elemento

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin elementum (“element; basic principle, rudiment”). Compare Russian элемент (element), Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian elemento, German Element, French élément, Polish element, Yiddish עלעמענט (element).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eleˈmento]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧men‧to

Noun

elemento (accusative singular elementon, plural elementoj, accusative plural elementojn)

1. (algebra, chemistry, linguistics) element (piece of a larger whole)

Derived terms

• elementa (“elemental, elementary”)
• elemente (“elementally”)

See also

• -ero (“particle (of something)”)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin elementum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛleˈmento/ [ɛ.leˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ento
• IPA^(key): /ɛleˈmɛnto/ [ɛ.leˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧men‧to

Noun

elemento m (plural elementos)

1. element, component
2. chemical element
3. force of nature

Ido

Noun

elemento (plural elementi)

1. element

Italian

Etymology

From Latin elementum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.leˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧mén‧to

Noun

elemento m (plural elementi)

1. element

   Synonym: termine

Related terms

• elementare

Latin

Noun

elementō

1. dative/ablative singular of elementum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elementum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨˈmẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: (most dialects) -ẽtu, (Southern Brazil) -ẽto
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧men‧to

Noun

elemento m (plural elementos)

1. element

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:elemento.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elementum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleˈmento/ [e.leˈmẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: e‧le‧men‧to

Noun

elemento m (plural elementos)

1. element (part of which something consists)
2. (philosophy) element (one of four building block of matter)
3. element (group of people with a common characteristic)
4. individual (person considered alone)
5. element (component in electrical equiment)
6. (chemistry) element (one of the simplest chemical substances)
7. (in the plural) element (atmospheric forces)
8. element (place or state that something is best suited for)

Derived terms

• elemental
• elemento celular
• elemento neutro
• elemento químico

 

Further reading

• “elemento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elemento.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔeleˈmento/ [ʔɛ.lɛˈmɛn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: e‧le‧men‧to

Noun

elemento (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (chemistry) element

   Synonym: mulangkap

2. component; basic part

   Synonyms: sangkap, bahagi

3. natural environment
4. forces of nature

   Synonym: kalikasan

5. (parapsychology) paranormal being

Further reading

• “elemento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018