"el" meaning in English

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IPA: /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ] Audio: en-us-el.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Spanish el. Etymology templates: {{str left|es|1}} e, {{langname-lite|es|allow etym=1|allow family=1}} Spanish, {{str left|es|1}} e, {{langname-lite|es|is family=1}} Spanish, {{str left|es|1}} e, {{langname-lite|es|allow etym=1|allow family=1}} Spanish, {{str left|en|1}} e, {{langname-lite|en}} English, {{str left|es|1}} e, {{langname-lite|es|allow etym=1|allow family=1}} Spanish, {{str left|es|1}} e, {{langname-lite|es|is family=1}} Spanish, {{str left|en|1}} e, {{langname-lite|en}} English, {{str left|es|1}} e, {{langname-lite|es|allow etym=1|allow family=1}} Spanish, {{str left|es|1}} e, {{langname-lite|es|is family=1}} Spanish, {{der-lite/lang|en|es|borrowed|allow family=1|sort=}} Spanish, {{str left|es|1}} e, {{langname-lite|es|is family=1}} Spanish, {{str left|el|1}} e, {{str left|es|1}} e, {{langname-lite|es}} Spanish, {{str left|el|1}} e, {{m-lite|es|el|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|tr=|ts=}} el, {{bor-lite|en|es|el}} Spanish el
  1. (informal, humorous, chiefly Internet slang) The (sometimes where "the" would not occur in normal English). Tags: Internet, humorous, informal
    Sense id: en-el-en-article-m63l3ghx Categories (other): English articles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ] Audio: en-us-el.ogg [US] Forms: els [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Middle English, from Old English el, from Latin el (the name of the letter L). Etymology templates: {{str left|enm|1}} e, {{langname-lite|enm|allow etym=1|allow family=}} Middle English, {{str left|enm|1}} e, {{langname-lite|enm|is family=1}} Middle English, {{str left|enm|1}} e, {{langname-lite|enm|allow etym=1|allow family=}} Middle English, {{str left|en|1}} e, {{langname-lite|en}} English, {{str left|enm|1}} e, {{langname-lite|enm|allow etym=1|allow family=}} Middle English, {{str left|enm|1}} e, {{langname-lite|enm|is family=1}} Middle English, {{str left|en|1}} e, {{langname-lite|en}} English, {{str left|enm|1}} e, {{langname-lite|enm|allow etym=1|allow family=}} Middle English, {{str left|enm|1}} e, {{langname-lite|enm|is family=1}} Middle English, {{der-lite/lang|en|enm|inherited|sort=}} Middle English, {{inh-lite|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{str left|ang|1}} a, {{langname-lite|ang|allow etym=1|allow family=}} Old English, {{str left|ang|1}} a, {{langname-lite|ang|is family=1}} Old English, {{str left|ang|1}} a, {{langname-lite|ang|allow etym=1|allow family=}} Old English, {{str left|en|1}} e, {{langname-lite|en}} English, {{str left|ang|1}} a, {{langname-lite|ang|allow etym=1|allow family=}} Old English, {{str left|ang|1}} a, {{langname-lite|ang|is family=1}} Old English, {{str left|en|1}} e, {{langname-lite|en}} English, {{str left|ang|1}} a, {{langname-lite|ang|allow etym=1|allow family=}} Old English, {{str left|ang|1}} a, {{langname-lite|ang|is family=1}} Old English, {{der-lite/lang|en|ang|inherited|sort=}} Old English, {{str left|el|1}} e, {{str left|ang|1}} a, {{langname-lite|ang}} Old English, {{str left|el|1}} e, {{m-lite|ang|el|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|tr=|ts=}} el, {{inh-lite|en|ang|el}} Old English el, {{str left|la|1}} l, {{langname-lite|la|allow etym=1|allow family=1}} Latin, {{str left|la|1}} l, {{langname-lite|la|is family=1}} Latin, {{str left|la|1}} l, {{langname-lite|la|allow etym=1|allow family=1}} Latin, {{str left|en|1}} e, {{langname-lite|en}} English, {{str left|la|1}} l, {{langname-lite|la|allow etym=1|allow family=1}} Latin, {{str left|la|1}} l, {{langname-lite|la|is family=1}} Latin, {{der-lite/lang|en|la|allow family=1|sort=}} Latin, {{str left|la|1}} l, {{langname-lite|la|is family=1}} Latin, {{str left|el|1}} e, {{str left|la|1}} l, {{langname-lite|la}} Latin, {{str left|el|1}} e, {{m-lite|la|el|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=the name of the letter L|sc=|tr=|ts=}} el (the name of the letter L), {{der-lite|en|la|el|pos=the name of the letter L}} Latin el (the name of the letter L) Head templates: {{en-noun}} el (plural els)
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L. Categories (topical): Latin letter names Synonyms: ell Derived forms: elpee Translations (name of the letter L, l): إِل (ʔel) [masculine] (Arabic), এল (el) (Bengali), ela [feminine] (Catalan), el (Dutch), lo (Esperanto), äl (Finnish), ällä (Finnish), elle [masculine] (French), ele [masculine] (Galician), ελ [neuter] (Greek), (Hawaiian), एल (el) (Hindi), le (Ido), el (Indonesian), eil (Irish), luis (Irish), elle [feminine, masculine] (Italian), エル (eru) (Japanese), 엘 (el) (Korean), el (Latin), el (Malay), एल (el) (Marathi), èla [feminine] (Occitan), ال (el) (Persian), ele [masculine] (Portuguese), эл (el) [neuter] (Russian), эль (elʹ) [neuter] (Russian), ele [feminine] (Spanish), el (Tagalog), la (Abakada) (Tagalog), ele (english: Abecedario alphabet) (Tagalog), แอล (ɛɛl) (Thai), le (Turkish), e-lờ (Vietnamese), lờ (Vietnamese), el [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-el-en-noun-pijH0OGg Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 40 25 19 6 Related terms: letter [Latin, letter-name], a [Latin, letter-name], bee [Latin, letter-name], cee [Latin, letter-name], dee [Latin, letter-name], e [Latin, letter-name], ef [Latin, letter-name], gee [Latin, letter-name], aitch [Latin, letter-name], i [Latin, letter-name], jay [Latin, letter-name], kay [Latin, letter-name], em [Latin, letter-name], en [Latin, letter-name], o [Latin, letter-name], pee [Latin, letter-name], cue [Latin, letter-name], ar [Latin, letter-name], ess [Latin, letter-name], tee [Latin, letter-name], u [Latin, letter-name], vee [Latin, letter-name], double-u [Latin, letter-name], ex [Latin, letter-name], wye [Latin, letter-name], zee [Latin, letter-name], zed [Latin, letter-name]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: L
