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Symbol

el

1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language codeforGreek.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɛl/,[ɛɫ]

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɛl

Etymology 1

FromMiddle English,fromOld Englishel,fromLatinel(the name of the letter L).

Alternative forms

• L
• ell

Noun

el(pluralels)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterL/l.
   • 1773October,The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:

     The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus,elee en gee tee aitch.

Derived terms

• elpee

Translations

name of the letter L, l

• Arabic:إِلm(ʔel)
• Bengali:এল(bn)(el)
• Catalan:ela(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:(English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Dutch:el(nl)
• Esperanto:lo(eo)
• Finnish:äl(fi),ällä(fi)
• French:elle(fr)m
• Galician:ele(gl)m
• Greek:ελn(el)
• Hawaiian:lā
• Hindi:एल(hi)(el)
• Ido:le(io)
• Indonesian:el(id)
• Irish:eil,luis
• Italian:^{(pleaseverify)}elle(it)morf
• Japanese:エル(ja)(eru)
• Korean:엘(el)
• Latin:el(la)
• Malay:el(ms)
• Marathi:एल(el)
• Occitan:èlaf
• Persian:ال(fa)(el)
• Portuguese:ele(pt)m
• Russian:эл(ru)n(el),эль(ru)n(elʹ)
• Spanish:ele(es)f
• Tagalog:el(tl),la(tl)(Abakada),ele(tl)(Abecedario alphabet)
• Thai:แอล(th)(ɛɛl)
• Turkish:le(tr)
• Vietnamese:e-lờ(vi),lờ(vi)
• Welsh:el(cy)f

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)letter;a,bee,cee,dee,e,ef,gee,aitch,i,jay,kay,el,em,en,o,pee,cue,ar,ess,tee,u,vee,double-u,ex,wye,zee/zed

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• L

Noun

el(pluralels)

1. (US)Anelevated railway,especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago.
   • 2012,Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone,The Wheels That Drove New York,page294:

     The main section of the Sixth AvenueElfrom Morris Street to Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street shut down on December 4, 1938.

Translations

elevated railway

Etymology 3

Shortening ofeleven.

Numeral

el

1. Thecardinal numberoccurring afterdekand beforedoin aduodecimalsystem. Written↋,decimal value 11.

Etymology 4

FromSpanishel.

Article

el

1. (informal,humorous,chieflyInternetslang)The(sometimes where "the" would not occur in normal English).
   • 2007,Richard Bachman,Blaze,page125:

     "[…]A sister of Joseph Gerard[…]was found unconscious on the kitchen floor by the family cook early this morning.[…]"
     […]What leads could they have, if the old lady waselzonko?

Etymology 5

Noun

el(pluralels)

1. The name of theUnspecified scriptletterЛ/л.

Anagrams

• -le,LE,Le,LαE,le

Aragonese

Etymology

FromLatinille(“that one”).

Pronoun

el

1. him(direct object)

   Synonym:lo

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• elu

Etymology

FromLatinille,possibly through aVulgar Latin*illus.CompareRomanianel,Megleno-Romanianiel.

Pronoun

elm(pluralelj)

1. (third-person masculine singular pronoun,nominative form)he

   Synonym:nãs

Pronoun

elm

1. (long/stressed accusative form)him

Related terms

• ea/ia(feminine equivalent (third-person singular nominative))
• elj(masculine or mixed plural),eali(feminine plural)
• ãl/ul/lu(masculine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
• (a) lui(masculine singular genitiveandmasculine singular dative- long/stressed form)
• ãlj/ilj/lji(masculine singular dative- short/unstressed form)

See also

• io/iou,mini(first-person singular)
• tu,tini(second-person singular)
• noi(first-person plural)
• voi(second-person plural)
• nãsh,elj(third-person (masculine or mixed) plural)

Asturian

Etymology

FromLatinille,illum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/el/,[el]

Article

elmsg(femininela,neuterlo,masculine plurallos,feminine pluralles)

1. (definite)the

Usage notes

• The articleelcontracts tol’before a word beginning with a vowel orh:l'asturianu(the Asturian),l'hermanu(the brother)
• The articleelcontracts to’lafter a word that ends in a vowel, if the following word begins with a consonant.

