elemento

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).

• IPA^(key): /eleˈmento/

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

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

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

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

• -ero (“particle (of something)”)

From Latin elementum.

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

elemento m (plural elementos)

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

elemento (plural elementi)

1. element

From Latin elementum.

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

elemento m (plural elementi)

1. element

   Synonym: termine

• elementare

elementō

1. dative/ablative singular of elementum

Borrowed from Latin elementum.

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

elemento m (plural elementos)

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)
2. (chemistry) element (a chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom)
3. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)

• “elemento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “elemento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin elementum.

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

• Audio (Colombia):

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

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)

• “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], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish elemento.

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

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

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