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Meaning of "chela" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHELA

New Latin, from Greek khēlē claw.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHELA

chela  [ˈkiːlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHELA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chela is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHELA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chela

Chela has two main meanings. One derivation comes from Hindi from Sanskrit, meaning "slave" or "servant". In English, the word means a religious student or disciple. The other derivation comes from Greek and Latin, meaning "claw", now specifically that of an arthropod. Chela may also refer to: ▪ Chela, a small minnow-type fish in the Cyprinid family ▪ Chela, a pincerlike organ terminating certain limbs of some arthropods like a crab ▪ Juan Ignacio Chela, a professional tennis player from Argentina ▪ The Chela meteorite fall of 1988 in Tanzania ▪ Chela, Ethiopia, a town in southern Ethiopia ▪ Chela, a slang term for beer in Mexico,Peru and Chile ▪ Chela...

Definition of chela in the English dictionary

The definition of chela in the dictionary is a large pincer-like claw of such arthropods as the crab and scorpion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHELA


Bikila
bɪˈkiːlə
candela
kænˈdiːlə
concealer
kənˈsiːlə
dealer
ˈdiːlə
healer
ˈhiːlə
keeler
ˈkiːlə
maquila
məˈkiːlə
mela
ˈmiːlə
mochila
məʊˈtʃiːlə
sealer
ˈsiːlə
selah
ˈsiːlə
sheila
ˈʃiːlə
spieler
ˈʃpiːlə
stela
ˈstiːlə
tela
ˈtiːlə
tequila
tɪˈkiːlə
two-wheeler
ˌtuːˈwiːlə
Vela
ˈviːlə
velar
ˈviːlə
wheeler
ˈwiːlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHELA

chelae
chelaship
chelatable
chelate
chelating agent
chelation
chelator
chelicera
chelicerae
cheliceral
chelicerate
cheliferous
cheliform
cheliped
Chellean
chellup
Chelmsford
cheloid
cheloidal

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHELA

Akela
Arbela
Benguela
Cela
Compostela
favela
Hela
Kerbela
Kumbh Mela
kwela
Mandela
Monongahela
pela
Santiago de Compostela
sequela
Tugela
Venezuela
vuvuzela
weigela
zarzuela

Synonyms and antonyms of chela in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chela» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHELA

Find out the translation of chela to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chela from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chela» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

切拉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chela
570 millions of speakers

English

chela
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पंजा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شيلا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чела
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quela
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chéla
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chela
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chela
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

はさみ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

집게발
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chela
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mới học đạo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடுக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıskaç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chela
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chela
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чола
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Chela
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τσέλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Chela
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chela
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chela
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chela

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHELA»

The term «chela» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.432 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHELA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chela» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chela» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chela

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHELA»