Derived terms

• al
• col
• del
• nel
• pal
• pel
• pol
• sol

Azerbaijani

Etymology

FromProto-Turkic*ēl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/el/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

el(definite accusativeeli,pluralellər)

1. (somewhatpoetic)people
2. (somewhatpoetic)country,land
3. (somewhatpoetic)tract,region,district,province

Declension

Declension ofel
	singular	plural
nominative	el	ellər
definite accusative	eli	elləri
dative	elə	ellərə
locative	eldə	ellərdə
ablative	eldən	ellərdən
definite genitive	elin	ellərin

Possessive forms ofel
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	elim	ellərim
sənin(“your”)	elin	ellərin
onun(“his/her/its”)	eli	elləri
bizim(“our”)	elimiz	ellərimiz
sizin(“your”)	eliniz	elləriniz
onların(“their”)	eliorelləri	elləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	elimi	ellərimi
sənin(“your”)	elini	ellərini
onun(“his/her/its”)	elini	ellərini
bizim(“our”)	elimizi	ellərimizi
sizin(“your”)	elinizi	ellərinizi
onların(“their”)	eliniorellərini	ellərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	elimə	ellərimə
sənin(“your”)	elinə	ellərinə
onun(“his/her/its”)	elinə	ellərinə
bizim(“our”)	elimizə	ellərimizə
sizin(“your”)	elinizə	ellərinizə
onların(“their”)	elinəorellərinə	ellərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	elimdə	ellərimdə
sənin(“your”)	elində	ellərində
onun(“his/her/its”)	elində	ellərində
bizim(“our”)	elimizdə	ellərimizdə
sizin(“your”)	elinizdə	ellərinizdə
onların(“their”)	elindəorellərində	ellərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	elimdən	ellərimdən
sənin(“your”)	elindən	ellərindən
onun(“his/her/its”)	elindən	ellərindən
bizim(“our”)	elimizdən	ellərimizdən
sizin(“your”)	elinizdən	ellərinizdən
onların(“their”)	elindənorellərindən	ellərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim(“my”)	elimin	ellərimin
sənin(“your”)	elinin	ellərinin
onun(“his/her/its”)	elinin	ellərinin
bizim(“our”)	elimizin	ellərimizin
sizin(“your”)	elinizin	ellərinizin
onların(“their”)	elininorellərinin	ellərinin

Derived terms

• el-oba

Breton

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛl/

Contraction

el

1. e(preposition “in”)+ul(indefinite article “a(n)”)
2. e(preposition “in”)+al(definite article “the”)

Catalan

Alternative forms

• es(salat)in Balearic dialects.
• lo(colloquial)in North occidental dialects.

Etymology

From earlierlo,fromLatinillum,fromLatinille.The initiale-was inserted as anepentheticvowel after the unstressed-ohad begun to be dropped.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic,Central)IPA^(key):/əl/
• (Valencia)IPA^(key):/el/

• Audio:

  (file)

Article

elm(femininela,masculine pluralels,feminine pluralles)

1. the;definite article
2. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives;the;what,that which

   elbo ieldolent―thegood andthebad

   elque hem de fer―whatwe have to do

Usage notes

• Before a word that begins with a vowel or silenth-followed by a vowel, the forml'is used.

See also

• en,masculine singular definite article for given names.

Pronoun

el(proclitic,contractedl',encliticlo,contracted enclitic'l)

1. him(direct object)

Usage notes

• elis the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with aconsonant.

  Ellaelconsiderava estúpid.―She regarded him as stupid.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo,mi3	em,m’	-me,’m	em,m’	-me,’m	meu
1st personmajestic1	nós	ens	-nos,’ns	ens	-nos,’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et,t’	-te,’t	et,t’	-te,’t	teu
2nd personformal1	vós	us	-vos,-us	us	-vos,-us	vostre
2nd personveryformal2	vostè	el,l’	-lo,’l	li	-li	seu
3rd personmasculine	ell	el,l’	-lo,’l	li	-li	seu
3rd personfeminine	ella	la,l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd personneuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd personreflexive	si	es,s’	-se,’s	es,s’	-se,’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos,’ns	ens	-nos,’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos,-us	us	-vos,-us	vostre
2nd personformal2	vostès	els	-los,’ls	els	-los,’ls	seu
3rd personmasculine	ells	els	-los,’ls	els	-los,’ls	seu
3rd personfeminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los,’ls	seu
3rd personreflexive	si	es,s’	-se,’s	es,s’	-se,’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en,n’	-ne,’n
locative		hi	-hi
1)Behaves grammatically as plural. 2)Behaves grammatically as third person.			3)Only as object of a preposition. 4)Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Further reading

• “el”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “el”,inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2024
• “el”inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “el”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Etymology

FromMiddle Cornishêl,eyl,eal,fromOld Cornishail,a borrowing fromProto-Brythonic*angel,fromLatinangelus,fromAncient Greekἄγγελος(ángelos).Cognate withBretonael,Welshangel.

Noun

elm(pluraleledh)

1. (religion)angel

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

el

1. hand,forearm
2. ell

Declension

Declension ofel

nominative	el
genitive	elniñ
dative	elge
accusative	elni
locative	elde
ablative	elden

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002)Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk[Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1],Simferopol: Dolya,→ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈɛl]

Noun

eln(indeclinable)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterL/l.

