el

See also: Variations of "el"

el - Translingual

Symbol

el

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

el - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ]

Alternative forms

Noun

el (plural els)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

Translations

  • 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:
  • Hindi: एल (hi) (el)
  • Ido: le (io)
  • Irish: eil, luis
  • Italian: (please verify) elle (it) m or f
  • Japanese: エル (eru)
  • Korean: (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

Noun

el (plural els)

  1. (US) An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago.

Translations


Numeral

el

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

Article

el

  1. (informal, humorous, chiefly Internet slang) The (sometimes where "the" would not occur in normal English).

Noun

el (plural els)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л.

Anagrams

el - Aragonese

Pronoun

el

  1. him (direct object)
    • Synonym: lo

el - Aromanian

Alternative forms

Pronoun

el m (plural elj)

  1. (third-person masculine singular pronoun, nominative form) he

Pronoun

el m

  1. (long/stressed accusative form) him
  • 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)

el - Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /el/, [el]

Article

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

  1. (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, or starts, with a consonant.

Derived terms

el - Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /el/

Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural ellər)

  1. (somewhat poetic) people
  2. (somewhat poetic) country, land
  3. (somewhat poetic) tract, region, district, province

Declension

    Declension of el
    Possessive forms of el

Derived terms

el - Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛl/

Contraction

el

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

el - Catalan

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA: /əl/
  • (Valencian) IPA: /el/

Article

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

  1. the; definite article
  2. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the; what, that which
    • el bo i el dolentthe good and the bad
    • el que hem de ferwhat 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)

  1. 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

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-.

el - Cornish

Noun

el m (plural eledh)

  1. (religion) angel

el - Crimean Tatar

Noun

el

  1. hand, forearm
  2. ell

Declension

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

el - Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈɛl]

Noun

el n (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

el - Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Article

el

  1. the; masculine singular definite article

el - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛl/, [ɛlˀ]

Noun

el c (singular definite ellen, plural indefinite elle)

  1. alder

Inflection

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛl/, [ɛl]

Noun

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

  1. electricity

el - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛl/
  • Hyphenation: el
  • Homophone: Ell

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: el
  • Caribbean Javanese: élo

el - Emilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /el/
  • Hyphenation: el

Pronoun

el (personal)

  1. (nominative case, feminine) they
  2. (accusative case, feminine) them

Alternative forms

  • Becomes elj- before a vowel.
  • Becomes -li when acting as an enclitic.
Number Person Gender Disjunctive (tonic) Nominative (subject) Accusative (direct complement) Dative (indirect complement) Reflexive (-self) Comitative (with)
SingularFirst amemêg
Second ettetêg
ThirdMasculine algesesêg
Feminine la
PluralFirstMasculine nuēter a se nōsk
Feminine nuētri
SecondMasculine vuēter a ve vōsk
Feminine vuētri
ThirdMasculine lôr i ge se sêg
Feminine el li

el - Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [el]
  • Hyphenation: el

Preposition

el

  1. made of
    • Tio estas ĉemizo el silkoThis is a shirt made of silk.
  2. from (of)
    • El kie vi venis? Mi venis el Nov-Jorko.
      • Where did you come from? I came from New York.
    • Antonym: al

Derived terms

el - Fala

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈel/

Pronoun

el m sg (plural elis, feminine ela, feminine plural elas)

  1. Third person singular masculine nominative pronoun; he

el - Galician

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈel/

Pronoun

el m (accusative o, dative lle)

  1. he
  2. it (impersonal pronoun, optative subject of impersonal verbs)
    • El choveIt rains
  3. it (optatively, can introduce a question)
    • Que cousa preciosa! El será pecado?What a precious thing! Could it be a sin?

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).

el - Guinea-Bissau Creole

Pronoun

el

  1. he, she (third person singular)

el - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈɛl]

Adverb

el

  1. off
    • El a kezekkel!Hands off!
  2. 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, Hungarian verbal prefixes.

    • Anna elment? Nem ment el.Has Anna left [gone away]? No, she has not.

