el.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "el"
Danish
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]el.
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Abbreviation of ella
Conjunction
[edit]el.
Norwegian
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]el.
- abbreviation of eller (“or”)
Swedish
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]el.
- or; abbreviation of eller
Adjective
[edit]el.
Usage notes
[edit]- Some time around 1940, this abbreviation turned into a prefix in words like elmotor (“electrical motor”), elverk (“electrical power plant”), replacing the much older prefix elektro- (“electro-”). Then around 1960, it turned into a stand-alone word el (“electricity”).
Anagrams
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- Danish conjunctions
- Danish terms spelled with .
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- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese abbreviations
- Faroese terms spelled with .
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- Norwegian conjunctions
- Norwegian terms spelled with .
- Norwegian abbreviations
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish conjunctions
- Swedish terms spelled with .
- Swedish abbreviations
- Swedish adjectives