cellule

[ sel-yool ]
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noun
  1. a minute cell.

Origin of cellule

1
First recorded in 1645–55, cellule is from the Latin word cellula small room. See cell, -ule

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How to use cellule in a sentence

  • Then, with visions of "cellule" for every one concerned, four or five men sprang to pick up the champion.

    A Soldier of the Legion | C. N. Williamson
  • As it was, he escaped with the penalty for a night visit to the Arab quarter: eight days cellule.

    A Soldier of the Legion | C. N. Williamson
  • This secondary conidium can sometimes engender a third cellule by a similar process.

    Fungi: Their Nature and Uses | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
  • For cellule means hunger and emaciation—awful hunger and awful emaciation.

    In the Foreign Legion | Erwin Rosen
  • Next comes "cellule," solitary confinement on starvation diet.

    In the Foreign Legion | Erwin Rosen

British Dictionary definitions for cellule

cellule

/ (ˈsɛljuːl) /


noun
  1. a very small cell

Origin of cellule

1
C17: from Latin cellula, diminutive of cella cell 1

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