cella

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) a small room, a hut, storeroom
2. (declension-1, feminine) a barn, granary
3. (declension-1, feminine) the part of a temple where the image of a god stood; altar, sanctuary, shrine, pantry

Concepts

room

pantry

chamber

function

capacity

store

storehouse

storeroom

store-room

cella

job

office

🏢

position

attendance

post

facility

service

ward

boxroom

cache

cellar

garret

granary

reservation

reserves

resource

stock

storage room

supply

victuals

administration

Synonyms

cellarium

officium

cubiculum

conclave

membrum

aedicula

zotheca

aedis

cella promptuaria

aedes

cella penaria

camera

aula

Translations

Zimmer

sala

habitación

aposento

câmara

cuarto

4th

quarto

4th

habitació

kamer

camera

Raum

Speisekammer

chambre

cambra

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkɛl.la]

Etymology

PIE word
*ḱelneh₂
From Proto-Italic *kelnā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂, which consists of Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”) and a suffix *-nā.
Cognates within Latin include clam, color; within Italic, Faliscan 𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌀 (cela), Oscan kellaked (“he has stored”); outside Italic, Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to hide, conceal”), Sanskrit शाला (śā́lā, “large tent, building”).