Feminine
celda
- (feminine) prison cell
- (feminine) cell
Frequency
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.
Related words
isolation cell
prison ward
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