célula
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ/
célula is spelled C-É-L-U-L-A (6 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Célula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade estrutural básica da constituição dos seres vivos, excetos dos vírus”.
What does célula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecell
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unidade estrutural básica da constituição dos seres vivos, excetos dos vírus 2. lacuna, espaço vazio 3. componente de pilhas ou baterias onde ocorrem as reações de oxirredução 4. área membranosa localizada na asa dos insetos, circundada por nervuras
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of célula
- células plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce célula?
- Brazil /ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsɛ.lu.lɐ/
- Brazil /ˈsɛ.lu.lə/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to célula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is célula in Portuguese?
célula appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).