How can you have a laptop and not a cell phone?
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Cell
//sɛl//
Synonyms for "cell" (158 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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296 entriesShowing 16 of 296 words.
Translations
388 translations across 93 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- sel noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- sel noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- selfoon noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
Albanian
3 entries- birucë noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- qeli noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- qelizë noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Arabic
4 entries- خلية noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- خَلَوِيّ noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- خَلِيَّة noun (component of an electrical battery)
- خَلِيَّة noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
Armenian
4 entries- բջիջ noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
- բջիջ noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- բջիջ noun (biological cavity)
- բջիջ noun (region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- hüceyrə noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Balinese
1 entries- kosika noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Bashkir
1 entries- күҙәнәк noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Belarusian
4 entries- ка́мера noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- камо́рка noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- ке́лля noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- кле́тка noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Bengali
1 entries- কোষ noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кили́йка noun (biological cavity)
- кили́я noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- кили́я noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- кле́тка noun (component of an electrical battery)
Burmese
2 entries- ကလာပ်စည်း noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- အချုပ်ခန်း noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
Catalan
4 entries- calabós noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cel·la noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cel·la noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- cèl·lula noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Chinese
2 entries- 細胞 /细胞 noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- 電池 /电池 noun (component of an electrical battery)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 手提 noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- 手機 /手机 noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- 細胞 /细胞 noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- 電池 /电池 noun (component of an electrical battery)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 囚室 noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- 大哥大 noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- 手機 /手机 noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- 支部 noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
Cornish
4 entries- kell noun (component of an electrical battery)
- kell noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- kell noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- kell noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Czech
4 entries- buňka noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
- buňka noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- buňka noun (biological cavity)
- buňka noun (region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network)
Danish
3 entries- celle noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- celle noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- celle noun (biological cavity)
Dutch
4 entries- batterij noun (component of an electrical battery)
- cel noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cel noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- cel noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
Esperanto
2 entries- ĉelo noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- ĉelo noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Estonian
1 entries- rakk noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Faroese
4 entries- fangarúm noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- klivi noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- kykna noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- kykna noun (biological cavity)
Finnish
4 entries- kammio noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- kenno noun (component of an electrical battery)
- kenno (of a honeycomb) noun (biological cavity)
- kännykkä noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
French
4 entries- cellule noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cellule noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- cellule noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
- cellule noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Galician
4 entries- cela noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cela noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- célula noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
- célula noun (small thunderstorm that forms ahead of a storm front)
Georgian
2 entries- საკანი noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- უჯრედი noun (basic unit of a living organism)
German
4 entries- Batteriezelle noun (component of an electrical battery)
- Haftraum noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- Handy noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- Mönchszelle noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
Greek
4 entries- κελί noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- κελί noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- κελί noun (biological cavity)
- κινητό noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
Hebrew
4 entries- סלולרי noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- תָּא noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- תָּא noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
- תָּא noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Hindi
3 entries- कोशिका noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- कोशिका noun (biological cavity)
- कोशिका noun (minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior)
Hungarian
4 entries- akkumulátorcella noun (component of an electrical battery)
- börtöncella noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cella noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cella noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
Icelandic
3 entries- fangaklefi noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- fruma noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- klefi noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
Ido
2 entries- celulo noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- pilio noun (component of an electrical battery)
Indonesian
4 entries- sel noun (component of an electrical battery)
- sel noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- sel noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- sel noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Irish
1 entries- cill noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Italian
4 entries- cella noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cella noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- cellula noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
- cellula noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Japanese
4 entries- ケータイ noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- セル noun (component of an electrical battery)
- セル noun (minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior)
- セル noun (a short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode)
Kannada
1 entries- ಜೀವಕೋಶ noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Kazakh
1 entries- жасуша noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Khmer
2 entries- កោសិកា noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- កោសិកា noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Korean
4 entries- 독방 noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- 반 noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
- 세포 noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- 셀 noun (component of an electrical battery)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- клетка noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- көзөнөк noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Lao
2 entries- ກ້ອງຂັງ noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- ຈຸລັງ noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Latin
