Cell in Different Languages
Discover 'Cell' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Cell
Afrikaans sel | ||
Albanian qelizë | ||
Amharic ሴል | ||
Arabic زنزانة | ||
Armenian բջիջ | ||
Assamese কোষ | ||
Aymara silula | ||
Azerbaijani hüceyrə | ||
Bambara selili | ||
Basque zelula | ||
Belarusian клетка | ||
Bengali কোষ | ||
Bhojpuri कक्ष | ||
Bosnian ćelija | ||
Bulgarian клетка | ||
Catalan cel·la | ||
Cebuano cell | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 细胞 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 細胞 | ||
Corsican cellula | ||
Croatian stanica | ||
Czech buňka | ||
Danish celle | ||
Dhivehi ސެލް | ||
Dogri कोठरी | ||
Dutch cel | ||
English cell | ||
Esperanto ĉelo | ||
Estonian kamber | ||
Ewe gaxɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) cell | ||
Finnish solu | ||
French cellule | ||
Frisian sel | ||
Galician cela | ||
Georgian საკანი | ||
German zelle | ||
Greek κύτταρο | ||
Guarani koty'i | ||
Gujarati કોષ | ||
Haitian Creole selil | ||
Hausa cell | ||
Hawaiian pūnaewele | ||
Hebrew תָא | ||
Hindi सेल | ||
Hmong ntawm tes | ||
Hungarian sejt | ||
Icelandic klefi | ||
Igbo cell | ||
Ilocano sellula | ||
Indonesian sel | ||
Irish cill | ||
Italian cellula | ||
Japanese 細胞 | ||
Javanese sel | ||
Kannada ಕೋಶ | ||
Kazakh ұяшық | ||
Khmer កោសិកា | ||
Kinyarwanda selire | ||
Konkani पेशी | ||
Korean 세포 | ||
Krio sɛl | ||
Kurdish koşik | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) خانە | ||
Kyrgyz клетка | ||
Lao ຈຸລັງ | ||
Latin cellulam | ||
Latvian šūna | ||
Lingala selile | ||
Lithuanian ląstelė | ||
Luganda ekatoffaali | ||
Luxembourgish zell | ||
Macedonian ќелија | ||
Maithili कक्ष | ||
Malagasy sela | ||
Malay sel | ||
Malayalam സെൽ | ||
Maltese ċellula | ||
Maori pūtau | ||
Marathi सेल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯥꯈꯜ | ||
Mizo pindan | ||
Mongolian эс | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆဲလ် | ||
Nepali सेल | ||
Norwegian celle | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) selo | ||
Odia (Oriya) କକ୍ଷ | ||
Oromo seelii | ||
Pashto حجره | ||
Persian سلول | ||
Polish komórka | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) célula | ||
Punjabi ਸੈੱਲ | ||
Quechua pukullu | ||
Romanian celulă | ||
Russian ячейка | ||
Samoan sela | ||
Sanskrit कोशिका | ||
Scots Gaelic cealla | ||
Sepedi sele | ||
Serbian ћелија | ||
Sesotho sele | ||
Shona sero | ||
Sindhi سيل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කොටුව | ||
Slovak bunka | ||
Slovenian celica | ||
Somali qolka | ||
Spanish célula | ||
Sundanese sél | ||
Swahili seli | ||
Swedish cell | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) selda | ||
Tajik ҳуҷайра | ||
Tamil செல் | ||
Tatar күзәнәк | ||
Telugu సెల్ | ||
Thai เซลล์ | ||
Tigrinya ዋህዮ | ||
Tsonga sele | ||
Turkish hücre | ||
Turkmen öýjük | ||
Twi (Akan) nnaduafie | ||
Ukrainian клітинку | ||
Urdu سیل | ||
Uyghur cell | ||
Uzbek hujayra | ||
Vietnamese ô | ||
Welsh cell | ||
Xhosa iseli | ||
Yiddish צעל | ||
Yoruba sẹẹli | ||
Zulu iseli |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "sel" can also mean "prison cell" or "jail cell." |
| Albanian | The word "qelizë" can also refer to a small room or a compartment, originating from the Greek word "κελί" (keli), meaning "small room". |
| Amharic | "ሴል" can also refer to a monastic cell or a honeycomb. |
| Arabic | Originally, "زنزانة" in Arabic denoted a place of prayer isolated from everyday life. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word |
| Azerbaijani | The word "hüceyrə" in Azerbaijani, like its English cognate "cell," can also refer to a monastic room or a small chamber. |
| Basque | The Basque word "zelula" derives from the Latin "cellula" but also denotes a "granary" or "storeroom". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "клетка" means "cage" in Russian. |
| Bengali | "কোষ" (cell) comes from Sanskrit "koṣa" (a container) and is cognate with the Persian "kus" (palace). |
| Bosnian | The word "ćelija" in Bosnian can also refer to a monk's cell or a prison cell. |
| Bulgarian | "Клетка" originally referred to a monk's small room and is related to the verb "клеть" (to confine)." |
| Catalan | From Latin cella 'small room, chamber, storeroom', ultimately from PIE *kel- 'cover, shelter'. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "cell" can refer to both a biological cell and a prison cell. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | “细胞”的本义是“僧房”，后才引申为“组织的最小单位”的含义。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | “细胞”一词源自拉丁语“cella”，意为“小房间”，指生物体内的基本结构和功能单位。 |
| Corsican | "Cellula" in Corsican is related to "cellula" in Latin, which refers to a small room or chamber, and ultimately to "celare" meaning "to conceal". |
