la
/se.lyl/
Translation
cell (prison, biological or organisational)
Word origin
From Latin cellula ('little room'), a diminutive of cella ('small room, storeroom'). English cell, cellular and cellar all come from the same Latin root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- cellula
- English cognates
- cell, cellular, cellar
Grammar
Examples
- .
The prisoner spends twenty-three hours a day in his cell.
contient .
The human body contains billions of cells.
l'.
A crisis unit was set up after the accident.
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The guards searched every cell in the building.
microscope permet ' .
The microscope makes it possible to observe a living cell.
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