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• Received-Pronunciation: ĕl'ĭmənt
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛlɪmənt/
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• General-American: /ˈɛləmənt/
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From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”) (see further etymology there). The verb is from Middle English elementen, from the noun.

361 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Arabic: عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Armenian: հիմունք (himunkʻ) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Azerbaijani: ünsür — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Azerbaijani: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Belarusian: элеме́нт (eljemjént) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Belarusian: элемэ́нт (eljemént) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Bengali: ধাতু (dhatu) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Breton: elfenn — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Bulgarian: елеме́нт (elemént) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Burmese: ဓါတ် (dhat) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Burmese: ဒြပ်စင် (drapcang) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Catalan: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Chinese Cantonese: 要素 (jiu3 sou3) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Chinese Mandarin: 要素 (yàosù) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Cornish: elven — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Czech: prvek — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Czech: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Danish: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Dutch: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Esperanto: elemento — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Estonian: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Finnish: perusosa — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• French: élément — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Galician: elemento — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Georgian: ელემენტი (elemenṭi) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• German: Element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Greek: ουσία (ousía) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Greek: στοιχείο (stoicheío) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Ancient Greek: στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Hebrew: עיקר \ עִקָּר (ikár) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Hebrew: יְסוֹד (yesód) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Hindi: तत्त्व (tattva) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Hungarian: elem — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Hungarian: alkotóelem — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Hungarian: összetevő — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Hungarian: alkatrész — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Irish: dúil — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Irish: uraiceacht — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Italian: elemento — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Japanese: 要素 (yōso) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Japanese: エレメント (eremento) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Kazakh: элемент (élement) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Khmer: ធាតុ (thiət) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Korean: 요소 (yoso) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Kyrgyz: элемент (element) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Lao: ທາດ (thāt) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Latin: elementum — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Latvian: elements — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Lithuanian: elementas — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Macedonian: елеме́нт (elemént) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Malay: unsur — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Māori: pūmotu — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Mongolian: элемент (element) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Navajo: áʼádaatʼéhígíí — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Norwegian Bokmål: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Occitan: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Pali: dhātu — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Pashto: توکی (tukáy) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Pashto: عنصر (ansór) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Iranian Persian: عُنْصُر (onsor) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Iranian Persian: آخْشیج (âxšij) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Polish: pierwiastek — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Polish: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Portuguese: fundamento — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Romanian: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Romanian: elemente — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Russian: элеме́нт (elemént) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Russian: звено́ (zvenó) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Russian: составна́я часть (sostavnája častʹ) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Sanskrit: धातु (dhātu) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Serbo-Croatian: елѐмент — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Serbo-Croatian: elèment — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Slovak: prvok — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Slovak: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Slovene: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Spanish: elemento — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Swahili: elementi — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Swedish: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Tagalog: elemento — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Tagalog: bahagi — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Tajik: элемент (element) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Tajik: унсур (unsur) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Thai: ธาตุ (tâat) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Turkish: öğe — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Turkish: eleman — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Turkish: unsur — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Turkmen: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Ukrainian: елеме́нт (elemént) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Urdu: عُنْصُر ('unsur) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Uyghur: ئۇنسۇر (unsur) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Uyghur: ئېلېمېنت (ëlëmënt) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Uzbek: element — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Uzbek: unsur — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Vietnamese: yếu tố — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Welsh: elfen — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Yiddish: עלעמענט (element) — simplest or essential part or principle of anything
