el

See also: Appendix:Variations of "el"

Translingual

Symbol

el

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

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ]
Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

L
ell

Noun

el (plural els)

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

Translations

name of the letter L, l

Arabic: إِل‎ m (ʾel)
Catalan: ela (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)
Esperanto: lo (eo)
Finnish: äl (fi), ällä (fi)
French: elle (fr) m
Galician: ele (gl) m
Greek: ελ n (el)
Hawaiian: lā
Hindi: एल (hi) (el)
Ido: le (io)
Irish: eil, luis
Italian: ^{(please verify)} elle (it) m or f
Japanese: エル (eru)
Korean: 엘 (el)
Latin: el (la)
Malay: el
Marathi: एल (el)
Occitan: èla f
Persian: ال‎ (fa) (el)
Portuguese: ele (pt) m
Russian: эл (ru) n (el), эль (ru) n (elʹ)
Spanish: ele (es) f
Thai: แอล (th) (ɛɛl)
Turkish: le (tr)
Vietnamese: e-lờ (vi), lờ (vi)
Welsh: el (cy) f

Alternative forms

L

Noun

el (plural els)

(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

elevated railway

Etymology 3

Shortening of eleven.

Numeral

el

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

Etymology 4

From Spanish el.

Article

el

(informal, humorous, chiefly Internet slang) the

Noun

el (plural els)

The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л.

Anagrams

-le, LE, Le, LαE, le

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin ille (“that one”).

Pronoun

el

him (direct object)
Synonym: lo

Aromanian

Alternative forms

elu

Etymology

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

Pronoun

el m (plural elj)

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

Pronoun

el m

(long/stressed accusative form) him

Related terms

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)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ille, illum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /el/, [el]

Article

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

(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

al
col
del
nel
pal
pel
pol
sol

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /el/
Audio (file)

Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural ellər)

(somewhat poetic) people
(somewhat poetic) country, land
(somewhat poetic) tract, region, district, province

Declension

Declension of el
	singular	plural
nominative	el	ellər
definite accusative	eli	elləri
dative	elə	ellərə
locative	eldə	ellərdə
ablative	eldən	ellərdən
definite genitive	elin	ellərin

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

Derived terms

el-oba

Breton

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛl/

Contraction

el

e (preposition “in”) + ul (indefinite article “a(n)”)
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

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əl/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /el/
Audio (file)

Article

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

the; definite article
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.

Pronoun

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

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

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal²	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’⁴	-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 formal²	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 plural. ²⁾ Behaves grammatically as third person.			³⁾ Only as object of a preposition. ⁴⁾ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

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)

(religion) angel

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

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

Noun

el

hand, forearm
ell

Declension

Declension of el

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

References

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

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛl]

Noun

el n

The name of the Latin-script letter L.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

lo

Etymology

From Latin ille, illud.

Article

el

the; masculine singular definite article

Related terms

i
la

Danish

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

IPA^(key): /ɛl/, [ɛlˀ]

Noun

el c (singular definite ellen, plural indefinite elle)

alder

Inflection

Declension of el

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	el	ellen	elle	ellene
genitive	els	ellens	elles	ellenes

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛl/, [ɛl]

Noun

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

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

IPA^(key): /ɛl/
audio (file)
Hyphenation: el
Rhymes: -ɛl
Homophone: Ell

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

elleboog
ellepijp
ellenlang

Descendants

Negerhollands: el
→ Caribbean Javanese: élo

Emilian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /el/
Hyphenation: el

Pronoun

el (personal)

(nominative case, feminine) they
(accusative case, feminine) them

Alternative forms

Becomes elj- before a vowel.
Becomes -li when acting as an enclitic.

Related terms

Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)

Number	Person	Gender	Disjunctive (tonic)	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Reflexive (-self)	Comitative (with)
Singular	First	—	mè	a	me			mêg
	Second	—	tè	et	te			têg
	Third	Masculine	ló	al		ge	se	sêg
	Third	Feminine	lê	la		ge	se	sêg
Plural	First	Masculine	nuēter	a	se			nōsk
	First	Feminine	nuētri	a	se			nōsk
	Second	Masculine	vuēter	a	ve			vōsk
	Second	Feminine	vuētri	a	ve			vōsk
	Third	Masculine	lôr	i		ge	se	sêg
	Third	Feminine	lôr	el	li	ge	se	sêg

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [el]
Audio:
(file)
Hyphenation: el

Preposition

el

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

Derived terms

eldoni
eliri
elkreski
elpensi
elŝuti
eltrovi
elvoki

Galician

Alternative forms

ile

Etymology

From Latin ille (“that”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈel/

Pronoun

el m (accusative o, dative lle)

he

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”).

Related terms

ela
elas
eles

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese ele. Cognate with Kabuverdianu el.

Pronoun

el

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

IPA^(key): [ˈɛl]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛl

Adverb

el

off
El a kezekkel! ― Hands off!
away

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

elvégre

Anagrams

le

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛːl/
Rhymes: -ɛːl

Verb

el

first-person singular present indicative of ala

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /el/, /ɛl/

Pronoun

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

Apocopic form of elu; she, her

Istriot

Etymology 1

From Latin illum < ille.

Pronoun

el

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.

Related terms

gila

Etymology 2

From Latin ille.

Article

el m sg (feminine la)

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

Archaic and regional form of il

Pronoun

el m

(rare, literary) Apocopic form of ello

Contraction

el

(obsolete) Contraction of e il: and the

Anagrams

-le, LE, Le, le

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese ele.