Further reading

• “el”,inPříruční slovník jazyka českého(in Czech),1935–1957
• “el”,inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého(in Czech),1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• lo

Etymology

FromLatinille,illud.

Article

el

1. the;masculine singular definite article

Related terms

• i
• la

Danish

Etymology 1

FromOld Norseelri(“alder”),cf.ǫlr(compareIcelandicelri,Swedishal,Norwegian Bokmålolder), fromProto-Germanic*aluz,*alusō(compareEnglishalder), variant of*alizō,*alisō(compareDutchels,GermanErle), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂élisos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛl/,[ɛlˀ]

Noun

elc(singular definiteellen,plural indefiniteelle)

1. alder

Inflection

Declension ofel

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	el	ellen	elle	ellene
genitive	els	ellens	elles	ellenes

Etymology 2

Introduced in the 1940’s afterSwedishel,abbreviation ofelektricitet(“electricity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛl/,[ɛl]

Noun

elc(singular definiteellen,not used in plural form)

1. electricity

   Synonym:strøm

Dutch

Etymology

FromMiddle Dutchelne,elle,fromOld Dutch*elina,fromProto-West Germanic*alinu.Cognate withEnglishell,German Low GermanEll,GermanElle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:el
• Rhymes:-ɛl
• Homophone:Ell

Noun

elform(pluralellen,diminutiveelletjen)

1. (archaic)aunitoflengthcorresponding to about 69 cm:ell,cubit

Derived terms

• elleboog
• ellepijp
• ellenlang

Descendants

• Negerhollands:el
• →Caribbean Javanese:élo
• →Sundanese:élo

Emilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/el/
• Hyphenation:el

Pronoun

el(personal)

1. (nominative case, feminine)they
2. (accusative case, feminine)them

Alternative forms

• Becomeselj-before a vowel.
• Becomes-liwhen acting as an enclitic.

Related terms

Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)

Number	Person	Gender	Disjunctive (tonic)	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Reflexive (-self)	Comitative (with)
Singular	First	—	mè	a	me			mêg
	Second	—	tè	et	te			têg
	Third	Masculine	ló	al		ge	se	sêg
		Feminine	lê	la
Plural	First	Masculine	nuēter	a	se			nōsk
		Feminine	nuētri
	Second	Masculine	vuēter	a	ve			vōsk
		Feminine	vuētri
	Third	Masculine	lôr	i		ge	se	sêg
		Feminine		el	li

Esperanto

Etymology

Obscure; may be derived fromLatinex(“out of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[el]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: el

Preposition

el

1. made of

   Tio estas ĉemizoelsilko―This is a shirt made of silk.

2. from(of)

   Antonym:al

   Elkie vi venis?
   Mi veniselNov-Jorko.

   Where did you come from?
   I came fromNew York.

   • 1906,Louis de Beaufront,Grammaire et exercices de la langue internationale espéranto:

     Li estas la plej riĉa homoella mondo.

     He is the richest man in the world.

   • 1906,Louis de Beaufront,Grammaire et exercices de la langue internationale espéranto:

     Li estas la malplej riĉaelni.

     He is the least rich of us.

Derived terms

• eldoni
• eliri
• elkreski
• elpensi
• elŝuti
• eltrovi
• elvoki

Fala

Etymology

FromLatinille(“that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈel/
• Rhymes:-el
• Syllabification:el

Pronoun

elmsg(pluralelis,feminineela,feminine pluralelas)

1. Third person singular masculine nominative pronoun;he

See also

Fala personal pronouns

			nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular		ei	me,-mi		mi
	plural	common	nos	musL nusLV nos,-nusM		nos
		masculine	noshotrusM			noshotrusM
		feminine	noshotrasM			noshotrasM
second person	singular		tú	te,-ti		ti
	plural	common	vos	vusLV vos,-vusM		vos
		masculine	voshotrusM			voshotrusM
		feminine	voshotrasM			voshotrasM
third person	singular	masculine	el	le,-li	uLV,oM	el
		feminine	ela		a	ela
	plural	masculine	elis		usLV,osM	elis
		feminine	elas		as	elas
	reflexive		—	se,-si		sí

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021)Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[2],2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published2022,→ISBN

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinilla.

