different between ell vs eld

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-Germanic *alin?, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh?l-én-eh?, from *Heh?l- (“elbow, forearm”). Cognate with Dutch el (“ell”), German Low German Ell (“ell”), German Elle (“ell”), Swedish aln (“cubit; ell”), Icelandic alin (“cubit; ell”), Latin ulna (“forearm”).

Noun

ell (plural ells)

1. (historical) A measure for cloth. An English ell was 1+¹?₄ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), whereas a Scottish ell measured only about 37 inches (94 cm) and a Flemish ell was ³?₄ yard (27 inches or 69 cm).

Translations

Etymology 2

From the name of the letter L

Noun

ell (plural ells)

1. (rare) The name of the Latin-script letter L.
2. An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 4:

     I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell.

3. Something that is L-shaped.

Translations

Anagrams

• LEL, lel

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ille, attested from the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Pronoun

ell (plural ells)

1. he

Declension

Further reading

• “ell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

References

Estonian

Noun

ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?/

Noun

ell n (genitive singular els, plural ell)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??l?]
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

ell

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bet?; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ?, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ?, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• l in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• ell in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tl/
• Rhymes: -?tl

Noun

ell n (genitive singular ells, nominative plural ell)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

Declension

Võro

Noun

ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

English

Alternative forms

• elth
• eild, eeld, ild, yeeld (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English elde, from Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age, period of time; period; time of life, years; mature or old age, eld; an age of the world, era, epoch”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald?, from Proto-Germanic *alþ?? (“eld, age”), from *aldaz (“grown up, mature, old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eltós, from *h?el- (“to raise, feed”).

Cognate with Scots eild (“age”), North Frisian jelde (“age”), German Älte (“age”), Danish ælde (“eld, age”), Icelandic elli (“eld, age”). Related also to Gothic ???????????????? (alds, “generation, age”), Old English alan (“to grow up, nourish”). More at old.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ld/

Noun

eld (uncountable)

1. (rare or dialectal) One's age, age in years, period of life.
2. (archaic or poetic) Old age, senility; an old person.
3. (archaic or poetic) Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.
4. (archaic or poetic) Former ages, antiquity, olden times.

Synonyms

• (one's age):
• (old age): elderliness; see also Thesaurus:old age
• (old person): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person
• (indefinitely long period of time): yonks; see also Thesaurus:eon
• (former age): days of yore; see also Thesaurus:the past

Adjective

eld (comparative elder, superlative eldest)

1. (obsolete) Old.

Synonyms

• (old): aged, venerable; see also Thesaurus:old

Related terms

• eldren

Verb

eld (third-person singular simple present elds, present participle elding, simple past and past participle elded)

1. (intransitive, archaic, poetic or dialectal) To age, become or grow old.
2. (intransitive, archaic or poetic) To delay; linger.
3. (transitive, archaic or poetic) To make old, age.

Synonyms

• (to age): elden; see also Thesaurus:to age
• (to linger): abide; see also Thesaurus:tarry or Thesaurus:procrastinate
• (to make old): mature; see also Thesaurus:make older

References

• 1906, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, "eld".

Anagrams

• DLE, Del, Del., EDL, LDE, LED, del, del., led, ?LED

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eld m (definite singular elden, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ild

Verb

eld

1. imperative of elde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eldr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ld/, /?l?/

Noun

eld m (definite singular elden, uncountable)

1. fire

2. fire (firing bullets or other projectiles)

   Fienden opna eld.

   The enemy opened fire.

Usage notes

Eld is mainly used about the abstract concept of fire. The accidental occurrance of fire, such as a fire in a building, is brann.

References

• “eld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ailid.

Noun

?ld m

1. fire

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish elder, from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ld/

Noun

eld c

1. (uncountable) fire, a continued chemical exothermic reaction where a gaseous material reacts, and which creates enough heat to evaporate more combustible material
2. something set up as to burn, such as a campfire or a bonfire
3. (uncountable, alchemy) fire; one of the classical, or basic, elements
4. (uncountable) fire; the in-flight projectiles from a gun or similar

Declension

Synonyms

• (something set up to burn): brasa, bål, vårdkase

• ((case of) accidental, uncontrolled fire): brand

Derived terms

• elda
• eldstad
• eldunderstöd

Anagrams

• LED, del, led