-cel

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cel"

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

Middle English voluntarie

English voluntary

English involuntarysyl. abbr.

Latin caelebslbor.

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātusder.

English -ate

English celibatesyl. abbr.

English incelclip.

English -cel

A clipping derived from incel. A highly-productive suffix; compare the more offensive -fag, which may have partly inspired it. First attested in c. late 2010s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-sɛl/

Suffix

-cel (noun-forming suffix, plural -cels)

2. (incel slang) Denoting a type of incel (often through a stereotype).

   ‎curry + ‎-cel → ‎currycel (“an Indian incel”)

   ‎rice + ‎-cel → ‎ricecel (“an East Asian incel”)

   ‎gym + ‎-cel → ‎gymcel (“an incel who works out”)

4. (Internet slang, loosely, ironic) Used tongue-in-cheek for a wide range of effects unrelated to romance.

   ‎word + ‎-cel → ‎wordcel (“someone with high writing skills and verbal intelligence”)

   ‎theory + ‎-cel → ‎theorycel (“someone interested in extremely academic and abstract ideas”)

   • 2022 November 22, @EverydayWarren, Twitter‎^[1] (post), archived from the original on 29 September 2023:

     we're in our deep sleep arcs, we're such snoozepilled napcels.

   • 2022 December 5, u/BaronDornier, “My mom asked me if I wanted some coffee and I said yes and she served me these tiny tiny cottagecore japanese cup that I don't know how to hold”, in r/redscarepod‎^[2] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 29 September 2023:

     I'm a full ceramicpilled coffeecel, going tiny mug mode rn

   • 2023 May 8, @Freyjihad, Twitter‎^[3] (post), archived from the original on 29 September 2023:

     I'm such a sandwichmaxxing lunchmoder. I'm a foodpilled hungrycel.

   • 2023 June 28, u/Ok_Capital_2927, “everyone needs to shut the fuck up when they find something useful or cool”, in r/redscarepod‎^[4] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 29 September 2023:

     shushmaxxed secretcel

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -cel

blackcel

chudcel

clowncel

currycel

dickcel

escortcel

ethnicel

fakecel

femcel

framecel

gaycel

gymcel

heightcel

IQcel

locationcel

mastocel

mentalcel

nigcel

ricecel

shortcel

themcel

theorycel

trooncel

truecel

volcel

wagecel

wordcel

wristcel

youngcel

See also

• -maxx
• -pilled

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɛl]
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Suffix

-cel

1. (case suffix) assimilated harmonic variant of -val/-vel (“with”)

   ‎perc (“minute”) + ‎-cel → ‎perccel (“with [a] minute”)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin -cellus, from -culus +‎ -lus.

Suffix

-cel

1. Diminutive suffix.

Derived terms

Old French terms suffixed with -cel

penuncel

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Anatolian Turkish اورن (evren)

Ottoman Turkish اورن (evren)

Turkish evren

▲

French universelinflu.

Turkish evrenselbf.

Turkish -sel

Turkish -cel

Likely an alternative form of -sel. Coined by Turkish Language Association during the Turkish language reform.

Suffix

preceding vowel
a / ı / o / u	e / i / ö / ü
-cal	-cel

-cel

1. adjectival suffix

   ‎gün (“day”) + ‎-cel → ‎güncel (“up-to-date”)

   ‎kıl (“hair”) + ‎-cel → ‎kılcal (“capillary”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -cel

güncel

kılcal