Dictionary Definition
EL
Noun
1 angular distance above the horizon (especially
of a celestial object) [syn: elevation, altitude, ALT]
User Contributed Dictionary
Translingual
Symbol
el- the ISO 639-3 code for Greek (cf grc)
English
Pronunciation
- /ɛl/
Alternative spellings
- sense both senses L
- sense letter ell
Noun
- : An elevated train, especially in Chicago.
- The letter L.
Catalan
- masculine singular definite article. the
Related terms
- en, masculine singular definite article for given names.
Pronoun
- Accusative masculine singular pronoun before verb.
Crimean Tatar
Noun
elDeclension
References
Useinov-Mireev 2002}}Danish
Etymology 1
Old Norse elriNoun
elEtymology 2
Introduced in the 1940ies after Swedish [[el#SwedishNoun
el- yard (as unit of measurement)
Related terms
Esperanto
Preposition
el- out (of)
Hungarian
Adverb
elLingua Franca Nova
Pronoun
elRomanian
Pronunciation
- SAMPA: /jel/
- /jel/
Pronoun
Declension
Synonyms
- dumnealui italbrac polite form
Spanish
Etymology 1
From ille.- 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.
Article
el (plural: las)- Feminine singular definite article used before nouns which
start with a stressed /a/:
- el alma, pl. las almas
Swedish
Noun
el (abbreviation of elektricitet)See also
Turkish
Noun
elExtensive Definition
EL, El or el may refer to:
- el, the masculine singular definite article in Spanish
- El (god), a Semitic word for "god"
- El (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet
- El (letter), the letter L
- El (hentai), an h game by ELF Corporation
- El (film), a 1953 film by Luis Buñuel
- El (album), an album by Lucero
- Acura EL, an automobile
- El (crater), a crater on Ganymede
Abbreviations:
- Electroluminescence (EL)
- Electrum (El)
- Eastern League (U.S. baseball), a Class AA League in Minor League Baseball
- Enciclopedia Libre, a spin-off project of the Spanish Wikipedia
- Equilibrium level, the height in the atmosphere where unstable air becomes stable
- European Left, a political party at European level
- Expression Language, a feature of the JavaServer Pages software technology
- Greek language's ISO 639 language code
- Air Nippon's IATA code
- Erie Lackawanna Railway's AAR reporting mark
- El rune, a rune in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
- Eternal Lands, an MMORPG
- .el, a computer file extension used for Emacs Lisp Source Code
- El, the main character of Robert Rodriguiez's Mariachi Trilogy
- Elevated railroad, a form of rapid
transit
- The Chicago 'L', a rapid transit system in Chicago
- Earth Language, a visual language created by Yoshiko McFarland
- EL, elevation in many engineering drawings
el in Czech: EL
el in Danish: El
el in German: EL
el in Esperanto: El
el in French: EL
el in Korean: EL
el in Italian: EL
el in Dutch: El
el in Japanese: EL
el in Norwegian: El
el in Kölsch: EL (Watt ėßß datt?)
el in Finnish: El
el in Swedish: El
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Amtrak,
L, baggage train, branch, cable railroad, cable
railway, choo-choo, cog railroad, cog railway, electric, electric railway,
electric train, elevated, elevated railway,
embankment, express, express train, feeder, feeder line, flier, freight, freight train, freighter, funicular, goods train,
gravity-operated railway, horse railway, interurban, junction, light railroad,
lightning express, limited, line, local, main line, metro, milk train, monorail, parliamentary,
parliamentary train, passenger train, rack railway, rack-and-pinion
railroad, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railroad train,
railway, rattler, roadbed, roadway, rolling stock, shuttle, shuttle train, sidetrack, siding, special, streamliner, street railway,
streetcar line, subway,
switchback, terminal, terminus, track, train, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground, way
train