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el en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
L alternative lexicographic
els Number=Plur lexicographic
ell alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

elpee

Translations (39)

ga luis (name of the letter L, l) · fr elle (name of the letter L, l) · fa ال (name of the letter L, l) · tr le (name of the letter L, l) · ms el (name of the letter L, l) · pl el (name of the letter L, l) · ca ela (name of the letter L, l) · eo lo (name of the letter L, l) · tl ele (name of the letter L, l) · pt ele (name of the letter L, l) · mr एल (name of the letter L, l) · ar إِل (name of the letter L, l) · th แอล (name of the letter L, l) · ru эль (name of the letter L, l) · fi ällä (name of the letter L, l) · es ele (name of the letter L, l) · vi e-lờ (name of the letter L, l) · tl el (name of the letter L, l) · hi एल (name of the letter L, l) · tl la (Abakada) (name of the letter L, l) · ko(name of the letter L, l) · bg ел (name of the letter L, l) · ja エル (name of the letter L, l) · bn এল (name of the letter L, l) · el ελ (name of the letter L, l) · id el (name of the letter L, l) · vi lờ (name of the letter L, l) · cy el (name of the letter L, l) · io le (name of the letter L, l) · la el (name of the letter L, l) · ast ele (name of the letter L, l) · nl el (name of the letter L, l) · ga eil (name of the letter L, l) · haw(name of the letter L, l) · oc èla (name of the letter L, l) · ru эл (name of the letter L, l) · gl ele (name of the letter L, l) · fi äl (name of the letter L, l) · it elle (name of the letter L, l)

wikipedia: el

Source: en.wiktionary, “el” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

el en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (US) An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago (informal)
    • The main section of the Sixth Avenue El from Morris Street to Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street shut down on December 4, 1938. 2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York, page 294:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
els Number=Plur lexicographic
L alternative lexicographic

wikidata: Q1601555 · wikipedia: el

Source: en.wiktionary, “el” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

el en · NUM · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

Shortening of eleven.

Meanings

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

wikipedia: el

Source: en.wiktionary, “el” (num), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

el en · DET · etymology 4

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish el.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, humorous, informal) The (sometimes where "the" would not occur in normal English).
    • "[…] A sister of Joseph Gerard […] was found unconscious on the kitchen floor by the family cook early this morning. […]" […] What leads could they have, if the old lady was el zonko? 2007, Richard Bachman, Blaze, page 125:

Relateds

le

wikipedia: el

Source: en.wiktionary, “el” (article), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

el en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
els Number=Plur lexicographic

wikipedia: el