Also means
mobile (phone)
Usage Note
Cellulaire is used in biology (division cellulaire — 'cell division') and in Canadian French as the standard word for a mobile phone (un (téléphone) cellulaire, often shortened to un cellulaire). In European French, the mobile phone sense is covered by portable instead. The noun cellule ('cell') is the base.
Examples
"La division cellulaire est essentielle à la vie."
Natural Translation
Cell division is essential to life.
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