Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The letter l.
- noun An elevated railway.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An assimilated form of
en- before l, as inel-lipse . - noun A suffix originally and still more or less diminutive in force, sometimes of Teutonic origin, as in
hatch-el (= hack-le, heck-le), but usually of Latin origin, as in chap-el, cup-el, tunn-el, etc. - noun A suffix of various origin, chiefly Latin. as in chatt-el, chann-el, kenn-el, etc. (where it represents Latin -alis, E. -al), fenn-el, funn-el, etc. See these words.
- noun A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin, forming nouns, originally denoting the agent, from verbs, as in
runnel : in modern English, except aftern , usually written -le, as in bead-le, beet-le, beet-le, etc. See -le. - noun An obsolete spelling of
ell . - noun See
ell .
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- noun US An elevated train, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago.
- noun The name of the
Latin script letterL /l .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
- noun angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Lo interesante viene aquí: el Baktun actual comenzó en 1618 y terminará ... ¡el 21 de diciembre de 2012!
Pseudohistoria: 2012, el fin del mundo se acerca (��Otra vez?) 2009
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"_El rafyk som el taryk_" (companionship makes secure roads) by saying, "_el taryk som el rafyk_" (good roads increase passenger traffic).
Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Andrew Archibald Paton 1842
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: "Y asi como suele decirse _el gato al rato, et rato á la cuerda, la cuerda al palo_, daba el arriero á Sancho, Sancho
Celtic Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885
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Latin Grammy winner Diego Jimenez Ramon Salazar—better known by his nickname el Cigala literally, the shrimp—today begins a tour in which will wind its way from La Coruña, Spain, through Mexico and Portugal, before ending in Tenerife in November.
Flamenco Singer El Cigala Relaxes at Home Javier Espinoza 2011
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As a politician and a general he could look back on no great achievements, since the progress of the Reconquista had proved troublesome during his reign and court intrigues eventually cost him his throne, yet as a patron of the sciences and arts he won the title el Sabio the Wise, by which he is remembered in history.
Archive 2009-07-01 Lu 2009
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Only in Spain has the term el siglo de oro become completely established.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas REN 1968
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Unusual heating in the Pacific waters which we refer to as el Nino.
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During that time, Ross has seen the city - which he calls el monstruo, or monster - become a sprawling, chaotic, toxic and crime-ridden tangle.
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During that time, Ross has seen the city - which he calls el monstruo, or monster - become a sprawling, chaotic, toxic and crime-ridden tangle.
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During that time, Ross has seen the city - which he calls el monstruo, or monster - become a sprawling, chaotic, toxic and crime-ridden tangle.
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