el

¹

[el]

noun

1. the letter l.

el

²

[el]

noun

1. Informal.,  elevated railroad.

el.

³

abbreviation

1. elevation.

EL

⁴

abbreviation

1. Also called emotional incontinence. emotional lability.

2. experiential learning.

el

⁵

[el]

noun

1. ell.

el

/ ɛl /

noun

1. informal,  a shortened form of elevated railway or railroad See elevated railway

Word History and Origins

Origin of el¹

First recorded in 1905–10; by shortening

Example Sentences

Not long after that, they saw the first bootleg merchandise: a toy version of Mico, el Micófono, a character that is just a microphone with googly eyes that street vendors could easily replicate.

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The same word was written again multiple times on Tuesday, along with 'adios el rata'.

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The RSF leader spoke after international outrage about reports of mass killings in el -Fasher, apparently documented by his paramilitary fighters in social media videos.

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His uncles ribbed him — “They’d tell me, ‘Now you know what el Norte is, so you know how to win money.

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Fidel and el Che are long gone, and the book on the Cold War officially closed more than a quarter-century ago.

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