Cellás

Cellás is a Hungarian adjective derived from the noun cella, meaning a storeroom, chamber, or cellar. In Hungarian, the suffix -ás forms adjectives and nouns that indicate a characteristic or relation, so cellás describes something related to or resembling a cellar.

Etymology and sense

The term traces to Latin cella (storeroom, chamber) and entered Hungarian through historical usage. In modern Hungarian, cellás primarily conveys the idea of being tied to a cellar, storage space, or underground room. The sense may cover architectural features, storage arrangements, or situations where a cellar-like environment is relevant.

Usage

Cellás is most often encountered in architectural or wine-related contexts within Hungarian: for example, a cellás pince would be a cellar or a cellar-based storage area. In everyday language, the word is relatively uncommon and tends to appear in compound expressions or regional/historical texts rather than as a frequent standalone descriptor. In scientific or biological contexts, Hungarian typically uses sejtes to mean cellular, so cellás is not standard for describing biological cells.

Notability and variants

As a general descriptive term, cellás can appear in descriptive writing about buildings, wine cellars, or subterranean spaces. It is not widely used in English-language texts, and there is no widely recognized English equivalent beyond the literal “cellar-related” when needed.

See also

Cellar, cella, sejtes (cellular in standard Hungarian), cellarage. If you meant a different usage or a specific proper noun, please specify.