el
noun
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- a variation of ell.
el
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[el]
/ ɛl /
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el
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[el]
/ ɛl /
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el
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[el]
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EL
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el.
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abbreviation
el
British
/ ɛl /
noun
Etymology
Origin of el
First recorded in 1905–10; by shortening
Vocabulary lists containing el
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The Fresno Bee’s staff was slashed by 41%, with seven of 17 journalists cut, including the last remaining employee of Vida en el Valle, its Spanish-language publication.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Ambient audio in Walker’s footage captures someone saying: “Este es el acceso de colaboradores.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Professor Mohammed el Khasmi, animal hydrobiology expert at the University of Casablanca in Morocco, has a long list of effects of heat stress he and his team have observed on camels.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
And then “San Marcos el Fin” gently escorts the listener out of this particular room.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
She prays to the Virgin of Guadalupe, asking her to bring all the children on the train safely to their worried mothers in el Norte.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Eyewear company EssilorLuxottica EL 1.96%increase; up pointing triangle said sales growth slowed a little in the second quarter from the first, despite a continued rapid increase in revenue from its smartglasses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The launch of an affordable scooter under its EL platform from fiscal 3Q, along with a new plant, should help address the 100,000-rupee to 125,000-rupee segment of the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Lavrynovych carried them out after being recruited by Russian-speaking Telegram user "EL" who promised him payment.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
In court, there were only a limited number of messages from EL, all of them sent to Lavrynovych and Carpiuc, which showed him writing in formal Russian and far less proficient Ukrainian.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The card of Jorge Almonte, Attendant, EL GAHO, found its way to my hand.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
This P. M. sought an interview with Dr. Woodward at the White House, to talk of an apparatus for locating the ball by its action in retarding a rapidly revolving el. magnet.
From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Simon Newcomb
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