Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ELEMENT element, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#ELEMENT element, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ELEMENT elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”) (see further etymology there).

The verb is from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ELEMENTCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ELEMENT elementen, from the noun.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕl'ĭmənt, IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɪmənt/Category:English 3-syllable words#ELEMENTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛləmənt/Category:English 3-syllable words#ELEMENTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT

• Audio (US):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ELEMENT
• Hyphenation: el‧e‧ment

Noun

element (plural elements)Category:English lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:English nouns#ELEMENTCategory:English countable nouns#ELEMENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

   Letters are the elements of written language.Category:English terms with usage examples#ELEMENT

   • 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides:

     The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

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   2. (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#ELEMENT) Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.^[2]

      Synonym: chemical element

      Hypernyms: substanceCategory:English links with manual fragments#ELEMENT, materialCategory:English links with manual fragments#ELEMENT

      Hyponyms: alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, chalcogen, pnictogen, halogen, metal, noble gas, rare earth element, rare earth metal

      • 2013, “Elements for Kids — Hydrogen”, in www.duckster.com‎, archived from the original on 15 July 2013:

        Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table. It is the simplest possible atom composed of one proton in the nucleus which is orbited by a single electron.

        Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

   3. (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#ELEMENT) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.

      Synonyms: elementary substance, chemical element

      Hypernyms: substanceCategory:English links with manual fragments#ELEMENT, materialCategory:English links with manual fragments#ELEMENT

      Hyponyms: alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, chalcogen, pnictogen, halogen, metal, noble gas, rare earth element, rare earth metal

   5. One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
      • 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 59:

        The she asked the elements to send their spirits to her.

        Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

   6. (usually in the plural) A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
      • c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

        Thus ſhall my heart be ſtil combinde with thine,
        Untill our bodies turne to Elements:
        And both our ſoules aſpire celeſtiall thrones.

        Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

   7. (lawCategory:en:Law#ELEMENT) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
   8. (set theoryCategory:en:Set theory#ELEMENT) One of the objects in a set.

      Synonym: member

      • 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xi:

        […] the majority of names being compounded of two elements chosen from a stock of special name-words.

        Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

   9. (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#ELEMENT) One of the entries of a matrix.
   10. Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
2. A small part of the whole.

   an element of the pictureCategory:English terms with usage examples#ELEMENT

3. A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.

   an element of doubtCategory:English terms with usage examples#ELEMENT

   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:

     The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

4. A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
5. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#ELEMENT) The sky.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     Sometimes, solitude is of all things my wish; and the awful silence of the night, the spangled element, and the rising and setting sun, how promotive of contemplation!

     Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

6. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#ELEMENT) Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies in premodern cosmology.
8. (in the plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.

   exposed to the elements

   Category:English terms with usage examples#ELEMENT

10. A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.

    to be in one’s element

    Category:English terms with usage examples#ELEMENT

11. (ChristianityCategory:en:Christianity#ELEMENT, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
13. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.

    You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.

    Category:English terms with usage examples#ELEMENT

14. (in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
    • 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 198:

      Miniature Nuremberg kitchens complete with all the utensils were said to teach children the elements of housewifery.

      Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

15. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.

    The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.Category:English terms with usage examples#ELEMENT

    • 1960 February, “High-Voltage Electric Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 125:

      These screens incorporate a layer of transparent gold film in the laminations which forms an electric heating element to act as de-icer and de-mister.

      Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

16. (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#ELEMENT) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.

    The element of area in Cartesian coordinates is dx dy.Category:English terms with usage examples#ELEMENT

17. (astronomyCategory:en:Astronomy#ELEMENT) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
19. (computingCategory:en:Computing#ELEMENT) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
    • 2011, Richard Wagner, Creating Web Pages All-in-One For Dummies:

      The div element was introduced into HTML as a solution to the layout problem.

      Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

Verb

element (third-person singular simple present elements, present participle elementing, simple past and past participle elemented)Category:English lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:English verbs#ELEMENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ELEMENT, obsoleteCategory:English obsolete terms#ELEMENT)

2. To compound (something) out of elements.
   • 1611 or 1612 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC, page 194:

     Dull ſublunary lovers love / (VVhoſe ſoule is ſenſe) cannot admit / Abſence, becauſe it doth remove / Thoſe things vvhich elemented it.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

   • 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:

     elemented bodies

     Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

   • 1681, Tho[mas] Maunyngham, Two Discourses‎, London: Will[iam] Cademan, page 89:

     [W]hen he ſays, he has compaſſion on’em, they ſhould ask, where then are his Bowels!  […] Alaſs! fond Creature, thou art Elemented and Organ’d for other Apprehenſions  […]

     Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

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3. To constitute and be the elements of (something).
   • 1658, Izaak Walton, Life of Donne:

     His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ELEMENT

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References

• Lehmann, R.G. (2011). "27-30-22-26 - How many letters needs an alphabet?". In de Voogt, A.; Quack, J.F. The Idea of Writing: Writing Across Borders. Brill. pp. 15–16, note 8.