Discover the use of chela in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chela and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Chela and the Path: Keys to Soul Mastery in Aquarian Age
He teaches of the divine light above and the divine light below and the many layers of awareness that surround the soul. This book is foundational for those who would not only know their true potential, but fulfill it.
El Morya, 1975
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Methodology of the Oppressed
U.S liberation movements of the post-World War II era generated specific modes of oppositional consciousness. Out of these emerged a new activity of consciousness and language Sandoval calls the "methodology of the oppressed".
Chela Sandoval, 2000
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Chela y Chuy
Camarena, Cathy, M.Ed., Ruff, Gloria B., M.Ed. Chuy Chela Chuy Chela yy CathyCamarena, M.Ed. & Gloria B. Ruff, M.Ed. CathyCamarena, M.Ed. & Gloria B . Ruff, M.Ed. Chela y Chuy Cathy Camarena, M.Ed., and Gloria B. Ruff,. Cover.
Camarena, Cathy, M.Ed., Ruff, Gloria B., M.Ed., 2010
4
Fish & Fishing:
... now renamed Opsarius koratensis Danio menoni, now renamed Chela laubuca Danio micronema, now deemed a synonym of Devario malabaricus ( Malabar Danio) Danio monshiensis, now renamed Barilius monshiensis, Danio ponticulus, ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
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An alphabetic dictionary of the Chinese language in the ...
m C'hieh. a bandit; 'ichang clteki to plunder, to oppress ; anau chela a fly that destroys the stalks of grain ; *mula chela or mufa chela. 'clM, the equisetum hyemele, known as the Dutch rush or scouring rush, much used for scouring and  ...
‎1870
6
The Bodies That Were Not Ours: And Other Writings
CHELA: Please try Lola, be brave. MAGALY: Then just as the sound ends (sound ends, filmfades), he's going to come back, alone. (Magaly stands in the room as ifshe were Horton.) He knows you're not a mannequin and he's curious to know ...
Coco Fusco, 2013
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Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia: A Guide to ...
Large chela rounded, not sculptured Alpheus spongiarum — Large chela laterally compressed and/or with sculpture 13 13. Rostrum flat, or if carinate not higher than orbital hoods; large chela oval to compressed in section, ridged but not ...
Gary Poore, 2004
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Colombian Theatre in the Vortex: Seven Plays
CHELA. . . . Nothing going on here ... or rather, less than nothing ... we get news from the outside . . . it's getting worse every day ... in Torrentes, for example, last week they killed another six men. Obdulio comes out of the bathroom. He takes off ...
Judith A. Weiss, 2004
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An Annotated Checklist of the Alpheid Shrimp from the ...
Large chela of holotype highly compressed, 2.0 times as long as wide, with fingers occupying distal 0.2. Fingers curved with tips crossing; dactylus bearing heavy rounded tooth just distal to articulation, followed by deeply concave but smooth ...
Albert H. Banner, Dora M. Banner, 1983
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The Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story
chela. Besides, I was her chela in another city, where there was a different tradition. Here, I could be a chela the Mumbai way.'So you can be my chela's chela here. Hijras can have a guru in Tamil Nadu and also here,' she added. I finally ...
Rēvati, Va Kītā, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHELA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chela is used in the context of the following news items.
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Climate Change, Wisdom and Experience
Carol Nappi expressed gratitude. Rajiv Mehrotra too expressed gratitude that in His Holiness the chela or disciple has become the guru and on ... «EIN News, Jul 15»
2
Breaking-up could be worse
Those are the exact words that Milcah Chela was told one day by a burly watchman. It was 7pm, dark enough for the famous twilight girls of ... «K24 TV, Jul 15»
3
Goldroom - It's Like You Never Went Away [EP]
Chela)' plays in your head and you feel like a teenager on prom night. The '80s synths create an air of nostalgia, but you're exactly where you ... «The 405, Jul 15»
4
Hidden world of the hijras: Inside India's 4000-year-old transgender …
Within these communes, there is a firm social structure - organised around the hierarchy of the guru, or mother, over her chela, or daughter. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
5
The fiddler on the beach
Also called calling crabs, they are semi-terrestrial and unique in a way that the males possess one abnormally enlarged claw or chela (pincher) ... «Mid-Day, Jun 15»
6
Air Force JROTC cadets get honors at summer leadership camp
... Hampton residents Laneka Alexander, Liteal Burns, Cayla Burroughs, Mallory Goodenow, Candace Johnson, Keanna McCrary, Chela North, ... «Henry Herald, Jun 15»
7
“The Hoff” Yeti Crab farms food from its own hairy back
... identified from chela dimorphism; G) Small individual Kiwa tyleri associated with the "barnacle assemblage" at the "Black & White" chimney; ... «SlashGear, Jun 15»
8
The Apogee – Lleyton Hewitt's 2002 Wimbledon Title Run
On the other half of the draw, Juan Ignacio Chela (29) and Max Mirnyi (21) also said goodbye to the English crowd. In the second round, Hewitt ... «VAVEL.com, Jun 15»
9
Interfaith relations: SC committee for minority rights yet to make a …
However, Pakistan Hindu Council president Chela Ram Kewlani pointed out that the community does not even know if such a bench exists. «The Express Tribune, Jun 15»
10
'Minority members loyal to political parties'
Lawyer Faisal Siddiqi, Sindh Human Rights Commission member Rubina Brohi, Pakistan Hindu Council President Chela Ram, journalist Amar ... «Daily Times, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
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