Pronoun

elf(postpositive-el)(ORB, broad)

1. she,it(third-person singular feminine nominative)

See also

Franco-Provençal personal pronouns

singular	nominative	accusative	dative	tonic1	possessive2
1stperson	jo	mè			min
2ndperson	te	tè			tin
3rdperson masculine	il	lo/le	lui		sin
3rdperson feminine	el	la	lyé
3rdperson neuter	o		y	—
3rdperson reflexive	—	sè
plural	nominative	accusative	dative	tonic1	possessive2
1stperson	nos				noutro
2ndperson	vos				voutro
3rdperson masculine	ils	los/les	lor		lor
3rdperson feminine	els	les	lor/lyés
3rdperson reflexive	—	sè
1Disjunctive or object of a preposition.		2Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

• elle [1] in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal– ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• elin Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

Galician

Alternative forms

• ile,il
• ele(reintegrationist)

Etymology

FromLatinille(“that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈel/

Pronoun

elm(accusativeo,dativelle)

1. he
2. it(impersonal pronoun, optative subject of impersonal verbs)

   Elchove―Itrains

3. it(optatively, can introduce a question)

   Que cousa preciosa!Elserá pecado?―What a precious thing! Coulditbe a sin?

Usage notes

The accusative formohas variant formsloandno.These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The formlois used when the preceding word ends in-ror-s.Thenoform is used when the preceding word ends in-uor a diphthong. These alternative forms are then suffixed to the preceding word.

The accusative also forms contractions when it immediately follows an indirect object pronoun. For example,dou che ocontracts todoucho(“I gave it to you”).

Related terms

• ela
• elas
• eles

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo(2006–2022) “el”,inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,editor (2006–2013), “el”,inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega[Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,editors (2003–2018), “el”,inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco,editor (2014–2024), “el”,inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

FromPortugueseele.Cognate withKabuverdianuel.

Pronoun

el

1. he,she(third person singular)

Hungarian

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈɛl]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɛl

Adverb

el

1. off

   Ela kezekkel!―Hands off!

2. away

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed withel-,occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g.megtudták volnanézni(“they could haveseenit”,frommegnéz).For verbs with this prefix, seeel-;for an overview,Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

• Annaelment? Nem mentel.―Has Anna left [goneaway]? No, she has not.

Derived terms

Compound words

• elvégre

Interjection

el

1. (intransitive,drama)exit,exeunt;he/sheleavesor theyleavethesceneorstage(stage directionfor an actor or multiple actors)

   Antonym:jön(“s/he comes”)

See also

• ell

Further reading

• elinBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
• elinNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára[A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó,2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ezas of 2024).

Anagrams

• le

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛːl/
• Rhymes:-ɛːl

Verb

el

1. first-personsingularpresentindicativeofala

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/el/,/ɛl/

Pronoun

el(pluraleli,possessiveelua,possessive pluralelui)

1. Apocopicform ofelu;she,her

See also

Personal pronouns inIdo

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Possessive		Nominative	Possessive
			Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
First person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
Second person	Formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
	Familiar	tu	tua	tui
Third person	Masculine	ilu,il	ilua	ilui	ili	ilia	ilii
	Feminine	elu,el	elua	elui	eli	elia	elii
	Neuter	olu,ol	olua	olui	oli	olia	olii
	Common	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	Reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
Indefinite		onu,on	onua	onui	onu,on	onua	onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Indonesian

Etymology

FromDutchel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛl/,[ɛl]

Noun

èl

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterL/l.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)huruf;a,be,ce,de,e,ef,ge,ha,i,je,ka,el,em,en,o,pe,ki,er,es,te,u,ve,we,eks,ye,zet

Further reading

• “el”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Istriot

Etymology 1

FromLatinillum<ille.

Pronoun

el

1. hethird-person singular masculine personal pronoun
   • 1877,Antonio Ive,Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno,volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page128:

     Ch’in tu’l su’ fassulitoelme metasse.

     That into his handkerchiefhewould put me.

Related terms

• gila

Etymology 2

FromLatinille.

Article

elmsg(femininela)

1. the

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈel/
• Rhymes:-el
• Hyphenation:él
• (stressed,determiner)IPA^(key):/ˈel/
  • Hyphenation:él
• (unstressed,article and contraction)IPA^(key):/el/

Article

elmsg

1. Archaicandregionalform ofil

Pronoun

elm

1. (rare,literary)Apocopicform ofello

Contraction

el

1. (obsolete)Contraction ofeil:andthe

Alternative forms

• e'l

Anagrams

• -le,LE,Le,le

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

FromPortugueseele.

Pronoun

el

1. he,she(third person singular)

Kabyle

Verb

el(verbal nounayla)

1. (obsolete)tohave,own,possess

   Synonyms:sɛu,ɣur

2. (obsolete)tobelongto

Usage notes

This verb's conjugation has fallen into general disuse by the 19th century, with only its past participleilansurviving in various expressions. Its verbal noun,ayla(“possession”),remains in vigorous use.

