See also: Element and élément

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Etymology edit

From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (a first principle, element, rudiment) (see further etymology there).

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  • enPR: ĕl'ĭmənt, IPA(key): /ˈɛləmənt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: el‧e‧ment

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element (plural elements)

  1. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
    Letters are the elements of written language.
    1. (chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
      Synonyms: chemical element, (rare, nonstandard) firststuff
    2. One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
    3. (usually in the plural) A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
    4. (law) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
    5. (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
      Synonym: member
    6. (mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.
    7. Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
  2. A small part of the whole.
    an element of the picture
  3. A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
    an element of doubt
    • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
      The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.
  4. A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
  5. (obsolete) The sky.
  6. (obsolete) Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies.
  7. (in the plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
    exposed to the elements
  8. A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
    to be in one's element
  9. (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
  10. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
    You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.
  11. (in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
  12. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
    The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.
  13. (mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
    The element of area in Cartesian coordinates is dx dy.
  14. (astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
  15. (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
    • 2011, Richard Wagner, Creating Web Pages All-in-One For Dummies:
      The div element was introduced into HTML as a solution to the layout problem.

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element (third-person singular simple present elements, present participle elementing, simple past and past participle elemented)

  1. (obsolete) To compound of elements.
  2. (obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.
    • 1658, Izaak Walton, Life of Donne:
      His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness.

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References edit

  • Lehmann, R.G. (2011). "27-30-22-26 - How many letters needs an alphabet?". In de Voogt, A.; Quack, J.F. The Idea of Writing: Writing Across Borders. Brill. pp. 15–16, note 8.

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Borrowed from Latin elementum.

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element m (plural elements)

  1. element, a component part of a thing
  2. (plural) fundamental principles or simpler notions of a knowledge system
  3. (plural) set of natural forces (the weather, the sea, etc)
  4. (chemistry) element, a simple substance that cannot be broken down into others by chemical methods
  5. (biology) the environment in which a being lives
    (idiomatic) trobar-se algú en el seu elementto be somebody in the situation that best suits their tastes or abilities (an idiom, literally to be in one's element)
  6. (math) element, an object that belongs to a set
  7. (pejorative) a person, an individual

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Crimean Tatar edit

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From Latin elementum.

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element

  1. element.

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

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Inherited from Old Czech element, from Latin elementum.

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element m inan

  1. element (one of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based)
    1. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
  2. elementary (basic knowledge or fact)
  3. (literary) element (small part of the whole)
  4. (physics) galvanic cell

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  • element in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • element in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • element in Internetová jazyková příručka

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element n (singular definite elementet, plural indefinite elementer)

  1. (set theory) element

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Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (a first principle, element, rudiment), of uncertain origin (see further etymology there).

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  • IPA(key): /ˌeː.ləˈmɛnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ele‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

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element n (plural elementen, diminutive elementje n)

  1. element
  2. (chemistry) element
  3. (set theory) element

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  • Indonesian: elemen

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Kashubian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin elementum.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlʲɛmʲɛnt/
  • Syllabification: e‧le‧ment

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element m inan

  1. element (small part of the whole)

Further reading edit

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “element”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski, volume 1-2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “element”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi

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From Latin elementum.

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element n (definite singular elementet, indefinite plural element or elementer, definite plural elementa or elementene)

  1. an element

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From Latin elementum.

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element n (definite singular elementet, indefinite plural element, definite plural elementa)

  1. an element

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Learned borrowing from Latin elementum.[1]

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɛlɛmɛnt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɛlɛmɛnt/

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element m inan

  1. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “element”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN

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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin elementum.[1][2][3][4][5] First attested in the middle of the 15th century.

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɛlʲɛ(ː)mɛ(ː)nt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɛlʲɛmɛnt/, /ɛlʲement/

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element m ?

  1. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa[2], page 5:
      Czthyrzy zyvyoly... albo alymenta szą od czyebye stvorzony (elementa quatuor a te sunt creata), ymysz ma bycz zyvo wschystko stvorzenye. To sa ta czvsch ozm ozm alymenta: ogyen, zyemya, vylkoscz y povyetrze
      [Cztyrzy żywioły... albo alimenta są od Ciebie stworzony (elementa quatuor a Te sunt creata), imiż ma być żywo wszystko stworzenie, to są, toczusz alimenta: ogień, ziemia, wilkość i powietrze]

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  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “element”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “element”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  3. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “element”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  4. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “element”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. ^ Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021) Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN

Old Slovak edit

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Learned borrowing from Latin elementum.[1]

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element m inan

  1. element (basic substance)
  2. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)

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  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “element”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 145
  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “element”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volume 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

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Inherited from Old Polish element.

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element m inan (diminutive elemencik)

  1. element (small part of the whole)
  2. member; dregs (person or group with negative traits)
    Wieczorami w knajpie zbierał się podejrzany element.In the evenings, a suspicious group congregated in the pub.
  3. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
    Synonym: żywioł
  4. (mathematics) element (infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential)
  5. (in the plural) elements (basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments)
    Synonym: podstawy
  6. (obsolete, chemistry) element (any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons)
    Synonym: pierwiastek
  7. (Middle Polish) substance
    Synonym: substancja

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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), element is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 49 times in scientific texts, 12 times in news, 44 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 0 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 111 times, making it the 549th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

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  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “element”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 111

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Borrowed from French élément, from Latin elementum.

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element n (plural elemente)

  1. element

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  • IPA(key): /elěment/
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧ment

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elèment m (Cyrillic spelling елѐмент)

  1. element

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Inherited from Old Slovak element, from Latin elementum.

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element m inan

  1. element (small part of the whole)
  2. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
  3. (chemistry) element (any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons)
  4. element (factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result)
  5. (engineering) A simple machine component occurring separately or as a whole on various devices.

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element m anim

  1. member; dregs (person or group with negative traits)

Further reading edit

  • element”, 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, 2024

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element n

  1. element; basic building block of matter in ancient philosophy
  2. element; a place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards
  3. elements; forces of weather
  4. element; an object in a set
  5. (mathematics) element of a matrix
  6. heating element, radiator
  7. (computing) element; object in markup language

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Declension of element 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative element elementet element elementen
Genitive elements elementets elements elementens

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From Latin elementum. Doublet of eleman.

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  • IPA(key): /eleˈmænt/
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧ment

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element (definite accusative elementi, plural elementler)

  1. (chemistry) element

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Inflection
Nominative element
Definite accusative elementi
Singular Plural
Nominative element elementler
Definite accusative elementi elementleri
Dative elemente elementlere
Locative elementte elementlerde
Ablative elementten elementlerden
Genitive elementin elementlerin