• Albanian: element — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Arabic: عُنْصُر كِيمِيَائِيّ (ʕunṣur kīmiyāʔiyy) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Arabic: عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Armenian: տարր (tarr) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Assamese: মৌল (moul) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Azerbaijani: element — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Belarusian: элеме́нт (eljemjént) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Belarusian: элемэ́нт (eljemént) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Bengali: মৌল (mōul) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Bihari: तत्व — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Bulgarian: елеме́нт (elemént) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Burmese: ဒြပ်စင် (drapcang) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Catalan: element — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Chinese Cantonese: 元素 (jyun4 sou3) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 元素 (yuánsù) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Czech: prvek — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Danish: grundstof — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Dutch: element — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Estonian: element — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Finnish: alkuaine — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• French: élément — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Galician: elemento — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Georgian: ელემენტი (elemenṭi) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• German: Element — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Greek: στοιχείο (stoicheío) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Gujarati: તત્વ (tatva) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Hebrew: יְסוֹד (yesód) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Hindi: तत्व (tatva) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Hungarian: elem — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Hungarian: vegyi elem — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Hungarian: kémiai elem — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Icelandic: frumefni — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Irish: dúil — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Italian: elemento — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Japanese: 元素 (genso) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Kalmyk: махбуд (maxbud) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Kazakh: элемент (élement) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Korean: 원소 (wonso) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Kyrgyz: элемент (element) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Latin: elementum — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Latvian: elements — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Lithuanian: elementas — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Macedonian: елеме́нт (elemént) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Malay: unsur — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Malayalam: മൂലകം (mūlakaṁ) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Māori: pūmotu — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Marathi: मूलद्रव्य (mūladravya) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Navajo: áʼádaatʼéhígíí — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Nepali: तत्व (tatwa) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Newar: तत्त्व (tattwa) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Norwegian Bokmål: grunnstoff — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: grunnstoff — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Occitan: element — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Odia: ମୌଳିକ (mauḷika) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Pashto: توکی (tukáy) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Iranian Persian: عُنْصُر (onsor) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Iranian Persian: آخْشیج (âxšij) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Polish: pierwiastek — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Portuguese: elemento — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Punjabi: ਤੱਤ (tatta) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Romanian: element — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Russian: элеме́нт (elemént) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Scottish Gaelic: dùil — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Serbo-Croatian: елѐмент — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Serbo-Croatian: elèment — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Slovak: prvok — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Slovene: element — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Spanish: elemento — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Swahili: elementi — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Swedish: grundämne — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Tagalog: elemento — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Tagalog: mulangkap — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Tajik: унсур (unsur) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Tajik: элемент (element) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Tatar: элемент (element) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Telugu: మూలకము (mūlakamu) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Thai: ธาตุ (tâat) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Turkish: element — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Ukrainian: елеме́нт (elemént) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Ukrainian: пе́рвень (pérvenʹ) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Urdu: عُنْصُر ('unsur) — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Uzbek: unsur — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Uzbek: element — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Vietnamese: nguyên tố — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Welsh: elfen — chemistry: simplest chemical substance
• Belarusian: стыхі́я (styxíja) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Bulgarian: стихи́я (stihíja) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Burmese: ဓာတ် (dhat) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Chinese Mandarin: 元素 (yuánsù) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Czech: živel — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Dutch: element — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Finnish: alkuaine — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Finnish: klassinen alkuaine — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Finnish: elementti — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Georgian: ელემენტი (elemenṭi) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• German: Element — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Greek: στοιχείο (stoicheío) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Ancient Greek: στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Hungarian: elem — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Irish: dúil — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Italian: elemento — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Japanese: 元素 (genso) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Latin: elementum — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Navajo: áʼádaatʼéhígíí — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Occitan: element — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Iranian Persian: آخْشیج (âxšij) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Polish: żywioł — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Portuguese: elemento — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Romanian: element — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Russian: элеме́нт (elemént) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Russian: стихи́я (stixíja) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Swahili: elementi — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Swedish: element — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Tagalog: elemento — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Thai: ธาตุ (tâat) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Turkish: element — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Ukrainian: стихі́я (styxíja) — alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks
