celular

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cellulare (“cellphone”).

Noun

celular m (plural celularë, definite celulari)

1. mobile phone, cell phone

   Synonym: hendi — Kosovo

Further reading

• “celular”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Matzinger, Joachim (2017–2018) “Chapter XV: Albanian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Albanian, page 1791

Adjective

celular m or f (plural celulares)

1. (biology) cellular; of or pertaining to a cell

Pronunciation

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɛ.lu.ˈlah/
• (Rio Grande do Sul) IPA^(key): /se.lu.ˈlaɾ/
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /se.lu.ˈlaɻ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ce‧lu‧lar

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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin cellulāris. By surface analysis, célula +‎ -ar.

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of telefone celular.

References

• “celular”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “celular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “celular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “celular”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Etymology

Borrowed from French cellulaire.

Noun

celular n (plural celulari)

1. cellphone

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeluˈlaɾ/ [θe.luˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seluˈlaɾ/ [se.luˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ce‧lu‧lar

Adjective

celular m or f (masculine and feminine plural celulares)

1. cellular

Noun

celular m (plural celulares)

1. (Latin America, Philippines) cell phone (US), mobile phone (UK, Australia)

   Synonyms: (Latin America) teléfono celular, (Spain) teléfono móvil, (Spain) móvil

Further reading

• “celular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10