Ladino

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/el/

Article

el(Hebrew spellingאיל,plurallos,femininela)

1. the(masculine singular)

Pronoun

el(Latin spelling,Hebrew spellingאיל)

1. he,it

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/el/,[ɛɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/el/,[ɛl]

Noun

elf(indeclinable)

1. The name of the letterL.

Usage notes

• Multiple Latin names for the letterL,lhave been suggested. The most common iselor asyllabicl,although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter,lē,ll,əl,lə,and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus(Canthis⁽⁺⁾etymology besourced?),which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters)ιλλε(ille).

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names)littera;ā,bē,cē,dē,ē,ef,gē,hā/*acca,ī,kā,el,em,en,ō,pē,kū,er,es,tē,ū,ix/īx/ex,ȳ/ī graeca/ȳpsīlon,zēta

References

• elinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• Arthur E. Gordon,The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet(University of California Press,1973; volume 9 ofUniversity of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ɛl]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

elm(invariable)

1. The Latvian name of theLatin scriptletterL/l.

See also

• Latvian letter names:

  a(A),garais ā(Ā),bē(B),cē(C),čē(Č),dē(D),e(E),garais ē(Ē),ef(F),gā(G),ģē(Ģ),hā(H),i(I),garais ī(Ī),jē(J),kā(K),ķē(Ķ),el(L),eļ(Ļ),em(M),en(N),eņ(Ņ),o(O),pē(P),er(R),es(S),eš(Š),tē(T),u(U),garais ū(Ū),vē(V),zē(Z),žē(Ž)

Leonese

Etymology

FromLatinille.

Article

elmsg(femininela,neuterlu,masculine plurallos,feminine pluralles)

1. the(definite article)

Usage notes

• The prepositionsa,de,pa,cun,enandpurcontract withel,unlesselis part of a proper noun.

  ‎a+ ‎el→ ‎al

  ‎de+ ‎el→ ‎del

  ‎pa+ ‎el→ ‎pal

  ‎cun+ ‎el→ ‎cul

  ‎en+ ‎el→ ‎nel

  ‎pur+ ‎el→ ‎pul

• The articleelcontracts tol'before a word beginning with a vowel orh:

  l'home―the man

  fala l'home―the man is speaking

• The article 'elcontracts to'lafter a word that ends in a vowel, if the following word begins with a consonant.

  fala'l neñu―the child is speaking

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛl/

Noun

elminan

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterl/L.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)a,bej,cej,čet,ćej,dej,ej,ět,ef,gej,ha,cha,i,jot,ka,eł,el,em,en,ejn,o,pej,er,ejŕ,es,eš,śej,tej,u,wej,y,zet,žet,źej

Middle Dutch

Etymology

FromOld Dutch*elli,fromProto-West Germanic*alljas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/el/

Determiner

el

1. other,another

Adverb

el

1. else,otherwise
2. elsewhere

Further reading

• “el (I)”,inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• “el, els”,inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J.(1885–1929) “el (I)”,inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek,The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN,page I
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J.(1885–1929) “el (II)”,inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek,The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN,page II

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eel,ele,hele,iel,yele

Etymology

FromOld Englishǣl,fromProto-West Germanic*āl,fromProto-Germanic*ēlaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛːl/,/eːl/

Noun

el(pluraleles)

1. eel

Descendants

• English:eel
• Scots:eel
• Yola:eale

References

• “ēl(e,n.(3).”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007,retrieved2019-03-03.

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/eːl/

Verb

el

1. third-personsingularpresentsubjunctiveofmynet

Mirandese

Pronoun

el

1. he

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed fromSwedishel.

Noun

el

1. short form ofelektrisitet,elektrisk,elektro-,used mainly in compound words. It is treated as a noun rather than a prefix, in the same manner as Swedish.

Derived terms

• elbil
• elmotor

References

• “el”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed fromSwedishel.

Noun

eln

1. short form ofelektrisitet,elektrisk,elektro-,used mainly in compound words. It is treated as a noun rather than a prefix, in the same manner as Swedish.

Derived terms

• elbil
• elmotor

Etymology 2

FromOld Norseél.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/eːl/

Noun

eln(definite singularelet,indefinite pluralel,definite pluralela)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation,then remove the text{{rfdef}}.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

el

1. presenttenseofala

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

el

1. presenttenseofelja

References

• “el”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

FromOld Occitan[Term?],fromLatinille.

Pronunciation

• Audio(Languedoc):

  (file)

Pronoun

el

1. he(third-person singular subject pronoun)
2. it(third-person singular subject pronoun)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/el/

Noun

elm

1. el,the letterL

Old French

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• enl(veryrare)

Contraction

el

1. Contraction ofenle(“in the”).
   • c.1250,Marie de France,Equitan:

     m'est une anguisseelquer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet trembler

     Such a pain has pierced my heart, that it makes my whole body quiver

Etymology 2

FromLatinalius.