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ] Audio: en-us-el.ogg [US] Forms: els [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-noun}} el (plural els)
  1. (US) An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-el-en-noun--U3uGnbf Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 31 46 3 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: L
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ] Audio: en-us-el.ogg [US] Forms: els [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-noun}} el (plural els)
  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л. Categories (topical): Cyrillic letter names
    Sense id: en-el-en-noun-o~GrqEPU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Numeral

IPA: /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ] Audio: en-us-el.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Shortening of eleven. Etymology templates: {{m|en|eleven}} eleven
  1. The cardinal number occurring after dek and before do in a duodecimal system. Written ↋, decimal value 11.
    Sense id: en-el-en-num-RCBT9HJS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged",
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          "word": "jay"
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        "letter-name"
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      "word": "pee"
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    {
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        "Latin",
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      "word": "cue"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
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      "tags": [
        "Latin",
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    {
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        "letter-name"
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      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
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      "word": "u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
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      "word": "vee"
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    {
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        "letter-name"
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        "letter-name"
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        "letter-name"
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          "ref": "1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged",
          "text": "The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.",
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        }
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          "L#English"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛl/"
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      "ipa": "[ɛɫ]"
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      "audio": "en-us-el.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/En-us-el.ogg/En-us-el.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/En-us-el.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
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      "word": "L"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔel",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "el",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "এল"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ela"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "el"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "lo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "äl"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "ällä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "elle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ele"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ελ"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "lā"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "el",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "एल"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "le"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "el"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "eil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "luis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "elle"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "eru",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "エル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "el",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "엘"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "el"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "el"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "el",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "एल"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "èla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "el",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "ال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ele"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "el",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "эл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "elʹ",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "эль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ele"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "el"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "la (Abakada)"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "english": "Abecedario alphabet",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "ele"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ɛɛl",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "แอล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "le"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "e-lờ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "word": "lờ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "name of the letter L, l",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "el"
    }
  ],
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    "El",
    "Latin language",
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