adj · noun · 4 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.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈsɛljʊləʊz/
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General-American:/ˈsɛljəloʊs/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Consisting of, or containing, cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulabor. French cellule French -ose French cellulosebor. English cellulose Borrowed from French cellulose.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
سِلْيُولُوز
(silyulūz)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Armenian:
թաղանթանյութ
(tʻaġantʻanyutʻ)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Armenian:
բջջանյութ
(bǰǰanyutʻ)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Catalan:
cel·lulosa
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Chinese Mandarin:
纖維素 /纤维素
(xiānwéisù)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Czech:
celulóza
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Danish:
cellulose
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Dutch:
cellulose
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Esperanto:
celulozo
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Estonian:
tselluloos
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Faroese:
viðarmeyk
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Finnish:
selluloosa
— the polysaccharide cellulose
French:
cellulose
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Georgian:
ცელულოზა
(celuloza)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
German:
Zellulose
— the polysaccharide cellulose
German:
Zellstoff
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Greek:
κυτταρίνη
(kyttaríni)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Hebrew:
תאית
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Hindi:
कोशाधु
(kośādhu)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Hungarian:
cellulóz
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Icelandic:
sellulósi
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Icelandic:
beðmi
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Ido:
celuloso
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Indonesian:
selulosa
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Italian:
cellulosa
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Japanese:
セルロース
(serurōsu)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Korean:
셀룰로스
(sellulloseu)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Latin:
cellulosum
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Malay:
selulosa
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Māori:
pūtauhuka
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Marathi:
कोशाधु
(kośādhu)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Nepali:
कोशाधु
(kośādhu)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Norwegian Bokmål:
cellulose
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Norwegian Bokmål:
sellulose
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Norwegian Nynorsk:
cellulose
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sellulose
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Persian:
سلولز
(seluloz)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Polish:
celuloza
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Portuguese:
celulose
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Romanian:
celuloză
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Russian:
целлюло́за
(celljulóza)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Russian:
клетча́тка
(kletčátka)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Scottish Gaelic:
ceallalos
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Slovene:
celuloza
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Spanish:
celulosa
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Swahili:
selulosi
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Swedish:
cellulosa
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Thai:
เซลลูโลส
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Turkish:
selüloz
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Ukrainian:
целюло́за
(celjulóza)
— the polysaccharide cellulose
Ukrainian:
кліткови́на
(klitkovýna)
— the polysaccharide cellulose