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el

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EnglishEdit

 El on Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English, from Old English el, from Latin el (the name of the letter L).

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

el (plural els)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.
TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 2Edit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

el (plural els)

  1. (US) An elevated train, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago.
TranslationsEdit

AnagramsEdit

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille, possibly through a Vulgar Latin *illus. Compare Romanian el.

PronounEdit

el m (plural elj)

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

SynonymsEdit

PronounEdit

el m

  1. (long/stressed accusative form) him

Related termsEdit

  • 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 genitive and masculine singular dative- long/stressed form)
  • ãlj/ilj/lji (masculine singular dative- short/unstressed form)

See alsoEdit

  • 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)

AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille, illum.

PronunciationEdit

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ArticleEdit

el m sg (feminine la, neuter lo, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

  1. (definite) the

Usage notesEdit

  • The article el contracts to l’ before a word beginning with a vowel or h: l'asturianu (the Asturian), l'hermanu (the brother)
  • The article el contracts to ’l after a word that ends in a vowel, if the following word begins with a consonant.

Derived termsEdit

terms derived from el

BretonEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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ContractionEdit

el

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

CatalanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From earlier lo, from Latin illum, from Latin ille. The initial e- was inserted as an epenthetic vowel after the unstressed -o had begun to be dropped.

PronunciationEdit

ArticleEdit

el m (feminine la, masculine plural els, feminine plural les)

  1. the; definite article
  2. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the; what, that which
    el bo i el dolent ― the good and the bad
    el que hem de fer ― what we have to do

Usage notesEdit

Before a word that begins with a vowel or silent h- followed by a vowel, the form l' is used.

See alsoEdit

  • en, masculine singular definite article for given names.

PronounEdit

el (proclitic, contracted l', enclitic lo, contracted enclitic 'l)

  1. him (direct object)

DeclensionEdit

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 person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive 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 person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive 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 readingEdit

CornishEdit

NounEdit

el m (plural eledh)

  1. angel

Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

el

  1. hand, forearm
  2. ell

DeclensionEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

el n

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

Further readingEdit

DalmatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille, illud.

ArticleEdit

el

  1. the; masculine singular definite article

Related termsEdit

DanishEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse elri (“alder”), cf. ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Swedish al, Norwegian Bokmål older), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

el c (singular definite ellen, plural indefinite elle)

  1. alder
InflectionEdit
Declension of el
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative el ellen elle ellene
genitive els ellens elles ellenes

Etymology 2Edit

Introduced in the 1940’s after Swedish el, abbreviation of elektricitet (“electricity”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

el c (singular definite ellen, not used in plural form)

  1. electricity
SynonymsEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch elne, elle. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɛl/
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  • Hyphenation: el
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

NounEdit

el f or m (plural ellen, diminutive elletje n)

  1. (archaic) A unit of measurement corresponding to about 69 cm.

Derived termsEdit

EmilianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /el/
  • Hyphenation: el

PronounEdit

el (personal)

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

Alternative formsEdit

  • Becomes elj- before a vowel.
  • Becomes -li when acting as an enclitic.

Related termsEdit

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

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Obscure; may be derived from Latin ex ("out of").

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

el

  1. made of
    Tio estas ĉemizo el silko
    This is a shirt made of silk.
  2. from (of)
    El kie vi venis?
    Mi venis el Nov-Jorko.
    Where did you come from?
    I came from New York.
    • 1906, Louis de Beaufront, Grammaire et exercices de la langue internationale espéranto:
      Li estas la plej riĉa homo el la 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 riĉa el ni.
      He is the least rich of us.

AntonymsEdit

  • al (“to”)

Derived termsEdit

  • eldoni (“to issue, publish”)
  • eliri (“to go out, exit”)
  • elkreski (“to grow out from somewhere”, “to grow up or mature”)
  • elpensi (“to think up”)
  • elŝuti (“to download”)
  • eltrovi (“to find out; to discover, invent”)
  • elvoki (“to evoke; to invoke”)

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille (“that”).

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

el m (accusative o, dative lle)

  1. he

Usage notesEdit

The accusative form o has variant forms lo and no. These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The form lo is used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s. The no form is used when the preceding word ends in -u or 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 o (“I gave you it”) contracts to Dou cho.

Related termsEdit

Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese ele. Cognates with Kabuverdianu el.

PronounEdit

el

  1. he, she (third person singular).

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

el

  1. off
    El a kezekkel!
    Hands off!
  2. away
    Anna elment? Nem ment el.
    Has Anna left? No, she has not.

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

el

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ala

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

el (plural eli, possessive elua, possessive plural elui)

  1. Apocopic form of elu; she, her

See alsoEdit

    Personal pronouns in Ido
  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
Pangender  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.

IstriotEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin illum < ille.

PronounEdit

el

  1. he (third-person singular masculine personal pronoun)
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
      Ch’in tu’l su’ fassulito el me metasse.
      That into his handkerchief he would put me.

Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ille.

ArticleEdit

el m sg (feminine la)

  1. the

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /el/, [el̺]
  • Hyphenation: él

DeterminerEdit

el m

  1. (before a consonant) Apocopic form of ello

KabuverdianuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese ele.