• Dutch: element — something small
• Dutch: fractie — something small
• Finnish: häivähdys — something small
• Finnish: aavistus — something small
• Finnish: varjo — something small
• Finnish: siemen — something small
• Hebrew: שְׁבִיב (shvív) — something small
• Hungarian: részlet — something small
• Hungarian: darab — something small
• Hungarian: részecske — something small
• Hungarian: csepp — something small
• Hungarian: morzsányi — something small
• Hungarian: szemernyi — something small
• Italian: elemento — something small
• Māori: huānga — something small
• Occitan: element — something small
• Polish: odrobina — something small
• Portuguese: resquício — something small
• Portuguese: vestígio — something small
• Romanian: particulă — something small
• Romanian: părticică — something small
• Romanian: element — something small
• Russian: элеме́нт (elemént) — something small
• Russian: крупи́ца (krupíca) — something small
• Swahili: elementi — something small
• Armenian: տարերք (tarerkʻ) — atmospheric forces
• Belarusian: стыхі́я (styxíja) — atmospheric forces
• Bulgarian: стихи́я (stihíja) — atmospheric forces
• Chinese Mandarin: 自然力 (zìránlì) — atmospheric forces
• Czech: živly — atmospheric forces
• Danish: element — atmospheric forces
• Danish: elementer — atmospheric forces
• Finnish: luonnonvoimat — atmospheric forces
• French: élément — atmospheric forces
• Georgian: ელემენტი (elemenṭi) — atmospheric forces
• Greek: στοιχεία (stoicheía) — atmospheric forces
• Hungarian: elemek — atmospheric forces
• Hungarian: időjárás — atmospheric forces
• Irish: dúile — atmospheric forces
• Italian: elemento — atmospheric forces
• Italian: elementi — atmospheric forces
• Japanese: 風雨 (fūu) — atmospheric forces
• Japanese: 天候 (tenkō) — atmospheric forces
• Japanese: 自然力 (shizenryoku) — atmospheric forces
• Korean: 자연력 (jayeollyeok) — atmospheric forces
• Portuguese: intempérie — atmospheric forces
• Russian: стихи́я (stixíja) — atmospheric forces
• Spanish: elemento — atmospheric forces
• Swedish: element — atmospheric forces
• Tagalog: elemento — atmospheric forces
• Ukrainian: стихі́я (styxíja) — atmospheric forces
• Bulgarian: стихи́я (stihíja) — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Czech: živel — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Danish: es — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Dutch: element — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Finnish: elementti — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• French: élément — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Greek: στοιχείο (stoicheío) — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Hungarian: elem — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Hungarian: közeg — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Italian: elemento — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Italian: ambiente — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Portuguese: meio — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Russian: стихи́я (stixíja) — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Spanish: elemento — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Swahili: elementi — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Swedish: element — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Ukrainian: стихі́я (styxíja) — place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to
• Dutch: element — law: component of a cause of action
• Dutch: gegeven — law: component of a cause of action
• Finnish: tunnusmerkki — law: component of a cause of action
• French: élément — law: component of a cause of action
• German: Tatbestand — law: component of a cause of action
• Italian: elemento — law: component of a cause of action
• Romanian: piesă (la dosar) — law: component of a cause of action
• Spanish: elemento — law: component of a cause of action
• Swahili: elementi — law: component of a cause of action
• Bulgarian: елеме́нт (elemént) — set theory: object in a set
• Chinese Mandarin: 元素 (yuánsù) — set theory: object in a set
• Czech: prvek — set theory: object in a set
• Danish: element — set theory: object in a set
• Dutch: element — set theory: object in a set
• Finnish: alkio — set theory: object in a set
• French: membre — set theory: object in a set
• French: point — set theory: object in a set
• Georgian: ელემენტი (elemenṭi) — set theory: object in a set
• German: Element — set theory: object in a set
• Hebrew: אֵיבָר (eivár) — set theory: object in a set
• Hungarian: elem — set theory: object in a set
• Icelandic: stak — set theory: object in a set
• Icelandic: íbúi — set theory: object in a set
• Italian: elemento — set theory: object in a set
• Japanese: 元 (gen) — set theory: object in a set
• Japanese: 要素 (yōso) — set theory: object in a set
• Māori: huānga — set theory: object in a set
• Polish: element — set theory: object in a set
• Portuguese: elemento — set theory: object in a set
• Romanian: element — set theory: object in a set
• Russian: элеме́нт (elemént) — set theory: object in a set
• Spanish: elemento — set theory: object in a set
• Swahili: elementi — set theory: object in a set
• Swedish: element — set theory: object in a set
• Tagalog: elemento — set theory: object in a set
• Thai: สมาชิก (sà-maa-chík) — set theory: object in a set
• Turkish: eleman — set theory: object in a set
• Turkish: üye — set theory: object in a set
• Armenian: տարր (tarr) — group of people with a common characteristic
• Chinese Mandarin: 分子 (fènzǐ) — group of people with a common characteristic
• Czech: živel — group of people with a common characteristic
• Danish: element — group of people with a common characteristic
• Finnish: aines — group of people with a common characteristic
• Georgian: ელემენტი (elemenṭi) — group of people with a common characteristic
• Greek: στοιχείο (stoicheío) — group of people with a common characteristic
• Hebrew: גּוֹרֵם (gorém) — group of people with a common characteristic
• Italian: elemento — group of people with a common characteristic
• Swahili: elementi — group of people with a common characteristic
• Swedish: element — group of people with a common characteristic
• Ukrainian: стихі́я (styxíja) — group of people with a common characteristic
• Danish: element — heating element
• Dutch: element — heating element
• Finnish: vastus — heating element
• Georgian: ელემენტი (elemenṭi) — heating element
• German: Bauelement — heating element
• Hebrew: גוף חימום (gúf khimúm) — heating element
• Hungarian: fűtőszál — heating element
• Irish: eilimint — heating element
• Italian: elemento — heating element
• Māori: tārahu — heating element
• Māori: pātunu — heating element
• Polish: element — heating element
• Portuguese: resistência — heating element
• Romanian: element — heating element
• Russian: элеме́нт (elemént) — heating element
• Swahili: elementi — heating element
• Swedish: element — heating element
• Finnish: elementti — computing: conceptual object in a markup language
• French: élément — computing: conceptual object in a markup language
• Georgian: ელემენტი (elemenṭi) — computing: conceptual object in a markup language
• Italian: elemento — computing: conceptual object in a markup language
• Japanese: 要素 (yōso) — computing: conceptual object in a markup language
• Portuguese: elemento — computing: conceptual object in a markup language
• Romanian: element — computing: conceptual object in a markup language
• Slovene: element — computing: conceptual object in a markup language
• Spanish: elemento — computing: conceptual object in a markup language
• Swahili: elementi — computing: conceptual object in a markup language
• Swedish: element — computing: conceptual object in a markup language
• Thai: ส่วนย่อย — computing: conceptual object in a markup language