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Translingual

Symbol

el

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Greek.

English

 El on Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Noun

el (plural els)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
    • 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
      The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

el (plural els)

  1. (US) An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago.
    • 2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York, page 294:
      The main section of the Sixth Avenue El from Morris Street to Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street shut down on December 4, 1938.
Translations

Etymology 3

Shortening of eleven.

Numeral

el

  1. The cardinal number occurring after dek and before do in a duodecimal system. Written ↋, decimal value 11.

Etymology 4

From Spanish el.

Article

el

  1. (informal, humorous, chiefly Internet slang) The (sometimes where "the" would not occur in normal English).
    • 2007, Richard Bachman, Blaze, page 125:
      " […] 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 was el zonko?

Etymology 5

Noun

el (plural els)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin ille (“that one”).

Pronoun

el

  1. him (direct object)
    Synonym: lo

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronoun

el m (plural elj)

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

Pronoun

el m

  1. (long/stressed accusative form) him
  • 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 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

From Latin ille, illum.

Pronunciation

Article

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

  1. (definite) the

Usage notes

  • 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 terms

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēl.

Pronunciation

Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural ellər)

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

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
Declension of el
singular plural
nominative elellər
definite accusative elielləri
dative eləellərə
locative eldəellərdə
ablative eldənellərdən
definite genitive elinellərin
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More information nominative, singular ...
Possessive forms of el
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”) eli or elləri 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”) elini or ellərini 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”) elinə or ellərinə 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”) elində or ellərində 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”) elindən or ellərindən 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”) elinin or ellərinin ellərinin
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Derived terms

Breton

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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 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.

Pronunciation

Article

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 notes

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

See also

  • en, masculine singular definite article for given names.

Pronoun

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

  1. him (direct object)

Usage notes

  • el is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a consonant.
    Ella el considerava estúpid. ― She regarded him as stupid.

Declension

More information strong/subject, weak (direct object) ...
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
singular 1st
person		 standard jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person		 standard tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd
person		 m ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
f ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
n ho -ho li -li seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person		 standard vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd
person		 m ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
f 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
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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

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish êl, eyl, eal, from Old Cornish ail, a borrowing from Proto-Brythonic *angel, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Cognate with Breton ael, Welsh angel.

Noun

el m (plural eledh)

  1. (religion) angel

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

el

  1. hand, forearm
  2. ell

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
Declension of el
nominative el
genitive elniñ
dative elge
accusative elni
locative elde
ablative elden
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References

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

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

el n (indeclinable)

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

Further reading

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

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ille, illud.

Article

el

  1. the; masculine singular definite article

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

el c (singular definite ellen, plural indefinite elle)

  1. alder
Inflection
More information common gender, singular ...
Declension of el
common
gender		 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative el ellen elle ellene
genitive els ellens elles ellenes
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. electricity
    Synonym: strøm

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch elne, elle, from Old Dutch *elina, from Proto-West Germanic *alinu. Cognate with English ell, German Low German Ell, German Elle.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. (archaic) a unit of length corresponding to about 69 cm: ell, cubit

Derived terms

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

  • Becomes elj- before a vowel.
  • Becomes -li when acting as an enclitic.
More information Number, Person ...
Number Person Gender Disjunctive
(tonic)		 Nominative
(subject)		 Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Reflexive
(-self)		 Comitative
(with)
SingularFirst— mèamemêg
Second— tèettetêg
ThirdMasculine lóalgesesêg
Feminine lêla
PluralFirstMasculine nuēter a se nōsk
Feminine nuētri
SecondMasculine vuēter a ve vōsk
Feminine vuētri
ThirdMasculine lôr i ge se sêg
Feminine el li
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Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Preposition

el

  1. made of
    Tio estas ĉemizo el silko ― This is a shirt made of silk.
  2. from (of)
    Antonym: al
    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.

Derived terms

Fala

Etymology

From Latin ille (“that”).

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

el m sg (plural elis, feminine ela, feminine plural elas)

  1. Third person singular masculine nominative pronoun; he

See also

More information nominative, dative ...
Fala personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
singular first person ei me, -mi mi
second person tú te, -ti ti
third
person		 m el le, -li uLV, oM el
f ela a ela
plural first
person		 common nos musL
nusLV
nos, -nusM		 nos
m noshotrusM noshotrusM
f noshotrasM noshotrasM
second
person		 common vos vusLV
vos, -vusM		 vos
m voshotrusM voshotrusM
f voshotrasM voshotrasM
third
person		 m elis le, -li usLV, osM elis
f elas as elas
third person reflexive — se, -si sí
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Dialects:  L Lagarteiru   M Mañegu   V Valverdeñu

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illa.

Pronoun

el f (postpositive -el) (ORB, broad)

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

See also

More information singular, nominative ...
singular nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
1st person jo mè min
2nd person te tè tin
3rd person masculine il lo / le lui sin
3rd person feminine el la lyé
3rd person neuter o y —
3rd person reflexive — sè
plural nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
1st person nos noutro
2nd person vos voutro
3rd person masculine ils los / les lor lor
3rd person feminine els les lor / lyés
3rd person reflexive — sè
1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition. 2 Generally preceded by a definite article.
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Franco-Provençal personal pronouns

References

  • elle [1] in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • el in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ille (“that”).