Pronoun

el

1. somethingelse
   • c.1150,Thomas d'Angleterre,Le Roman de Tristan,Champion Classiques edition,→ISBN,page94,lines857–8:

     ne puet en sun cuerelpenser
     fors ço sul: Tristran amer.

     she cannot in her heart think of anything else
     apart from one thing: to love Tristan.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronoun

el

1. Apocopicform ofele
   • 13th centuryCE,Alfonso X of Castile,Cantigas de Santa Maria,Códice de los músicos,cantiga 14(facsimile):

     fugiu conela Egipto. terra de Reẏ Faraon.

     ran away withhimto Egypt, land of the Pharaoh king.

Old Norse

Verb

el

1. first-personsingularactivepresentindicativeofala

Portuguese

Etymology

FromLatinille.Akin toCatalanelandSpanishel.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈɛw/[ˈɛʊ̯]

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈɛl/[ˈɛɫ]

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈɛl/[ˈɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈɛ.li/

• Hyphenation:el

Article

elmsg

1. Only used inel-rei:the

Romanian

Etymology

InheritedfromVulgar Latin*illus,fromLatinille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jel/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

elm(third-person singular,pluralei,feminine equivalentea)

1. (nominative form)he

   Synonym:(polite form)dumnealui

Declension

Nominative
el
Accusative
stressed		unstressed
el		îl
Genitive
lui
Singular		Plural
m&n	f	m	f&n
său	sa	săi	sale
Dative
stressed		unstressed
lui		îi
Reflexive
Accusative		Dative
stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
sine	se	sieorsieși	își

Pronoun

elm(stressed accusative form ofel)

1. (direct object,preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru")him

Related terms

• ea(third-person feminine singular)
• ei(third-person masculine plural)
• ele(third-person feminine plural)

See also

Romanian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		eu	noi
2nd person	plain	tu	voi
	semi-polite	dumneata	dumneavoastră
	polite	dumneavoastră
3rd person familiar	m	el	ei
	f	ea	ele
3rd person polite	m	dumnealui	dumnealor
	f	dumneaei

Romansch

Etymology

FromLatinille.

Pronoun

el

1. he

Salar

Etymology

Cognate withTurkmen,Turkishel(“hand”),Azerbaijaniəl,Chuvashалӑ(ală),etc.

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua,Hualong,Qinghai,Ili,Xinjiang)IPA^(key):/el/
• (Mengda,Xunhua,Qinghai)IPA^(key):/en/

Noun

el(3rd person possessiveili,pluraleller)

1. (anatomy)hand

   Synonym:uc

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “эль”,inТангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия(in Russian),page428
• Yanchuk, Mikola Andriyovich(1893) “эль”,inЭтнографическое ОбозрѢніе: Императорскаго Общества Любителей Естествознанія, Антропологіи и Этнографіи[Ethnographical Review: Imperial Society of Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography]‎^[3](in Russian), Moscow: Publication of the Ethnographic Department, page33
• Rockhill, William Woodville(1894) “ell”, inDiary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892,Washington: Smithsonian Institution,page374
• Poppe, Nicholas(1953). Remarks on The Salar Language. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 16(3/4), 438–477.[4]
• Kakuk, S.(1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96.[5]
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “el”,inStroj salárskovo jazyká[Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages323-324
• Lâm liên vân[Lin Lianyun] (1985) “el”,inTát lạp ngữ giản chí[A Brief History of Salar]‎^[6],Beijing:Dân tộc xuất bản xã: Cầm thư điếm,→OCLC,page19
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “el”,inAn Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[7],Tokyo: University of Tokyo,→ISBN,page88
• Dwyer, Arienne M. (2007) “el”,inSalar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology‎^[8],1st edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag,→ISBN,pages43, 87
• Trương, tiến phong (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008) ô lộ biệt cách (Ulubeğ), trịnh sơ dương (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors,Salar İbret Sözler tát lạp nhĩ ngạn ngữ[Salar Proverbs]‎^[9],China Salar Youth League, page12

• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “el”,in mễ na ngõa nhĩ ngải bỉ bố lạp (Minavar Abibra), editor,Tát duy hán từ điển (Sāwéihàncídiǎn)[Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing,→ISBN,page99
• “el”inÖlmez, Mehmet (2012 December) “Oğuzların En Doğudaki Kolu: Salırlar ve Dilleri [The Easternmost Branch of the Oghuzs: Salars and Their Language]”, inTürk Dili(in Turkish), volume CII, number732,pages38-43

• Mã vĩ[Ma Wei],Triều khắc[Chao Ke] (2014) “el”,inTát lạp ngữ 366 điều hội thoại độc bổn[Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[10],1^stedition,Xã hội khoa học văn hiến xuất bản xã[Social Science Literature Press],→ISBN,page108
• Mã vĩ (Ma Wei), triều khắc (Chao Ke) (2016) “el”,inTần nguy ngữ ngôn —— tát lạp ngữ nghiên cứu[Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], thanh hải (Qinghai): Quốc gia xã hội khoa học cơ kim hạng mục (National Social Science Foundation Project), page107

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/el/[el]

• Audio(Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-el
• Syllabification:el

Etymology 1

FromLatinille.