PronounEdit

el

  1. he, she (third person singular).

LadinoEdit

PronunciationEdit

ArticleEdit

el (Hebrew spelling איל, plural los, feminine la)

  1. the (masculine singular)

PronounEdit

el (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling איל‎)

  1. he, it

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

el f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter L.

Usage notesEdit

  • Multiple Latin names for the letter L, l have been suggested. The most common is el or a syllabic l, 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(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?), which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιλλε (ille).

Coordinate termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • el in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to slip, escape from the hands: e (de) manibus effugere, elābi
    • to escape from the hands of the enemy: effugere, elābi e manibus hostium
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

LatvianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

el m (invariable)

  1. The Latvian name of the Latin script letter L/l.

See alsoEdit

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch *elli, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz.

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

el

  1. other, another

AdverbEdit

el

  1. else, otherwise
  2. elsewhere

Further readingEdit

  • “el (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “el, els”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “el (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “el (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

el

  1. Alternative form of ele

Middle WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

el

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of mynet

MirandeseEdit

PronounEdit

el

  1. he

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Swedish el.

NounEdit

el

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

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Swedish el.

NounEdit

el n

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

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin ille.

PronounEdit

el

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

Old EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

el m

  1. el, the letter L

Old FrenchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Alternative formsEdit

  • enl (very rare)

ContractionEdit

el

  1. contraction of en + le (in the)
    • circa 1250, Marie de France, Equitan
      m'est une anguisse el quer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet trembler
      Such a pain has pierced my heart, that it makes my whole body quiver

Etymology 2Edit

Latin alius.

PronounEdit

el

  1. something else
    • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 94 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, lines 857-8:
      ne puet en sun cuer el penser
      fors ço sul: Tristran amer.
      she cannot in her heart think of anything else
      apart from one thing: to love Tristan.

Old PortugueseEdit

PronounEdit

el

  1. Apocopic form of ele

PapiamentuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese ele and Spanish él and from Kabuverdianu el.

PronounEdit

el

  1. he, she, third person singular.

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Spanish el.

ArticleEdit

el m sg

  1. Only used in el-rei: the

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *illus, from Latin ille.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

el m (third-person singular, plural ei)

  1. (nominative form) he

DeclensionEdit

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 sie or sieși își

SynonymsEdit

PronounEdit

el m (stressed accusative form of el)

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

Related termsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

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

RomanschEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille.

PronounEdit

el

  1. he

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin ille, illum.

ArticleEdit

el (plural los, feminine la, feminine plural las, neuter lo)

  1. Masculine singular definite article; the.
Usage notesEdit
  • The prepositions de and a contract with el, unless el is part of a proper noun.
El misionario se fue a El Salvador para predicar al Salvador.
The missionary went to El Salvador to preach to the Savior.
  • Spanish definite articles are used in some contexts where English uses possessive pronouns.
Tengo las manos sucias.
My hands are dirty.
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa.

ArticleEdit

el (feminine plural las)

  1. Feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed /a/:
    el alma, pl. las almas
    el hacha, pl. las hachas

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

The use of "el" as a stand-alone word (not just a prefix) was discussed in Teknisk 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

 

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

el c

  1. electricity, electric current or power; Contraction of elektricitet. or elektrisk
    • 1957, used as a prefix, §14, Lag (1957:262) om allmän energiskatt
      elektrisk kraft som förbrukas för el-, 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 av el.
      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 av elen till 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.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of el 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative el elen — —
Genitive els elens — —

Related termsEdit

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Turkic élig (“hand”), from Proto-Turkic *alı-, *ạl- (“to take”) or *el;-ig ("hand"). Cognates with Uzbek ilik, Turkmen el, Gagauz el and Sary-Yughur ɨlɨɣ. (See link: starling.rinet.ru (an etymology dictionary of any global languages online) for more information).

NounEdit

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. hand

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. a foreign person

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Turkic él, from Proto-Turkic.

NounEdit

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. country, homeland, province
DeclensionEdit
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
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
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

VenetianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • al (Belluno)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illum < ille.

ArticleEdit

el m sg (plural i)

  1. the

Related termsEdit

PronounEdit

el

  1. he, she, it used as an obligatory clitic pronoun following a verb.
    El can el magna i òsi.
    The dog (it) eats the bones.

VolapükEdit

ArticleEdit

el

  1. the (used for all proper nouns and also foreign loanwords not yet assimilated into Volapük)
    El Karl binom ziom ela Katlin.
    Karl is Katlin's uncle.

Usage notesEdit

  • The article el is 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 article el which modifies it is declined in its stead.

DeclensionEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

WestrobothnianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse eldr.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

el m (definite singular eln)

  1. fire
Alternative formsEdit
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse ertla

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

el f (definite singular ela)

  1. a bird of the family Motacillidae
CompoundsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “eld s. e:l” and “ärla s. ê:l”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt [The Hössjö speech: dictionary of a southern Westrobothnian dialect] (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 95 and 221
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