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

el m (accusative o, dative lle)

  1. he
  2. it (impersonal pronoun, optative subject of impersonal verbs)
    El chove ― It rains
  3. it (optatively, can introduce a question)
    Que cousa preciosa! El será pecado? ― What a precious thing! Could it be a sin?

Usage notes

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 contracts to doucho (“I gave it to you”).

References

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese ele. Cognate with Kabuverdianu el.

Pronoun

el

  1. he, she (third person singular)

Hungarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Adverb

el

  1. off
    El a kezekkel! ― Hands off!
  2. away
  3. yes (used as an affirmative answer to a question containing a verb prefixed with el- or to emphasize a preceding statement, having the same value as the verb in question)
    A: Eladtátok a házat? - B: El. ― A: Did you sell the house? B: Yes.

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with el-, 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. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see el-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

  • Anna elment? Nem ment el. ― Has Anna left [gone away]? No, she has not.

Derived terms

Compound words

Interjection

el

  1. (intransitive, drama) exit, exeunt; he/she leaves or they leave the scene or stage (stage direction for an actor or multiple actors)
    Antonym: jön (“s/he comes”)

See also

Further reading

  • el in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • el in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

el

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ala

Ido

Pronunciation

Pronoun

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

  1. Apocopic form of elu; she, her

See also

More information singular, plural ...
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
common  lu  lua  lui  li  lia  lii
reflexive  su  sua  sui  su  sua  sui
indefinite  onu, on  onua  onui  onu, on  onua  onui
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  • 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

From Dutch el.

Pronunciation

Noun

èl (plural el-el)

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

See also

Further reading

Istriot

Etymology 1

From Latin illum < ille.

Pronoun

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.

Etymology 2

From Latin ille.

Article

el m sg (feminine la)

  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

el m sg

  1. Archaic and regional form of il

Pronoun

el m

  1. (rare, literary) Apocopic form of ello

Contraction

el

  1. (obsolete) Contraction of e il: and the

Alternative forms

  • e'l

Anagrams

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English hell

Pronunciation

Noun

el (plural el dem, quantified el)

  1. (religion) hell
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 5:29:
      Ef unu rait yai a mek unu sin, tier it out an dash it we! Aftaraal it beta fi luuz onggl wan badi paat, dan di wol a di badi get fling dong a el.
      If your right eye makes you sin, gouge it out and throw it away! After all, it is better to lose one body part than for the whole body to be thrown into hell.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese ele.

Pronoun

el

  1. he, she (third person singular)

Kabyle

Verb

el (verbal noun ayla)

  1. (obsolete) to have, own, possess
    Synonyms: sɛu, ɣur
  2. (obsolete) to belong to

Usage notes

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

Ladino

Pronunciation

Article

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

  1. the (masculine singular)

Pronoun

el (Hebrew spelling איל)

  1. he, it

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

el f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter L.

Usage notes

  • 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 terms

References

  • el in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • 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

Latvian

Pronunciation

Noun

el m (invariable)

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

See also

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Article

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

  1. the (definite article)

Usage notes

  • The prepositions a, de, pa, cun, en and pur contract with el, unless el is part of a proper noun.
    ‎a + ‎el → ‎al
    ‎de + ‎el → ‎del
    ‎pa + ‎el → ‎pal
    ‎cun + ‎el → ‎cul
    ‎en + ‎el → ‎nel
    ‎pur + ‎el → ‎pul
  • The article el contracts to l' before a word beginning with a vowel or h:
    l'home ― the man
    fala l'home ― the man is speaking
  • The article 'el contracts to 'l after 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

Noun

el m inan

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

See also

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *elli, from Proto-West Germanic *alljas.

Pronunciation

Determiner

el

  1. other, another

Adverb

el

  1. else, otherwise
  2. elsewhere

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ǣl, from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

el (plural eles)

  1. eel

Descendants

References

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

el

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of mynet

Mirandese

Pronoun

el

  1. he

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish el.

Noun

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 terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish el.

Noun

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 terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse él.

Pronunciation

Noun

el n (definite singular elet, indefinite plural el, definite plural ela)

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

el

  1. present tense of ala

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

el

  1. present tense of elja

References

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

el

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

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

el m

  1. el, the letter L

Old French

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Contraction

el

  1. Contraction of en le (“in the”).
    • c. 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 2

From Latin alius.

