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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescellulo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sɛlylo
"Les collectionneurs recherchent des cellulos originaux de cette série."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A transparent sheet of celluloid or similar plastic used in traditional animation for painting characters and objects that are placed over a background.
"The museum displayed an original hand-painted production cel from the classic animated film." - 2
A single frame or layer in digital or traditional cel-shaded animation styles.
"The digital artist used a cel-shading technique to give the 3D model a classic 2D anime look."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Shortened from 'celluloid', referring to the transparent sheet of cellulose nitrate historically used in traditional animation. Originating in the early 20th century during the golden age of hand-drawn animation, the term evolved to represent the individual painted frames layered over background artwork.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cel" is said worldwide
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cellulo
Transliteration: sɛlylo
"Les collectionneurs recherchent des cellulos originaux de cette série."
Cel
Transliteration: sɛl
"Das Animationstudio verwendete bemalte Cels für die Filmszenen."
celluloide
Transliteration: tʃelluˈlɔide
"Il cel era posizionato sopra lo sfondo dipinto a mano."
celuloide
Transliteration: seluˈlojde
"Cada celuloide fue cuidadosamente pintado a mano."
celulóide
Transliteration: seluˈlojdʒi
"O animador colocou o cel sobre o fundo."
सेल
Transliteration: sel
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"एनीमेशन में पारदर्शी सेल का उपयोग किया जाता है।"
动画透明胶片
Transliteration: dònghuà tōumíng jiāopiàn
Script: 中文汉字
"这张动画透明胶片是非常珍贵的收藏品。"
셀
Transliteration: sel
Script: 한국어 한글
"애니메이션 제작에 사용된 전통적인 셀입니다."
セル画
Transliteration: seruga
Script: 日本語
"そのアニメのセル画が高値で落札された。"
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