Article

el(plurallos,femininela,feminine plurallas,neuterlo)

1. masculine singular definite article;the

Usage notes

• The prepositionsdeandacontract withel,unlesselis part of a proper noun.

  El librodelniño me enseñó sobre la oscilaciónde ElNiño.

  Theboy'sbook taught me about the oscillationof ElNiño.

  Fuimosa ElSalvador y le rezamosalSalvador.

  We wentto ElSalvador and prayedto theSavior.

• Spanish definite articles are used in some contexts where English uses possessive pronouns.

  Tengolasmanos sucias.

  Myhands are dirty.

  Me duelelapierna.

  Myleg hurts.

• Spanish definite articles are used when talking about a whole group in general or abstract notions, unlike English ones.

  Losguepardos son el animal terreste más veloz.

  Cheetahs are the fastest land animal.

  Elamor es siempre paciente y amable.

  Love is always patient and kind.

Derived terms

• el que
• el que sea

Related terms

• él
• le
• lo

Etymology 2

FromOld Spanishela,fromLatinilla.

Article

el(feminine plurallas)

1. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed/a/:

   elalma, las almas―thesoul, the souls

   elhacha, las hachas―theaxe, the axes

Further reading

• “el”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014

Anagrams

• le

Swedish

Etymology

A contraction ofelektricitetorelektrisk,that must have taken place between 1920 and 1975. SAOB (letter E edited in 1921) does not mention this, but does mention the prefixelektro-.Lilla Focus(1961) mentionsel-as a prefix, but not as a word of its own.

The use ofelas a stand-alone word (not just a prefix) was discussed inTeknisk Tidskrift,15 December 1934,referring to a proposal from "Fera", Föreningen för elektricitetens rationella användning, an association of electric power grid operators.

Man framhåller nämligen med bestämdhet, att "el" ej får betraktas som förkortning utan som en beteckning för allt som har med elektricitet att göra, avsedd att brukas enbart eller i sammansättningar som prefix eller suffix och aldrig tillsammans med punkt och bindestreck. Språkligt sett, kan väl ordet närmast betraktas som en ellips
Teknisk Tidskrift,15 December 1934
Translation:
Indeed, it is firmly emphasized that "el" must not be regarded as an abbreviation but as a designation for everything related to electricity, intended for use solely or in combinations as a prefix or suffix, and never together with a period and hyphen. Linguistically, the word can be considered akin to an ellipsis.
Teknisk Tidskrift,15 December 1934

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/eːl/
• Rhymes:-eːl

Noun

elc

1. electricity,electriccurrentorpower;Contraction ofelektricitet.orelektrisk
   • 1957,used as a prefix, §14,Lag (1957:262) om allmän energiskatt

     elektrisk kraft som förbrukas förel-,gas-, värme- eller vattenförsörjning i andra kommuner

     electric power which is used for the supply of electricity, gas, heating or water in other municipalities

   • 1975,Håkan Winberg(m), speaking in the Riksdag on May 27 (protocol,page 264)

     Vidare är den del av marknaden som har den högsta betalningsförmågan, dvs. hushållen, inriktad på användning avel.

     Also the part of the market which has the highest purchasing power, i.e. the households, is set for the use of electricity.

   • 1980,Rune Torwald (c), speaking in the Riksdag on January 11 (protocol,page 46)

     När man använder så stor andel avelentill att värma upp bostäder som ju bara utnyttjas vintertid och inte på sommaren, så får man stora säsongvariationer.

     When using so large a portion of the electricity to heat homes, something which is only used in the winter and not in the summer, one will get large seasonal variations.

2. (schoolslang)Short forel- och energiprogrammet.

   Jag gårel.

   I study at theelectrical engineering programme

   (literally, “I goelectrical.”)

