el

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Alternative spellings 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Translations 3 Asturian 3.1 Article 3.1.1 Usage notes 3.1.2 Derived terms 4 Breton 4.1 Contraction 5 Catalan 5.1 Alternative spellings 5.2 Article 5.2.1 Related terms 5.3 Pronoun 6 Crimean Tatar 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Declension 6.2 References 7 Danish 7.1 Etymology 1 7.1.1 Noun 7.1.1.1 Inflection 7.2 Etymology 2 7.2.1 Noun 7.2.1.1 Synonyms 8 Dutch 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Related terms 9 Esperanto 9.1 Preposition 10 Galician 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Pronoun 10.2.1 Related terms 10.3 See also 11 Hungarian 11.1 Pronunciation 11.2 Adverb 11.3 See also 12 Lingua Franca Nova 12.1 Pronoun 13 Old English 13.1 Etymology 13.2 Noun 13.2.1 Declension 14 Romanian 14.1 Pronunciation 14.2 Pronoun 14.2.1 Declension 14.2.2 Synonyms 15 Spanish 15.1 Etymology 1 15.1.1 Article 15.1.1.1 Usage notes 15.1.1.2 Related terms 15.2 Etymology 2 15.2.1 Article 16 Swedish 16.1 Noun 16.1.1 See also 17 Turkish 17.1 Pronunciation 17.2 Noun 17.2.1 Declension

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

el

1. the ISO 639-1 code for Greek (cf grc)

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[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛl/

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (both senses): L
• (letter): ell

[edit] Noun

el (plural els)

1. The name of the letter L / l.
2. (US): An elevated train, especially in Chicago.

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Article

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

1. (definite) the

[edit] 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.

[edit] Derived terms

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Contraction

el

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

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Alternative spellings

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

[edit] Article

el (plural: els; feminine: la, before vowel: l')

1. masculine singular definite article. the

[edit] Related terms

• en, masculine singular definite article for given names.

[edit] Pronoun

el (unstressed personal, enclictic -lo)

1. Accusative masculine singular pronoun before verb.

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Noun

el

1. hand, forearm.
2. ell.

[edit] Declension

[edit] References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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[edit] Danish

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse elri (“‘alder’”).

[edit] Noun

el c. (singular definite ellen, plural indefinite elle)

1. alder

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[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Noun

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

1. electricity

[edit] Synonyms

• strøm

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

el

1. yard (as unit of measurement)

[edit] Related terms

• ellenlang

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Preposition

el

1. out (of)

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ille (“‘that’”).

[edit] Pronoun

el m nominative and oblique (dative lle, accusative o)

1. he (masculine singular third-person personal pronoun)

[edit] Related terms

• ela
• elas
• eles

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• consigo
• se
• seu
• si

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛl/
•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Adverb

el

1. off

   El a kezekkel! - Hands off!

2. away

   Anna elment? Nem ment el. - Has Anna left? No, she has not.

[edit] See also

• el-

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[edit] Lingua Franca Nova

[edit] Pronoun

el

1. he, she, it, him, her
2. his, its, hers

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *aljaz (“‘other’”). Akin to Gothic aljis "other", Latin alius.

[edit] Noun

el m.

1. other, the other (one)

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	el	elle
accusative	el	elle
genitive	elles	elra
dative	elle	ellum

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /jel/
• IPA: /jel/

[edit] Pronoun

el m. (third-person singular)

1. he

[edit] 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	sieşi	îşi

[edit] Synonyms

• dumnealui (polite form)

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin ille.

[edit] Article

el (plural: los; feminine: la; plural feminine: las; neuter: lo)

1. Masculine singular definite article; the.

[edit] Usage notes

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.

[edit] Related terms

• él
• le
• lo

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa.

[edit] Article

el (plural: las) f.

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

   el alma, pl. las almas

   el hacha, pl. las hachas

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Declination for el	Singular		Uncountable
Common	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	el	elen
Possessive form	els	elens

el c. (abbreviation of elektricitet)

1. electricity

[edit] See also

• elverk
• elavbrott
• elstängsel

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: el or IPA: əl

[edit] Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

1. hand
2. a foreign person

[edit] Declension