el.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "el"
Danish
Conjunction
el.
- Abbreviation of eller.
Faroese
Etymology
Abbreviation of ella
Conjunction
el.
- or
Norwegian
Abbreviation
el.
- eller = or
Swedish
Abbreviation
el.
- or; Abbreviation of eller.
- electric, electrical, electricity; Abbreviation of elektrisk.
Usage notes
- 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”).