| Croatian | The term "stanica" in Croatian can also refer to a train or bus stop, as well as to a prison cell, while in Polish and Ukrainian its primary meaning is "place", "location" or "camp" |
| Czech | The Czech word "buňka" comes from the German word "Bunke", meaning "bin" or "compartment". |
| Danish | "Celle" also means "storeroom", "dungeon" and "Monastic room". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "cel" can also refer to a prison cell or a monk's cell. |
| Esperanto | The word "ĉelo" comes from the French word "cellule" and can also mean "room" or "compartment" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The word "kamber" also means "chamber" or "room" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word "solu" is related to the word "solmu" (knot), indicating the interconnected nature of cells. |
| French | The word 'cellule' is derived from the Latin word 'cellula', which means 'small room'. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "sel" can also refer to a prison cell, a monastery cell, or a small room. |
| Georgian | "საკანი" (sakani) also means "prison" in Georgian, deriving from the Persian word "zindan". |
| German | In German, "Zelle" can also refer to a prison cell or a monastery cell. |
| Greek | The Greek word "κύτταρο" also refers to a honeycomb, a small hollow space, or a hollow vessel. |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, "કોષ" (pronounced "kosh") also refers to a dictionary or glossary. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "selil" in Haitian Creole originally meant "small room" or "alcove". |
| Hausa | Hausa cell is used in biological, imprisonment, or religious contexts e.g., "kwayar jiki" (body cell), "kurkuku" (prison cell), "masallachi" (mosque cell). |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "pūnaewele" can also refer to a honeycomb or a net. |
| Hebrew | תָא also means "chest" or "trunk" in Hebrew, like in the chest used for a burial. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "सेल" (cell) can also mean a jail or prison. |
| Hmong | 'Ntawv tes' is a compound word, meaning 'square' and 'box' in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | "Sejt" is derived from the Latin word "cella" (meaning "small room" or "compartment") |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "klefi" is a diminutive form of "klefi" (cell) and refers to a small room or compartment. |
| Igbo | Igbo word "cell" (sɛl) could also mean "hut". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "sel" is derived from the Malay word "sal", which originally referred to a type of cage or pen. |
| Irish | The Irish word "cill" can also refer to a monastery or church, deriving from the Latin "cella" meaning "small room or chamber". |
| Italian | From the Latin word "cellula" meaning "small room" or "compartment"} |
| Japanese | "細胞" is also written as "細胞質," which means cytoplasm, referring to the substance of the cytoplasm. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "sel" can also refer to a temple or a place of worship. |
| Kannada | The word "ಕೋಶ" (kōśa) in Kannada, meaning "cell," originates from the Sanskrit word "कोश" (kōśa), meaning "sheath" or "covering," referring to the cell membrane. |
| Kazakh | "Ұяшық" also means "nest" and "cage" in Kazakh, reflecting the interconnectedness of life forms and the concept of containment. |
| Khmer | In chemistry, **កោសិកា** refers to the unit cell of a crystalline structure. |
| Korean | The word 세포 originates from the Latin word cella ('small room') but also means an organizational unit within a structure or society. |
| Kurdish | Koşik is also used to denote a prison cell or a small room. |
| Kyrgyz | Клетка (cell) has alternate meanings in Kyrgyz, such as the inner room of a yurt, a cage, or a hole in the ground. |
| Lao | The word "ຈຸລັງ" ("cell") in Lao can also refer to a "room" or a "compartment". |
| Latin | Cellulam can also refer to a small room or a monk's cell in Latin. |
| Latvian | The word “šūna” in Latvian originally referred to a barn or a small wooden house, and only began to mean “cell” in the 19th century. |
| Lithuanian | "ląstelė" also refers to a monastery cell, a bee cell, a prison cell, or a unit of a battery. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish "Zell" can also refer to the "jail". |
| Macedonian | The word 'ќелија' also means 'monastery cell' in Macedonian, derived from the Greek 'κελλίον'. |
| Malagasy | While “sela” means “cell” in Malagasy, it also refers to a room or a house. |
| Malay | In Malay, "sel" can also mean "prison" or "chamber," derived from the root word "selit," meaning "to squeeze" or "to enclose." |
| Malayalam | The word "സെൽ" derives from the Latin word "cella" and also refers to a room, chamber, or enclosed space. |
| Maltese | "Ċellula" can also mean "monk's cell" or "prison cell" in Maltese |
