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el in Arabic

إِل ʔel

/ˈɛl/

el in Arabic: إِل (ʔel). In English, el means the name of the Latin script letter L/l.

Arabic words for el

name of the letter L, l
إِل ʔel

English meaning of el

  1. noun The name of the Latin script letter L/l.
  2. noun An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago (informal).
  3. numeral The cardinal number occurring after dek and before do in a duodecimal system. Written ↋, decimal value 11.
  4. article The (sometimes where "the" would not occur in normal English).

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Questions about el in Arabic

What is the meaning of el in Arabic?
El in Arabic is إِل (ʔel).
ما معنى كلمة el؟
El: إِل (ʔel).
What does el mean in English?
El means the name of the Latin script letter L/l.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: el (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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