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cellule

American  
[sel-yool] / ˈsɛl yul /

noun

  1. a minute cell.


cellule British  
/ ˈsɛljuːl /

noun

  1. a very small cell

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cellule

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

Example Sentences

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The head of the factory knows of the cellule in his own factory and he knows who is the Chef de cellule.

From Time Magazine Archive

But he never knows what is the organization to which his Chef de cellule reports or which issues orders to the Chef.

From Time Magazine Archive

"La petite cellule" as Châteaubriand called her retreat, was as much frequented as her brilliant salons in Paris had been, and she was even more highly considered.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various

Soon after the maturity of the pulverulent spores, each begins to emit a long tube, which is habitually simple, and produces at its summit a reproductive cellule, or reniform sporule.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

Une fois enfin elle prit si bien son temps qu'elle les rencontra qui alloient à l'église, mais dès qu'ils la virent ils s'en retournèrent en haste dans leur cellule et fermèrent la porte sur eux.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole