čelo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "celo"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech čelo, from Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛlo]

Noun

čelo n (diminutive čelíčko or čílko)

  1. (anatomy) forehead

Declension

Declension of čelo (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative čelo čela
genitive čela čel
dative čelu čelům
accusative čelo čela
vocative čelo čela
locative čele čelech
instrumental čelem čely

Derived terms

adverbs
adjectives
nouns
verbs
nouns

Further reading

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeːlo/

Verb

čēlo

  1. inflection of čeallut:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Old Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kelH-der.
Proto-Slavic *-o
Proto-Slavic *čelò
Old Czech čelo

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čelò.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈt͡ʃɛɫo/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈt͡ʃɛlo/

    Noun

    čelo n

    1. forehead
    2. front

    Declension

    Declension of čelo (hard o-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative čelo čele čela
    genitive čela čelú čel
    dative čelu čeloma čelóm
    accusative čelo čele čela
    vocative čelo čele čela
    locative čele, čelu čelú čeléch
    instrumental čelem čeloma čely
    This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

    Descendants

    • Czech: čelo

    Further reading

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /t͡ʃělo/
    • Hyphenation: če‧lo

    Noun

    čèlo n (Cyrillic spelling чѐло)

    1. forehead

    Declension

    Declension of čelo
    singular plural
    nominative čèlo čela
    genitive čela čélā
    dative čelu čelima
    accusative čelo čela
    vocative čelo čela
    locative čelu čelima
    instrumental čelom čelima

    Descendants

    Slovak

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /t͡ʃelɔ/, [ˈt͡ʃelɔ]
    • Rhymes: -elɔ
    • Hyphenation: če‧lo

    Noun

    čelo n (relational adjective čelový)

    1. forehead

    Declension

    Declension of čelo
    (pattern mesto)
    singularplural
    nominativečeločelá
    genitivečelačiel
    dativečelučelám
    accusativečeločelá
    locativečelečelách
    instrumentalčelomčelami

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “čelo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

    Slovene

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os. First attested in the 16th century.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛ̀ːlɔ/

    Noun

    čélo n

    1. forehead
    Declension
    The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Neuter, hard
    nom. sing. čêlo
    gen. sing. čêla
    singular dual plural
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)     		čêlo čêli čêla
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)     		čêla čêl čêl
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)     		čêlu čêloma čêlom
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)     		čêlo čêli čêla
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)     		čêlu čêlih čêlih
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)     		čêlom čêloma čêli

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of violončélo. First attested in the 20th century.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /t͡ʃéːlɔ/

    Noun

    čẹ̑lo m inan

    1. cello
    Declension
    The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Masculine inan., hard o-stem
    nom. sing. čélo
    gen. sing. čéla
    singular dual plural
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)     		čélo čéla čéli
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)     		čéla čélov čélov
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)     		čélu čéloma čélom
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)     		čélo čéla čéle
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)     		čélu čélih čélih
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)     		čélom čéloma čéli

    Further reading

    • “čelo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026
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