Pronoun

el

  1. something else
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 94, 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 Galician-Portuguese

Pronoun

el

  1. Apocopic form of ele

Old Norse

Verb

el

  1. first-person singular active present indicative of ala

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ille. Akin to Catalan el and Spanish el.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: el

Article

el m sg

  1. Only used in el-rei: the

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *illus, from Latin ille.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

el m (third-person singular, plural ei, feminine equivalent ea)

  1. (nominative form) he
    Synonym: (polite form) dumnealui

Declension

More information stressed, unstressed ...
Declension of el
stressed unstressed
nominative el
accusative el îl
dative lui îi
genitive lui
possessive forms
singular plural
masculine său săi
neuter sale
feminine sa
reflexive forms
stressed unstressed
accusative sine se
dative sie, sieși își
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Pronoun

el m (stressed accusative form of el)

  1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") him
  • ea (third-person feminine singular)
  • ei (third-person masculine plural)
  • ele (third-person feminine plural)

See also

More information singular, plural ...
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
familiar f ea ele
polite m dumnealui dumnealor
polite f dumneaei
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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Pronoun

el

  1. he

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Turkmen, Turkish el (“hand”), Azerbaijani əl, Chuvash алӑ (ală), etc.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

el (3rd person possessive ili, plural eller)

  1. (anatomy) hand
    Synonym: uc

References

  • Potanin, G.N. (1893) “эль”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 428
  • Yanchuk, Mikola Andriyovich (1893) “эль”, in Этнографическое ОбозрѢніе: Императорскаго Общества Любителей Естествознанія, Антропологіи и Этнографіи [Ethnographical Review: Imperial Society of Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Publication of the Ethnographic Department, page 33
  • Rockhill, William Woodville (1894) “ell”, in Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, page 374
  • Poppe, Nicholas (1953). Remarks on The Salar Language. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 16(3/4), 438–477.
  • Kakuk, S. (1962) “el”, in “Un Vocabulaire Salar”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎, volume 14, number 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 173-196
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “el”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 323-324
  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “el”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 19
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “el”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 88
  • Dwyer, Arienne M. (2007) “el”, in Salar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology‎, 1st edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 43, 87
  • 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008) 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎, China Salar Youth League, page 12
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “el”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 99
  • “el” in Ölmez, Mehmet (2012 December) “Oğuzların En Doğudaki Kolu: Salırlar ve Dilleri [The Easternmost Branch of the Oghuzs: Salars and Their Language]”, in Türk Dili (in Turkish), volume CII, number 732, pages 38-43
  • 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “el”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎, 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 108
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “el”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 107

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /el/ [el]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: el
  • An example use of el in Spanish:(file)
    (el gato y el perro)

Etymology 1

From Latin ille.

Article

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

  1. masculine singular definite article; the
Usage notes
  • The prepositions de and a contract with el, unless el is part of a proper noun.
    El libro del niño me enseñó sobre la oscilación de El Niño.
    The boy's book taught me about the oscillation of El Niño.
    Fuimos a El Salvador y le rezamos al Salvador.
    We went to El Salvador and prayed to the Savior.
  • Spanish definite articles are used in some contexts where English uses possessive pronouns.
    Tengo las manos sucias.
    My hands are dirty.
    Me duele la pierna.
    My leg hurts.
  • Spanish definite articles are used when talking about a whole group in general or abstract notions, unlike English ones.
    Los guepardos son el animal terreste más veloz.
    Cheetahs are the fastest land animal.
    El amor es siempre paciente y amable.
    Love is always patient and kind.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa.

Article

el (feminine plural las)

  1. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed /a/:
    el alma, las almas ― the soul, the souls
    el hacha, las hachas ― the axe, the axes

Further reading

Anagrams

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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
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

Noun

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.
  2. (school slang) Short for el- och energiprogrammet.
    Jag går el.
    I study at the electrical engineering programme
    (literally, “I go electrical.”)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
Declension of el
nominative genitive
singular indefinite el els
definite elen elens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
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References

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

From English el, the English name of the letter L/l.

Pronunciation

Noun

el (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎ᜔)

  1. the name of the Latin-script letter L/l, in the Filipino alphabet
    Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) la, (in the Abecedario) ele

See also

Further reading

  • “el”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

el

  1. Alternative form of eli (“to remember”)

Conjugation

More information singular, plural ...
Conjugation of el
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person toel foel miel
2nd person noel niel
3rd
person		 masculine oel iel
yoel (archaic)
feminine moel
neuter iel
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References

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ال (el), from Proto-Turkic *elig (“hand”), may be related to Proto-Turkic *ạl- (“to take”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰠𐰏 (elig), Uzbek ilik, Turkmen el, Gagauz el, Salar el, Southern Altai элӱ (elü, “wide finger”), Chuvash алӑ (ală), etc.

Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. hand
  2. round (stage of a sports competition)
    Her el sona kalan adam sensin.
    In every round you're the last man standing.
  3. round (individual ammunition shell)
    İki el sıktı, ikisini de ıskaladı, sonra da bıçaklamaya çalıştı.
    He fired two rounds, whiffed both, and then he tried to knife him.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish ایل (el), from Proto-Common Turkic *ēl (“people”).

Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. a foreign person
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish ایل (el), from Proto-Turkic *ēl (“realm”). Doublet of il. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (él), Kazakh ел (el), Azerbaijani el, etc.

Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. country, homeland, province
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Declension of el
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
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Derived terms

Venetan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin illum < ille.

Article

el m sg (plural i)

  1. the

Pronoun

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.

Volapük

Article

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 notes

  • 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.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
Declension of el
singular plural
nominative el els
genitive ela elas
dative ele eles
accusative eli elis
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Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

el f (plural eliau)

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

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...
Mutated forms of el
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
el unchanged unchanged hel
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

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