cellule

[ sel-yool ]

noun

1. a minute cell.

cellule

/ ˈsɛljuːl /

noun

1. a very small cell

Word History and Origins

Origin of cellule¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cellule¹

C17: from Latin cellula, diminutive of cella cell ¹

Example Sentences

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 Project Gutenberg

Cytoblast, sī′to-blast, n. the nucleus or germinal spot of a cellule, from which the organic cell is developed.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

At the present time there is published there a very well and favorably known biological journal, La Cellule, through which many important contributions from the professors and students of the university find their way before the public.

From Project Gutenberg

One of its cells felicitously took his name: Cellule Interentreprise du Parti Communiste Français Pablo Picasso.

From The Guardian

Every factory in France has for several years past turned into what is called a cellule of some sort of Communist organization about which few people know anything.

From Time Magazine Archive

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