cecil
/ˈsiːsəl/
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Scotland/ˈsisəɫ/
cecil noun: a fried ball of minced meat, breadcrumbs, onions, etc.
Noun
cecil (plural cecils)
Proper noun capitalized: Cecil
Cecil
- A male given name from Latin.
- John Sumner always called him "Sissy" but other kids called him Cecil or See-sal or Weasil. He didn't mind anything except "Sissy". Every time he heard it he saw red.1968, Ivan Southall, Let the Balloon Go, Methuen, page 91
- Ms. Davis — who at different points in the set called to mind Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, without resorting to mimicry — often led this charge, starting out with a blank canvas and creeping slantwise into a repeatable motif.2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022
- A female given name from Latin.
- A surname from Welsh.
- A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- A town in Cook County, Georgia.
- A village in Paulding County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia.
- A village in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Cecil Township.
cecil meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cecil in Hindi
- सीसिल, सिसिल, सेसिल
cecil in Tamil
- செசில், செஸில்
cecil in Marathi
- सीसिल, सेसिल, सिसिल
cecil in Urdu
- سیسل, سیسیل, سسیل
More languagesFewer languages
- cecil in Bengali
- সিসিল, সেসিল
- cecil in Telugu
- సెసిల్, సిసిల్, సీసిల్
- cecil in Malayalam
- സെസിൽ
- cecil in Kannada
- ಸೆಸಿಲ್, ಸಿಸಿಲ್, ಸೀಸಿಲ್
- cecil in Punjabi
- ਸੀਸਿਲ, ਸੇਸਿਲ, ਸੈਸਿਲ
- cecil in Gujarati
- સિસિલ, સીસિલ, સેસિલ
- cecil in Odia
- ସିସିଲ୍, ସିସିଲ, ସେସିଲ
- cecil in Nepali
- सिसिल, सेसिल
Forms of cecil
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Origin of cecil
From Cecil, the surname of the chef who invented them.
From Latin Caecilius, a Roman family name derived from caecus (“blind”). The surname has absorbed the Old Welsh Seisyllt, from Latin Sextilius, from Sextus.
Words formed from cecil
Words that rhyme with cecil
Questions about cecil
- What does cecil mean?
- Cecil means a fried ball of minced meat, breadcrumbs, onions, etc.
- What is cecil in Hindi?
- Cecil in Hindi is सीसिल, सिसिल, सेसिल. See Cecil meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cecil?
- Cecil can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cecil?
- Cecil is pronounced /ˈsiːsəl/.
- What is the plural of cecil?
- The plural of cecil is cecils.
Words near cecil in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cecil (page history and authors); Cecil (page history and authors); cecil (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cecil (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cecil (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cecil (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cecil (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cecil (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cecil (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cecil (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cecil (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cecil (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cecil (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cecil (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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