Declension

Declension ofel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	el	els
	definite	elen	elens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• elanvändning
• elavbrott
• elkabel
• elkraft
• elmätare
• elnät
• elström
• elstängsel
• elsäkerhet
• elverk
• elöverföring
• elöverkänslig

References

• elinSvensk ordbok(SO)
• elinSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)

Anagrams

• le

Tagalog

Etymology

FromEnglishel,the English name of the letterL/l.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ʔel/[ʔɛl]
• Rhymes:-el
• Syllabification:el

Noun

el(Baybayin spellingᜁᜎ᜔)

1. the name of theLatin-scriptletterL/l,in theFilipino alphabet

   Synonyms:(in the Abakada alphabet)la,(in the Abecedario)ele

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)titik;ey,bi,si,di,i,ef,dyi,eyts,ay,dyey,key,el,em,en,enye,en dyi,o,pi,kyu,ar,es,ti,yu,vi,dobolyu,eks,way,zi

Further reading

• “el”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[(ʔ)el]

Verb

el

1. Alternative form ofeli(“to remember”)

Conjugation

Conjugation ofel
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toel	foel	miel
2nd	noel	niel
3rd	Masculine	oel	iel,yoel†
Feminine	moel
Neuter	iel
†- archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001)A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia,University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/el/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

FromOttoman Turkishال(el),fromProto-Turkic*elig(“hand”),may be related toProto-Turkic*ạl-(“to take”).Cognate withOld Turkic𐰠𐰏(elig),Uzbekilik,Turkmenel,Gagauzel,Salarel,Southern Altaiэлӱ(elü,“wide finger”),Chuvashалӑ(ală),etc.

Noun

el(definite accusativeeli,pluraleller)

1. hand
2. round(stage of a sports competition)

   Herelsona kalan adam sensin.

   In everyroundyou're the last man standing.

3. round(individual ammunition shell)

   İkielsıktı, ikisini de ıskaladı, sonra da bıçaklamaya çalıştı.

   He fired tworounds,whiffed both, and then he tried to knife him.

Derived terms

• el arabası
• ele geçirmek

Etymology 2

FromOttoman Turkishایل(el),fromCommon Turkic*ēl(“people”).

Noun

el(definite accusativeeli,pluraleller)

1. aforeignperson

Derived terms

• el gün

Etymology 3

FromOttoman Turkishایل(el),fromProto-Turkic*ēl(“realm”).Doubletofil.Cognate withOld Turkic[script needed](él),Kazakhел(el),Azerbaijaniel,etc.

Noun

el(definite accusativeeli,pluraleller)

1. country,homeland,province

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	el
Definite accusative	eli
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	el	eller
Definite accusative	eli	elleri
Dative	ele	ellere
Locative	elde	ellerde
Ablative	elden	ellerden
Genitive	elin	ellerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular elim ellerim 2nd singular elin ellerin 3rd singular eli elleri 1st plural elimiz ellerimiz 2nd plural eliniz elleriniz 3rd plural elleri elleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular elimi ellerimi 2nd singular elini ellerini 3rd singular elini ellerini 1st plural elimizi ellerimizi 2nd plural elinizi ellerinizi 3rd plural ellerini ellerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular elime ellerime 2nd singular eline ellerine 3rd singular eline ellerine 1st plural elimize ellerimize 2nd plural elinize ellerinize 3rd plural ellerine ellerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular elimde ellerimde 2nd singular elinde ellerinde 3rd singular elinde ellerinde 1st plural elimizde ellerimizde 2nd plural elinizde ellerinizde 3rd plural ellerinde ellerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular elimden ellerimden 2nd singular elinden ellerinden 3rd singular elinden ellerinden 1st plural elimizden ellerimizden 2nd plural elinizden ellerinizden 3rd plural ellerinden ellerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular elimin ellerimin 2nd singular elinin ellerinin 3rd singular elinin ellerinin 1st plural elimizin ellerimizin 2nd plural elinizin ellerinizin 3rd plural ellerinin ellerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular elim ellerim 2nd singular elsin ellersin 3rd singular el eldir eller ellerdir 1st plural eliz elleriz 2nd plural elsiniz ellersiniz 3rd plural eller ellerdir

Derived terms

• elçi

Venetan

Alternative forms

• al—Belluno

Etymology

FromLatinillum<ille.

Article

elmsg(plurali)

1. the

Related terms

• ła

Pronoun

el

1. he,she,it(used as an obligatory clitic pronoun following a verb)

   El canelmagna i òsi.―The dog(it)eats the bones.

Volapük

Article

el

1. the(used for all proper nouns and also foreign loanwords not yet assimilated into Volapük)

   ElKarl binom ziomelaKatlin.―Karl is Katlin's uncle.

Usage notes

• The articleelis used to modify any kind of noun (proper or foreign) which is itself indeclinable in Volapük. Then, whenever that noun needs to be declined, the articleelwhich modifies it is declined in its stead.

Declension

declension ofel

	singular	plural
nominative	el	els
genitive	ela	elas
dative	ele	eles
accusative	eli	elis

Derived terms

• hiel
• jiel

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛl/

Noun

elf(pluraleliau)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterL/l.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
el	unchanged	unchanged	hel
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

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