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cellular

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛl.ju.lə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛl.jə.lə/
  • Southern-England: Berkshire Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈsɛl.ju.lɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈsɛl.jə.lɚ/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈsel.jʉ.lə/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈsel.jə.lə/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 L Y AH0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Light to mid-weight, having a regular cell-like construction with small perforations, generally woven; (of a garment) made of such a fabric.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a cellular sports shirt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Using cells (local groups of devices sharing a transceiver).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications

Examples

  • cellular network
  • The reason the network can work is that it is cellular: devices within a certain area are connected to a tower that is not far away.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Using such a network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications

Examples

  • cellular phone
  • cellular data

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A cellular phone (mobile phone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, informal

Examples

  • If there's no answer on his office landline then you should call his cellular.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the cellular construction of a beehive
  • any effective opposition to a totalitarian regime must be secretive and cellular

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: noncellular

7

adjective

Meaning 7

relating to cells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • cellular walls
  • cellular physiology

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From New Latin cellulāris, from cellula (“cell”) + -āris.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَلَوِيّ (ḵalawiyy) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Armenian: բջջային (bǰǰayin) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Belarusian: кле́тачны (kljétačny) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Belarusian: камо́ркавы (kamórkavy) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Bulgarian: кле́тъчен (klétǎčen) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Catalan: cel·lular — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Chinese Mandarin: 細胞的 /细胞的 (xìbāo de) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蜂窩狀 /蜂窝状 (fēngwōzhuàng) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Czech: buněčný — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Danish: cellulær — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Danish: celle- — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Dutch: cellulair — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Dutch: cel- — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Estonian: raku- — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Finnish: solu- — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Finnish: solumainen — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • French: cellulaire — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • French: celluleux — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Georgian: ფიჭური (pič̣uri) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • German: Zellen- — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • German: zellulär — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Greek: κυτταρικός (kyttarikós) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Hebrew: תָּאִי (taí) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Hindi: सेलुलर (selular) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Hungarian: celluláris — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Hungarian: sejtes — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Hungarian: sejtszerű — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Ido: celula — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Indonesian: selular — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Indonesian: seluler — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Interlingua: cellular — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Irish: ceallach — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Italian: cellulare — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Japanese: 細胞の (saibō no) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Kazakh: жасушалық (jasuşalyq) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Korean: 세포의 (sepo-ui) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Latvian: šūnas — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Lithuanian: ląstelinis — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Macedonian: клеточен (kletočen) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Macedonian: ќелиен (ḱelien) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Malay: selular — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Marathi: पेशीय (peśīya) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Mongolian: эсийн (esiin) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Norwegian Bokmål: cellulær — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sellulær — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Norwegian Bokmål: celle- — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selle- — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Persian: سلولی (seluli) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Persian: یاختگی (yaxtegi) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Polish: komórkowy — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Portuguese: celular — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Portuguese: celular — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Romanian: celular — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Russian: кле́точный (klétočnyj) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòmarach — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Serbo-Croatian: ћѐлӣјскӣ — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста̀ничнӣ — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Serbo-Croatian: ćèlījskī — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Serbo-Croatian: stàničnī — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Slovak: bunkový — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Slovene: celičen — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Spanish: celular — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Swedish: cellulär — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Swedish: cell- — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Tagalog: maraming sela — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Tajik: ҳуҷайрагӣ (hujayragi) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Turkish: hücresel — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Turkish: hücreli — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Turkish: hücrevi — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Ottoman Turkish: حجروی (hücrevi) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Ukrainian: кліткови́й (klitkovýj) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Ukrainian: комірко́вий (komirkóvyj) — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Uzbek: hujayra — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Vietnamese: di động — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
  • Welsh: cellog — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells
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