element

See also: Element and élément

element - English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĕl'ĭmənt, IPA: /ˈɛlɪmənt/
  • 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.
    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
  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.
  15. (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.

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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.

Anagrams

element - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA: /ə.ləˈment/
  • (Central) IPA: /ə.ləˈmen/
  • (Valencian) IPA: /e.leˈment/

Noun

element m (plural elements)

  1. element

Derived terms

element - Crimean Tatar

Noun

element

  1. element.

Declension

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

element - Danish

Noun

element n (singular definite elementet, plural indefinite elementer)

  1. (set theory) element

Declension

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

element - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˌeː.ləˈmɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: ele‧ment

Noun

element n (plural elementen, diminutive elementje n)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

element - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. an element

element - Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. an element

element - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛˈlɛ.mɛnt/
  • Syllabification: e‧le‧ment

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

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

element - Romanian

Noun

element n (plural elemente)

  1. element

Declension

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

element - Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /elěment/
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧ment

Noun

elèment m (Cyrillic spelling елѐмент)

  1. element

Declension

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

element - Swedish

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 

element - Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eleˈmænt/
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧ment

Noun

element (definite accusative elementi, plural elementler)

  1. (chemistry) element

Declension

Inflection
Nominative element
Definite accusative elementi
Meaning and Definition of element
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