| Maori | In New Zealand, the word pūtau is a Maori term for an underground storage cellar or pit, traditionally used to store crops. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "सेल" comes from the Sanskrit word "शेल" (śela), meaning "stone" or "rock". |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, the word "эс" (cell) also refers to a "clan" or "tribe" in a broader sense. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ဆဲလ်" in Myanmar derives from the Pali word "kheḷa", meaning "room" or "chamber". |
| Nepali | सेल can mean either a room or a battery in English. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "celle" is related to words for "home" or "room" in other Germanic languages like "hall" in English. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Selo" in Nyanja can also refer to a cell phone sim card. |
| Pashto | Pashto word "حجره" is derived from the Arabic word "حجرة", meaning "room", "chamber", or "small enclosure". |
| Persian | Persian "سلول" may derive from the French "cellule," in turn from the Latin "cella" (room, store-room). |
| Polish | In Polish, "komórka" not only means "cell" but also a small apartment or a prison cell. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "célula" also means "cell phone" or "prison cell". |
| Punjabi | "ਸੈੱਲ" in Punjabi can also mean a room, a hall, a house, or a monastery. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "celulă" is derived from the Latin word "cella", meaning "small room" or "chamber". |
| Russian | In Russian, "ячейка" can also refer to a prison cell or a storage unit in a honeycomb. |
| Samoan | “Sela” (cell) can also be used in Samoan to describe the chambers of a coconut, or the cells within a battery. |
| Scots Gaelic | Cealla derives from Proto-Celtic *kelia, meaning both "cell" and "church". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word 'ћелија' can also mean 'monk's cell' or 'prison cell'. |
| Sesotho | Also refers to a cell battery and a cell phone |
| Shona | "Sero" is also used to mean a bee hive. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "سيل" can also refer to a "hole" or a "cave". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "කොටුව" (cell) comes from the Portuguese "cota," meaning "share" or "portion;" |
| Slovak | The word "bunka" in Slovak also refers to a small room or a unit of something, especially when it's part of a larger structure or group. |
| Slovenian | Slovenian word "celica" also means "prison cell" and is a homophone of "celilo" (a small wound or sore). |
| Somali | In Somali, the word "qolka" can also refer to a room or compartment. |
| Spanish | "Célula" proviene del latín "cella", que significa "pequeña habitación" o "cavidad". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "sél" can also refer to a small room like a prison cell or closet. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word seli is also an alternative form of the word sili which means "metal ring" |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "cell" can also refer to a room in a monastery or prison. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "selda" is derived from the Spanish word "celda", which in turn comes from the Latin word "cella", meaning "small room" or "chamber." |
| Tajik | Ҳуҷайра is an Arabic loanword meaning both "cell" and "room". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "செல்" (cell) also means "go" or "proceed". |
| Telugu | The word "సెల్" (cell) can also refer to a room in a monastery or prison. |
| Thai | The word 'เซลล์' can also refer to a solitary confinement chamber in a Thai prison. |
| Turkish | Hücre comes from Arabic "hujra" (room), also meaning "prison", "mosque", "tomb". |
| Ukrainian | "Клітинку" is of the same etymology with "клонити", referring to a place for leaning against. |
| Urdu | The word "سیل" can also mean "flood" or "torrent" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "hujayra" comes from the Arabic word "ḥujayrah", meaning "small room" or "chamber". In Uzbek, "hujayra" can also refer to a prison cell or a room in a mosque. |
| Vietnamese | The word "ô" originated from the French word "haut" and originally meant "up" |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "cell" originally meant "hiding place" or "retreat" and is related to the English word "cellar". |
| Xhosa | "Iseli" is also used to refer to the stomach or a womb. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "צעל" (pronounced "tsel") can also mean "pain" or "sorrow" in the language's Biblical and medieval contexts. |
| Yoruba | The word "sẹẹli" (cell) in Yoruba also refers to the smallest unit of a living organism. |
| Zulu | The word "iseli" in Zulu, besides meaning "cell," also means "inner room" |
| English | The word "cell" originally referred to a small room or compartment. |