element

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See also: Element and élément

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.
    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.
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    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.
    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.
  16. (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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Verb

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.

Further reading

References

  • 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.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin elementum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

element m (plural elements)

  1. element (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin elementum.

Noun

element

  1. element.

Declension

Declension of element
nominative element
genitive elementniñ
dative elementke
accusative elementni
locative elementte
ablative elementten

References

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

Danish

Noun

element n (singular definite elementet, plural indefinite elementer)

  1. (set theory) element

Declension

Declension of element
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative element elementet elementer elementerne
genitive elements elementets elementers elementernes

References

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

element n (plural elementen, diminutive elementje n)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: elemen

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Latin elementum.

Noun

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

  1. an element

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Latin elementum.

Noun

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

  1. an element

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elementum.

Pronunciation

Noun

element m inan

  1. element (component, piece of a larger whole)
  2. (derogatory) element (group of people)
    Wieczorami w knajpie zbierał się podejrzany element.
    In the evenings, a suspicious element congregated in the pub.

Declension

Declension of element
singular plural
nominative element elementy
genitive elementu elementów
dative elementowi elementom
accusative element elementy
instrumental elementem elementami
locative elemencie elementach
vocative elemencie elementy

Further reading

  • element in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • element in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French élément, from Latin elementum.

Noun

element n (plural elemente)

  1. element

Declension

Declension of element
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) element elementul (niște) elemente elementele
genitive/dative (unui) element elementului (unor) elemente elementelor
vocative elementule elementelor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

elèment m (Cyrillic spelling елѐмент)

  1. element

Declension

Declension of element
singular plural
nominative elèment elementi
genitive elementa elèmenātā
dative elementu elementima
accusative element elemente
vocative elemente elementi
locative elementu elementima
instrumental elementom elementima

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Declension

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Latin elementum. Doublet of eleman.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

element (definite accusative elementi, plural elementler)

  1. (chemistry) element

Declension

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
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