa]Classical-Latin[ˈt͡ʃɛl.lu.la]
  1. small room, especially that of a slave

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. humble dwelling

    declension-1 · feminine
  3. porter's lodge

    declension-1 · feminine
  4. prostitute's cubicle

    declension-1 · feminine
  5. cell (basic unit of a living organism)

    New-Latin · declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellula From cella + -ula (diminutive).

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