чело

• че́ло: IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛɫo]
• Rhymes: -ɛɫo
• Syllabification^(key): че‧ло
• чело́: IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɛˈɫɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɫɔ

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic чело (čelo), from Proto-Slavic *čelo, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₃os.

че́ло or чело́ • (čélo or čeló) n (relational adjective че́лен, diminutive челце́)

1. forehead (the part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline)

   Synonym: (dated) лоб (lob)

• “чело¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чело (1)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Clipping of виолонче́ло (violončélo), the original name, from Italian violoncello (“little violone”), from violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”, forming diminutives), violone (“big viola”) itself being derived from viola + -one (“-oon”, forming augmentatives).

че́ло • (čélo) n

1. (music) cello, violoncello (large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow)

   Synonym: виолонче́ло (violončélo)

• “чело²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чело (1)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

че́ло • (čélo) n

1. indefinite neuter singular past active aorist participle of чета́ (četá)

• “чело (2), (3)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛɫɔ]

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чело • (čelo) n (plural чела, diminutive челце)

1. forehead

• чело in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

• (Glagolitic): ⱍⰵⰾⱁ (čelo)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čelo.

чело • (čelo) n

1. forehead

• “чело”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026

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

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪˈɫo]

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чело́ • (čeló) n inan (genitive чела́, nominative plural чёла, genitive plural чёл)

1. (archaic, anatomy) forehead, brow

   Synonym: (regular term) лоб (lob)

• челоби́тье n (čelobítʹje), челоби́тная f (čelobítnaja)
• чёлка (čólka)

• бить чело́м impf (bitʹ čelóm)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чело”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “чело”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 377

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

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃělo/
• Hyphenation: че‧ло

чѐло n (Latin spelling čèlo)

1. forehead