Cecília

See also: Cecilia, Cécilia, and Cecilía

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Caecilia, female form of Caecilius, a Roman family name derived from the byname caecus (“blind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈsi.li.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈsi.li.a]
• Rhymes: -ia

Proper noun

Cecília f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛt͡siːlijɒ]

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• Hyphenation: Ce‧cí‧lia
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Proper noun

Cecília

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Cecília	Cecíliák
accusative	Cecíliát	Cecíliákat
dative	Cecíliának	Cecíliáknak
instrumental	Cecíliával	Cecíliákkal
causal-final	Cecíliáért	Cecíliákért
translative	Cecíliává	Cecíliákká
terminative	Cecíliáig	Cecíliákig
essive-formal	Cecíliaként	Cecíliákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Cecíliában	Cecíliákban
superessive	Cecílián	Cecíliákon
adessive	Cecíliánál	Cecíliáknál
illative	Cecíliába	Cecíliákba
sublative	Cecíliára	Cecíliákra
allative	Cecíliához	Cecíliákhoz
elative	Cecíliából	Cecíliákból
delative	Cecíliáról	Cecíliákról
ablative	Cecíliától	Cecíliáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Cecíliáé	Cecíliáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Cecíliáéi	Cecíliákéi

Possessive forms of Cecília
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Cecíliám	Cecíliáim
2nd person sing.	Cecíliád	Cecíliáid
3rd person sing.	Cecíliája	Cecíliái
1st person plural	Cecíliánk	Cecíliáink
2nd person plural	Cecíliátok	Cecíliáitok
3rd person plural	Cecíliájuk	Cecíliáik

Occitan

Proper noun

Cecília f

1. (Gascony) a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia

References

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 146.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Caecilia. Doublet of Sheila, through Irish.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈsi.li.ɐ/ [seˈsi.lɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /seˈsi.ljɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈsi.li.ɐ/ [seˈsi.lɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /seˈsi.ljɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈsi.li.a/ [seˈsi.lɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /seˈsi.lja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈsi.ljɐ/

• Homophone: Sicília (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: Ce‧cí‧li‧a

Proper noun

Cecília f (plural Cecílias)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin Caecilia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡set͡siːʎi̯a]

Proper noun

Cecília f (genitive singular Cecílie, nominative plural Cecílie, declension pattern of ulica)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia

Declension

Declension of Cecília

	singular	plural
nominative	Cecília	Cecílie
genitive	Cecílie	Cecílií
dative	Cecílii	Cecíliám
accusative	Cecíliu	Cecílie
locative	Cecílii	Cecíliách
instrumental	Cecíliou	Cecíliami

Derived terms

• Cila, Cilka
• Ciľa, Ciľka

Further reading

• “Cecília”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024