🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

cellulare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /tʃel.luˈla.re/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cellular/ˈsɛl.jʊ.lər/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il telefono cellulare è uno strumento indispensabile."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or consisting of living cells.

    "Biologists study the complex cellular processes that sustain life."
As noun
  1. 1

    A mobile phone that communicates via a network of small radio areas called cells.

    "She checked her cellular for any missed messages while waiting for the train."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'cellularis', relating to a cell or small room, stemming from 'cella' (storeroom, hut). In the mid-20th century, it evolved with telecommunications to describe radio telephone networks operating through cells.

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