celular

Borrowed from Italian cellulare (“cellphone”).

celular m (plural celularë, definite celulari)

1. mobile phone, cell phone

   Synonym: hendi — Kosovo

• “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

celular m or f (plural celulares)

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

• célula

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

celular m or f (plural celulares, not comparable)

1. (cytology) cellular (relating to cells)
   • 2002, Richard Gerber, Medicina vibracional: uma medicina para o futuro, Editora Cultrix, →ISBN, page 91:

     Não se poderá obter imagens biologicamente significativas se as frequências de rádio dos aparelhos de formação de imagens por ressonância magnética estiverem numa faixa incapaz de ressoar com os componentes celulares integrais do corpo.

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Ellipsis of telefone celular.

celular m (plural celulares)

1. (Brazil, mobile telephony) cell phone; smartphone

   Synonym: (Portugal) telemóvel

• “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

Borrowed from French cellulaire.

celular n (plural celulari)

1. cellphone

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

celular m or f (masculine and feminine plural celulares)

1. cellular

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

• “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