Meaning of Cecilia | Babel Free
sɪˈsiːli.əEquivalents
العربية
سيسيليا
Български
цецилия
Català
Cecília
Čeština
Cecílie
Dansk
Cecilie
Deutsch
Cäcilie
Ελληνικά
Καικιλία
Español
cecilia
Eesti
Silja
Suomi
Silja
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Kikilia
Magyar
Cecília
Italiano
Cecilia
Kurdî
şile
Latina
Caecilia
Polski
Cecylia
Português
Cecília
Slovenčina
Cecília
Svenska
Cecilia
Examples
“Hark how the flutes and trumpets raise⟳ / At bright Cecilia's name⟳, their lays!”
“‘Sissy is not a name⟳,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call⟳ yourself Sissy. Call⟳ yourself Cecilia.’ ‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey. ‘Then he has no business to do it,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Tell⟳ him he mustn’t. Cecilia Jupe. Let⟳ me see⟳. What is your father?’”
“Because they had named her Cecilia, her parents fancied that the matter⟳ of her life and character had been fairly well settled. She would, of course, be quiet and pale and mystical, like⟳ the saint whose picture hung above the old upright piano in the Kirby living-room.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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