1 entries- cellula noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Latvian
4 entries- celle noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- elements noun (component of an electrical battery)
- kamera noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- šūna noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Lithuanian
4 entries- akis noun (biological cavity)
- celė noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- elementas noun (component of an electrical battery)
- kamera noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
Macedonian
4 entries- батерија noun (component of an electrical battery)
- клетка noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- мобилен noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- ќелија noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
Malay
2 entries- sel noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- sel noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Malayalam
2 entries- കോശം noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- ജയിലറ noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
Maltese
4 entries- xehda noun (biological cavity)
- ċella noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- ċella noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- ċellola noun (component of an electrical battery)
Manx
4 entries- keeill noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- killag noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- killeen noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- killeen noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
Marathi
1 entries- पेशी noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Mongolian
1 entries- эс noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Māori
2 entries- pūhiko noun (component of an electrical battery)
- pūtau noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Navajo
1 entries- hinááh bijéí noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Nogai
1 entries- коьзенек noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Norman
1 entries- cachot noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- xane noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- celle noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- celle noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- selle noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Occitan
1 entries- cellula noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Pashto
4 entries- خونګۍ noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- ژوندينکه noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- ژونکه noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- کوټنۍ noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Persian
4 entries- حجره noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- حجره noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- سلول noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- یاخته noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Polish
4 entries- cela noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cela noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- komórka noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- komórka noun (biological cavity)
Portuguese
4 entries- (telefone) celular noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- cela noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cela noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- célula noun (component of an electrical battery)
Romanian
4 entries- celular noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- celulă noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- celulă noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
- celulă noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Russian
4 entries- батаре́йка noun (component of an electrical battery)
- ка́мера noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- ке́лья noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- кле́тка noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cealla noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- stànica noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- ćèlija noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- ćèlija noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- ćèlija noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Sinhalese
1 entries- සෛල noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Slovak
4 entries- bunka noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
- bunka noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- bunka noun (biological cavity)
- bunka noun (region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network)
Slovene
2 entries- celica noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- celula noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Southern Altai
3 entries- клетка noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- кӧзнӧк noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
- кӧзнӧк noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Spanish
4 entries- alveolo noun (each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb)
- alvéolo noun (each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb)
- bartolina noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- calabozo noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
Swahili
4 entries- seli noun (component of an electrical battery)
- seli noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- seli noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- seli noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
Swedish
4 entries- cell noun (component of an electrical battery)
- cell noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cell noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- cell noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
Tagalog
1 entries- selula noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Tajik
2 entries- клетка noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- ҳуҷайра noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Tamil
3 entries- அறை noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- உயிரணு noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- செல் noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Tatar
1 entries- күзәнәк noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Telugu
2 entries- కణము noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- సెల్ noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
Thai
4 entries- กรง noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- กุฎี noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- เซล noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- เซลล์ noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Turkish
4 entries- cep noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- cep telefonu noun (informal: a cellular telephone — see also mobile phone)
- hücre noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- hücre noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Turkmen
1 entries- öýjük noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ка́мера noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- ке́лія noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- кліти́на noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- комі́рка noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Urdu
1 entries- خلیہ noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Uyghur
1 entries- ھۈجەيرە noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Uzbek
1 entries- hujayra noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Vietnamese
3 entries- phòng giam noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- phòng tù noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- tế bào noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Volapük
3 entries- leziöb noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- siül noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- ziöb noun (biological cavity)
Walloon
3 entries- celure noun (basic unit of a living organism)
- gayole noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- trokete noun (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
Welsh
4 entries- cell noun (component of an electrical battery)
- cell noun (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cell noun (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
- cell noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Yiddish
1 entries- צעל noun (basic unit of a living organism)
Zazaki
1 entries- hucre noun (basic unit of a living organism)
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Oh no! I wasn't paying attention and left my cell phone in the restaurant!
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