Further reading

• “element”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “element”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• leetmen

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#ELEMENTCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#ELEMENT elementum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ləˈmen]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ləˈment]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.leˈment]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT

• Audio (Barcelona):

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  Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#ELEMENT

Noun

element m (plural elements)Category:Catalan lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Catalan nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Catalan countable nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element, a component part of a thing
2. (plural) fundamental principles or simpler notions of a knowledge system
3. (plural) set of natural forces (the weather, the sea, etc)
4. (chemistry) element, a simple substance that cannot be broken down into others by chemical methods
5. (biology) the environment in which a being lives

   (idiomaticCategory:Catalan idioms#ELEMENT) trobar-se algú en el seu element ― to be somebody in the situation that best suits their tastes or abilitiesCategory:Catalan terms with usage examples#ELEMENT (an idiom, literally to be in one's element)

6. (math) element, an object that belongs to a set
7. (pejorative) a person, an individual

Further reading

• “element”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “element”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “element” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “element”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Crimean Tatar terms derived from Latin#ELEMENT elementum.

Noun

elementCategory:Crimean Tatar lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Crimean Tatar nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Crimean Tatar entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element.

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Etymology

Inherited from Old CzechCategory:Czech terms inherited from Old Czech#ELEMENTCategory:Czech terms derived from Old Czech#ELEMENT element, from LatinCategory:Czech terms derived from Latin#ELEMENT elementum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɛmɛnt]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT

• Audio:

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  Category:Czech terms with audio pronunciation#ELEMENT

Noun

element m inanCategory:Czech lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Czech nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Czech masculine nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Czech inanimate nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element (one of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based)
   1. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
2. elementary (basic knowledge or fact)
3. (literaryCategory:Czech literary terms#ELEMENT) element (small part of the whole)
4. (physicsCategory:cs:Physics#ELEMENT) galvanic cell

Further reading

• “element”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “element”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “element”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Noun

element n (singular definite elementet, plural indefinite elementer)Category:Danish lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Danish nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Danish neuter nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. (set theoryCategory:da:Set theory#ELEMENT) element

References

• “element” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#ELEMENTCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#ELEMENT element, from Old FrenchCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old French#ELEMENT element, from LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#ELEMENT elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”), of uncertain origin (see further etymology there).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.ləˈmɛnt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT

• Audio:

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#ELEMENT
• Hyphenation: ele‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛntCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt#ELEMENTCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt/3 syllables#ELEMENT

Noun

element n (plural elementen, diminutive elementje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Dutch nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#ELEMENTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element
2. (chemistryCategory:nl:Chemistry#ELEMENT) element
3. (set theoryCategory:nl:Set theory#ELEMENT) element

Anagrams

• leemten

Etymology

Borrowed from PolishCategory:Kashubian terms borrowed from Polish#ELEMENTCategory:Kashubian terms derived from Polish#ELEMENT element.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈlɛ.mɛnt/Category:Kashubian terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT
• Rhymes: -ɛmɛntCategory:Rhymes:Kashubian/ɛmɛnt#ELEMENTCategory:Rhymes:Kashubian/ɛmɛnt/3 syllables#ELEMENT
• Syllabification: e‧le‧ment

Noun

element m inanCategory:Kashubian lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Kashubian nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Kashubian entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Kashubian masculine nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Kashubian inanimate nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element (small part of the whole)

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “element”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “element”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin#ELEMENT elementum.

Noun

element n (definite singular elementet, indefinite plural element or elementer, definite plural elementa or elementene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. an element

References

• “element” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin#ELEMENT elementum.