Derived terms

Compound words

Anagrams

el - Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛːl/

Verb

el

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ala

el - Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /el/, /ɛl/

Pronoun

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

  1. Apocopic form of elu; she, her

el - Istriot

Pronoun

el

  1. he third-person singular masculine personal pronoun

Article

el m sg (feminine la)

  1. the

el - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈel/
  • Hyphenation: él
  • (stressed, determiner) IPA: /ˈel/
    • Hyphenation: él
  • (unstressed, article and contraction) IPA: /el/

Article

el m sg

  1. Archaic and regional form of il

Pronoun

el m

  1. (rare, literary) Apocopic form of ello

Contraction

el

  1. (obsolete) Contraction of e il: and the

Anagrams

el - Kabuverdianu

Pronoun

el

  1. he, she (third person singular)

el - Kabyle

Verb

el (verbal noun ayla)

  1. (obsolete) to have, own, possess
    • Synonyms: sɛu, ɣur
  2. (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.

el - Ladino

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /el/

Article

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

  1. the (masculine singular)

Pronoun

el (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling איל)

  1. he, it

el - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /el/, [ɛɫ̪]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /el/, [ɛl]

Noun

el f (indeclinable)

  1. 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, , ll, əl, , 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 (ille).

Coordinate terms

el - Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ɛl]

Noun

el m (invariable)

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

el - Leonese

Article

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

  1. 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.
  • The article el contracts to l' before a word beginning with a vowel or h:
    • l'homethe man
    • fala l'homethe 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 neñuthe child is speaking

el - Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /el/

Determiner

el

  1. other, another

Adverb

el

  1. else, otherwise
  2. elsewhere

el - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛːl/, /eːl/

Noun

el (plural eles)

  1. eel

Descendants

el - Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eːl/

Verb

el

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of mynet

el - Mirandese

Pronoun

el

  1. he

el - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

el

  1. 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

el - Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

el n

  1. 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


Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eːl/

Noun

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


Verb

el

  1. present tense of ala

Verb

el

  1. present tense of elja

el - Occitan

Pronoun

el

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

el - Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /el/

Noun

el m

  1. el, the letter L

el - Old French

Alternative forms

  • enl (very rare)

Contraction

el

  1. Contraction of en le (in the).

Pronoun

el

  1. something else

el - Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronoun

el

  1. Apocopic form of ele

el - Old Norse

Verb

el

  1. first-person singular active present indicative of ala

el - Portuguese

Article

el m sg

  1. Only used in el-rei: the

el - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jel/

Pronoun

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

  1. (nominative form) he

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)

  1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") him
  • ea (third-person feminine singular)
  • ei (third-person masculine plural)
  • ele (third-person feminine plural)

el - Romansch

Pronoun

el

  1. he

el - Salar

Pronunciation

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

Noun

el

  1. (anatomy) hand
    • Synonym: uc

el - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /el/ [el]
  • Syllabification: el

Article

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

  1. 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


Article

el (feminine plural las)

  1. Feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed /a/:
    • el alma, las almasthe soul, the souls
    • el hacha, las hachasthe axe, the axes

Anagrams

el - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eːl/

Noun

el c

  1. electricity, electric current or power; Contraction of elektricitet. or elektrisk
  2. (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 
  • elanvändning
  • elavbrott
  • elkabel
  • elkraft
  • elmätare
  • elnät
  • elström
  • elstängsel
  • elsäkerhet
  • elverk
  • elöverföring
  • elöverkänslig

Anagrams

el - Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: el
  • IPA: /ʔel/, [ʔɛl]

Noun

el (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎ᜔)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l, in the Filipino alphabet.
    • Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) la, (in the Abecedario) ele

el - Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [(ʔ)el]

Verb

el

  1. Alternative form of eli (to remember)

Conjugation

Conjugation of el

el - Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /el/

Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. hand

Derived terms


Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. a foreign person

Derived terms


Noun

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

  1. country, homeland, province

Declension

Inflection
Nominative el
Definite accusative eli

Derived terms

el - Venetian

Alternative forms

  • al (Belluno)

Article

el m sg (plural i)

  1. the

Pronoun

el

  1. he, she, it (used as an obligatory clitic pronoun following a verb)
    • El can el magna i òsi.The dog (it) eats the bones.

el - Volapük

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.

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

Derived terms

el - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛl/

Noun

el f (plural eliau)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
el unchanged unchanged hel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Meaning and Definition of el
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