zella

Aragonese

Noun

zella f

1. Superseded spelling of cella.

Further reading

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)
• Ortografía de l'aragonés

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈt͡sel.la/
• Rhymes: -ella
• Hyphenation: zél‧la

Noun

zella f (uncountable) (regional, Rome)

1. filth

   Synonyms: sporcizia, sudiciume

2. (in particular) sticky dark grime formed by dead skin and sweat which usually accumulates in places that are touched often

Derived terms

• zelloso

Further reading

• zella in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• Augusto Pantoni (2001) “La zélla”, in www.romacultura.it‎^[1] (in Italian), archived from the original on 30 January 2020

Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cella, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-.

Noun

zella f

1. chamber

Declension

Declension of zella (ō-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	zella	zellā
accusative	zella	zellā
genitive	zella	zellōno
dative	zellu	zellōm

Descendants

• Middle High German: zelle, celle
  • Central Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: Zell
    • Luxembourgish: Zell
  • German: Zelle, Celle
    • → Polish: cela

References

• "zella" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)