Feminine

celda

Meaning

  1. (feminine) prison cell
  2. (feminine) cell

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
cel‧da
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈθelda/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin cella, with the -ld- arising from the effort of pronouncing a double Latin -ll- at the time (cf. rebelde). Compare the inherited doublet cilla, from Old Spanish ciella.

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