Pronoun

el

he, she (third person singular)

Kabyle

Verb

el (verbal noun ayla)

(obsolete) to have, own, possess
Synonyms: sɛu, ɣur
(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

IPA^(key): /el/

Article

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

the (masculine singular)

Pronoun

el (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling איל‎)

he, it

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /el/, [ɛɫ̪]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /el/, [ɛl]

Noun

el f (indeclinable)

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

(Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

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

IPA^(key): [ɛl]
(file)

Noun

el m (invariable)

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

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Article

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

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /el/

Determiner

el

other, another

Adverb

el

else, otherwise
elsewhere

Middle English

Alternative forms

eel, ele, hele, iel, yele

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛːl/, /eːl/

Noun

el (plural eles)

eel

Descendants

English: eel
Scots: eel
Yola: eale

References

“ēl(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːl/

Verb

el

third-person singular present subjunctive of mynet

Mirandese

Pronoun

el

he

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish el.

Noun

el

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

elbil
elmotor

References

“el” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish el.

Noun

el n

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

elbil
elmotor

Etymology 2

From Old Norse él.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːl/

Noun

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

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

present tense of ala

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

el

present tense of elja

References

“el” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio (Languedocien) (file)

Pronoun

el

he (third-person singular subject pronoun)
it (third-person singular subject pronoun)

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /el/

Noun

el m

el, the letter L

Old French

Alternative forms

enl (very rare)

Contraction

el

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 it makes my whole body quiver

Etymology 2

From Latin alius.

Pronoun

el

something else
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 94 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, 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 Norse

Verb

el

first-person singular active present indicative of ala

Old Portuguese

Pronoun

el

Apocopic form of ele
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 14 (facsimile):
  fugiu con el a Egipto. terra de Reẏ Faraon.
  ran away with him to Egypt, land of the Pharaoh king.

Portuguese

Etymology

Akin to Spanish el.

Article

el m sg

Only used in el-rei: the

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illus, from Latin ille.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jel/
Audio (file)

Pronoun

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

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

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

Pronoun

el m (stressed accusative form of el)

(direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") him

Related terms

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

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Pronoun

el

he

Salar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Jiezi, Gaizi, Ejie, Daowei, Chahandusi, Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [el]
(Chahandusi, Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [il]
(Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [en]
(Shixiang, Xunhua, Qinghai, 1883-1886) IPA^(key): [eɫ]

Noun

el

(anatomy) hand
Synonym: uc

References

Potanin, G.N. (1893), “эль”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 428
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
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], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 99
林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “el”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, OCLC 17467570, 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
Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “el”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 323-324

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /el/ [el]
Rhymes: -el
Syllabification: el

Etymology 1

From Latin ille.

Article

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

masculine singular definite article; the

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.
The missionary went to El Salvador to preach to the Savior.
Spanish definite articles are used in some contexts where English uses possessive pronouns.
Tengo las manos sucias.
My hands are dirty.
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

el que
el que sea

Related terms

él
le
lo

Etymology 2

From Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa.

Article

el (feminine plural las)

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

Anagrams

le

Swedish

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːl/

Noun

el c

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

Declension

Declension of el
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	el	elen	—	—
Genitive	els	elens	—	—

Related terms

elanvändning
elavbrott
elkabel
elkraft
elmätare
elnät
elström
elstängsel
elsäkerhet
elverk
elöverföring
elöverkänslig

Anagrams

le

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [(ʔ)el]

Verb

el

Alternative form of eli (“to remember”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of el
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toel	foel	miel
2nd	noel	niel
3rd	Masculine	oel	iel, yoel^†
Feminine	moel
Neuter	iel
† - archaic

References

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /el/, /æl/

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)

hand

Derived terms

ele geçirmek

Etymology 2

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

Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

a foreign person

Derived terms

el gün

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)

country, homeland, province

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

el

Definite accusative

eli

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

Derived terms

elçi

Venetian

Alternative forms

al (Belluno)

Etymology

From Latin illum < ille.

Article

el m sg (plural i)

the

Related terms

ła

Pronoun

el

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

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

declension of el

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

Derived terms

hiel
jiel

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛl/

Noun

el f (plural eliau)

The name of the Latin-script letter L.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
el	unchanged	unchanged	hel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eldr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /éːl/, /íːl/
Rhymes: -éːl, -ɪ́ːl

Noun

el m (definite singular eln)

fire

Alternative forms

il

Derived terms

elfäng (“something that can be used for burning”)
ellbäin (“tinder box, flint, tinder and sulfur”)
ellfør (“flint and steel to strike fire with”)
ellsinner (“spark”)
ellskåt (“place where pyre, bonfire is lit”)
ellslöga (“flame”)
elltostr (“spark”)
elltönner (“tinder”)
elsta (“the place in the inner corner of the fireplace”)
elstikk (“match”)
skogel (“forest fire”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ertla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /èːl/, /èlː/
Rhymes: -èːl, -èlː

Noun

el f (definite singular ela)

a bird of the family Motacillidae

Derived terms

sesel
trȯhnuel

References

Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “eld s. e:l” and “ärla s. ê:l”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt [The Hössjö speech: dictionary of a southern Westrobothnian dialect] (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 95 and 221

el

Translingual

Symbol

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Translations

See also

Alternative forms

Noun

Translations

Etymology 3

Numeral

Etymology 4

Article

Noun

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

Pronoun

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronoun

Pronoun

Related terms

See also

Asturian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Article

Usage notes

Derived terms

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Breton

Etymology

Pronunciation

Contraction

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Article

Usage notes

See also

Pronoun

Usage notes

Declension

Further reading

Cornish

Etymology

Noun

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Noun

Declension

References

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Article

Related terms

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation