# celo
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Polish cel, from German Ziel. Compare Hungarian cél, Czech cíl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡selo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -elo
* Hyphenation: ce‧lo

### Noun

celo (accusative singular celon, plural celoj, accusative plural celojn)
* goal, aim, purpose

#### Related terms

* alceli (“to aim”)
* celi (“to aim at”)
* fincelo (“final goal, ultimate goal”)
* sencela (“aimless”)
* sencele (“aimlessly”)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛ.lo/
* Homophone: cielo
* Rhymes: -ɛlo
* Hyphenation: cè‧lo

### Verb

celo
* first-person singular present indicative of celare

### Anagrams

* cole

## Latin
### Etymology

Probably denominal, perhaps from a root noun *kēls (“hiding-place”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-. The older and more straightforward formation *kelō is found in occulō.
Related to clam. Cognate with Old Irish ceilid (“to hide”) and Proto-Germanic *helaną, *huljaną.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkeː.loː/, [ˈkeːɫ̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃe.lo/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːlo]

### Verb

cēlō (present infinitive cēlāre, perfect active cēlāvī, supine cēlātum); first conjugation
* to hide (something from someone), cover, keep a secret, conceal
** 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.12.23:Homō versūtus cēlat scientiam: et cor īnsipientium prōvocābit stultitiam.A cautious man concealeth [conceals] knowledge: and the heart of fools publisheth folly. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

#### Conjugation

$^1$At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). $^2$The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. $^3$At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

#### Derived terms

* concēlō

#### Descendants

* Albanian: këshill (“consiglio, segreto”)
* Albanian: mshel, ⇒ mshil (“chiudere ; closure, sealure”)
* Albanian: çel, ⇒ çil (“aprire ; aperture, unlocking”)
* Catalan: celar, ⇒ recelar (“to be suspicious, to be wary”)
* French: celer
* Italian: celare
* ⇒ Old Galician-Portuguese: recear (“to fear, to dread”)
** Galician: recear
** Portuguese: recear
* Spanish: celar, ⇒ recelar (“to suspect, to be wary”)

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cēlō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
* ↑ kscill in Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 62, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
* ↑ mscil in Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 83, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
* ↑ cil in Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 18, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
* “celo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “celo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* celo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. not to betray one's feelings by one's looks: sententiam fronte celare, tegere

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sɛ.lɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɛlɔ
* Syllabification: ce‧lo

### Noun

celo f
* vocative singular of cela

## Serbo-Croatian
### Adjective

celo
* neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of ceo

## Slovene
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sɛlóː/

### Adverb

celọ̑
* even (implying extreme example)
* even, yet (emphasizing a comparative)

### Further reading

* “celo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “celo”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* zelo (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈθelo/ [ˈθe.lo]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈselo/ [ˈse.lo]
* Rhymes: -elo
* Syllabification: ce‧lo

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin zēlus (“zeal”), from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos). Cognate with English zeal.

#### Noun

celo m (uncountable)
* zeal
* heat (a condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate)
    Está en celo. ― She's in heat.
* (in the plural) jealousy

##### Derived terms

* huelga de celo

##### Related terms

* celos
* en celo
* recelo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

celo
* first-person singular present indicative of celar

### Etymology 3

Shortening of English sellotape.

#### Noun

celo m (uncountable)
* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) sellotape; (UK, AU) sticky tape; (US) Scotch tape; adhesive tape

### Further reading

* “celo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10