Noun

element n (definite singular elementet, indefinite plural element, definite plural elementa)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. an element

References

• “element” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• elementum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Old Czech terms borrowed from Latin#ELEMENTCategory:Old Czech learned borrowings from Latin#ELEMENTCategory:Old Czech terms derived from Latin#ELEMENT elementum.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɛlɛmɛnt/Category:Old Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɛlɛmɛnt/Category:Old Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT

Noun

element m inanCategory:Old Czech lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Old Czech nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Old Czech entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Old Czech masculine nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Old Czech inanimate nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “element”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Alternative forms

• aliment

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin elementum.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} First attested in the middle of the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɛlʲɛ(ː)mɛ(ː)nt/Category:Old Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɛlʲɛmɛnt/, /ɛlʲement/Category:Old Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT

Noun

element m animacy unattestedCategory:Old Polish lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Old Polish nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Old Polish entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Old Polish masculine nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 5:

     Czthyrzy zyvyoly... albo alymenta szą od czyebye stvorzony (elementa quatuor a te sunt creata), ymysz ma bycz zyvo wschystko stvorzenye. To sa ta czvsch ozm ozm alymenta: ogyen, zyemya, vylkoscz y povyetrze

     [Cztyrzy żywioły... albo alimenta są od Ciebie stworzony (elementa quatuor a Te sunt creata), imiż ma być żywo wszystko stworzenie, to są, toczusz alimenta: ogień, ziemia, wilkość i powietrze]

     Category:Old Polish terms with quotations#ELEMENTCategory:Old Polish quotations with omitted translation#ELEMENT

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “element”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Alternative forms

• elementum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Old Slovak terms borrowed from Latin#ELEMENTCategory:Old Slovak learned borrowings from Latin#ELEMENTCategory:Old Slovak terms derived from Latin#ELEMENT elementum.^[1]

Noun

element m inanCategory:Old Slovak lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Old Slovak nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Old Slovak entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Old Slovak masculine nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Old Slovak inanimate nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element (basic substance)
2. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)

References

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “element”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish element.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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  Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#ELEMENT
• Rhymes: -ɛmɛntCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɛmɛnt#ELEMENTCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɛmɛnt/3 syllables#ELEMENT
• Syllabification: e‧le‧ment

Noun

element m inan (diminutive elemencik)Category:Polish lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Polish nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Polish masculine nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element (small part of the whole)
2. member; dregs (person or group with negative traits)

   Wieczorami w knajpie zbierał się podejrzany element. ― In the evenings, a suspicious group congregated in the pub.Category:Polish terms with usage examples#ELEMENT

3. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)

   Synonym: żywioł

4. (mathematicsCategory:pl:Mathematics#ELEMENT) element (infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential)
5. (in the plural) elements (basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments)

   Synonym: podstawy

6. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#ELEMENT, chemistryCategory:pl:Chemistry#ELEMENT) element (any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons)

   Synonym: pierwiastek

7. (Middle PolishCategory:Middle Polish#ELEMENT) substance

   Synonym: substancja

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), element is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 49 times in scientific texts, 12 times in news, 44 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 0 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 111 times, making it the 549th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

References

Further reading

• “element”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “element”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “element”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “ELEMENT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 23.10.2012
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “element”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “element”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “element”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 689
• element in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#ELEMENTCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#ELEMENT élément, from LatinCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#ELEMENT elementum.

Noun

element n (plural elemente)Category:Romanian lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Romanian nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Romanian countable nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element

Alternative forms

• elèmenat (Bosnia, Serbia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elěment/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧ment

Noun

elèment m inan (Cyrillic spelling елѐмент)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine inanimate nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Serbo-Croatian inanimate nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element

Etymology

Inherited from Old SlovakCategory:Slovak terms inherited from Old Slovak#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak terms derived from Old Slovak#ELEMENT element, from LatinCategory:Slovak terms derived from Latin#ELEMENT elementum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /element/, [ˈelement]Category:Slovak 3-syllable words#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEMENT
• Rhymes: -ementCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/ement#ELEMENTCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/ement/3 syllables#ELEMENT
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧ment

Noun

element m inanCategory:Slovak lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak masculine nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak inanimate nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. element (small part of the whole)
2. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
3. (chemistryCategory:sk:Chemistry#ELEMENT) element (any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons)
4. element (factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result)
5. (engineeringCategory:sk:Engineering#ELEMENT) A simple machine component occurring separately or as a whole on various devices.

Noun

element m animal or m persCategory:Slovak lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak masculine nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak animal nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak masculine nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak personal nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Slovak nouns with multiple animacies#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT

1. member; dregs (person or group with negative traits)

Further reading

• “element”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

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Noun

element nCategory:Swedish lemmas#ELEMENTCategory:Swedish nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ELEMENTCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with entries#ELEMENTCategory:Pages with 18 entries#ELEMENT