el meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

el

noun

/ˈɛl/ · [ɛɫ]

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

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:

num

Etymology Shortening of eleven.

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

article

Etymology Borrowed from Spanish el.

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:

noun

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:

noun

The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л

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