el

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[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Noun

el (plural els)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter L/l.
[edit] Translations
name of the letter L, l
  • Arabic: إل (ar) ('el) m.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)
  • Esperanto: lo (eo)
  • Greek: ελ (el) (el) n.
  • Hindi: एल (hi) (el)

[edit] See also

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[edit] Etymology 2

Abbreviation

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[edit] Noun

el (plural els)

  1. (US) An elevated train, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago.
[edit] Translations
elevated train

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[edit] Anglo-Norman

[edit] Contraction

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 makes my whole body quiver

[edit] Asturian

[edit] Etymology

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[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

terms derived from el

[edit] Breton

[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Contraction

el

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

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Vulgar Latin illum, from Latin ille.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əl/, /el/

[edit] Alternative forms

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

[edit] Article

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

  1. the; masculine singular definite article

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] See also

  • en, masculine singular definite article for given names.

[edit] Pronoun

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

  1. him (direct object)

[edit] Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi2 em, m' -me, 'm em, m' -me, 'm meu
2nd person tu et, t' -te, 't et, t' -te, 't teu
2nd person formal4 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person  very formal1 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'3 -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 formal1 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 third person.
2) Only as object of a preposition.		 3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

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[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Noun

el

  1. hand, forearm.
  2. ell.

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] References

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

[edit] Danish

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse elri (“alder”).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛl/, [ɛlˀ]

[edit] Noun

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

  1. alder
[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of el
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative el ellen elle ellene
genitive els ellens elles ellenes

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛl/, [ɛl]

[edit] Noun

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

  1. electricity
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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

el

  1. (archaic) yard (unit of measurement)

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Preposition

el

  1. from (of)
    El kie vi venis?
    — Mi venis el Nov-Jorko.     (Where did you come from?
    — I came from New York.    )
    Li estas la plej riĉa homo el la mondo. (He is the richest man in the world.) (Louis de Beaufront, Grammaire et exercices de la langue internationale espéranto, 1906)
    Li estas la malplej riĉa el ni. (He is the least rich of us.) (Louis de Beaufront, Grammaire et exercices de la langue internationale espéranto, 1906)

[edit] Antonyms

al

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Noun

el (plural el-oj, accusative singular el-on, accusative plural el-ojn)

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

[edit] See also

[edit] Galician

[edit] Pronunciation

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[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)

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

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[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

[edit] Latin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

el (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter L.

[edit] 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, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιλλε.

[edit] Coordinate terms

[edit] References

  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), esp. pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

[edit] Middle Dutch

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Determiner

el

  1. other, another

[edit] Adverb

el

  1. else, otherwise

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[edit] Occitan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ille.

[edit] Pronoun

el

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

[edit] Old English

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[edit] Noun

el m.

  1. el, the letter L

[edit] Old French

[edit] Alternative forms

  • enl (very rare)

[edit] Contraction

el

  1. contraction of en + le (in the)

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illus, from Latin ille.

[edit] Pronoun

el m. (third-person singular) (plural ei)

  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 sie or sieși își

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Related terms

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

[edit] See also

Romanian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person eu noi
2nd person familiar tu voi
polite dumneata dumneavoastră
formal dumneavoastră
3rd person
familiar		 m. el ei
f. ea ele
3rd person
polite		 m. dumnealui dumnealor
f. dumneaei

[edit] Romansch

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ille.

[edit] Pronoun

el

  1. he

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Pronunciation

[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

[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

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Declension

Declension of el
uncountable uncountable
Common indefinite definite
nominative el elen
genitive els elens

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Turkic elig (“hand”), from Proto-Turkic.

[edit] Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. hand

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. a foreign person

[edit] Etymology 3

From Old Turkic él, from Proto-Turkic.

[edit] Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. country, homeland, province
[edit] Declension
declension of el
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) el eller
definite accusative (belirtme) eli elleri
dative (yönelme) ele ellere
locative (bulunma) elde ellerde
ablative (çıkma) elden ellerden
genitive (tamlayan) elin ellerin

[edit] Venetian

[edit] Article

el m. sg. (plural i)

  1. the

[edit] Pronoun

el

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

[edit] Volapük

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] Derived terms

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