# elemento
## Esperanto
### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eleˈmento]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ento
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧men‧to

### Noun

elemento (accusative singular elementon, plural elementoj, accusative plural elementojn)
* (algebra, chemistry, linguistics) element (piece of a larger whole)

#### Derived terms

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

#### See also

* -ero (“particle (of something)”)

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin elementum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛleˈmento/ [ɛ.leˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]
** Rhymes: -ento
* IPA: /ɛleˈmɛnto/ [ɛ.leˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]
** Rhymes: -ɛnto
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧men‧to

### Noun

elemento m (plural elementos)
* element, component
* chemical element
* force of nature

## Ido
### Noun

elemento (plural elementi)
* element

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin elementum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.leˈmen.to/
* Rhymes: -ento
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧mén‧to

### Noun

elemento m (plural elementi)
* element
    Synonym: termine

#### Related terms

* elementare

## Latin
### Noun

elementō
* dative/ablative singular of elementum

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elementum.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈmẽ.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈmẽ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈmẽ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.lɨˈmẽ.tu/
* Rhymes: (most dialects) -ẽtu, (Southern Brazil) -ẽto
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧men‧to

### Noun

elemento m (plural elementos)
* element

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:elemento.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elementum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eleˈmento/ [e.leˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ento
* Syllabification: e‧le‧men‧to

### Noun

elemento m (plural elementos)
* element (part of which something consists)
* (philosophy) element (one of four building block of matter)
* element (group of people with a common characteristic)
* individual (person considered alone)
* element (component in electrical equiment)
* (chemistry) element (one of the simplest chemical substances)
* (in the plural) element (atmospheric forces)
* element (place or state that something is best suited for)

#### Derived terms

* elemental
* elemento celular
* elemento neutro
* elemento químico

#### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elemento.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

elemento (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)
* (chemistry) element
    Synonym: mulangkap
* component; basic part
    Synonyms: sangkap, bahagi
* natural environment
* forces of nature
    Synonym: kalikasan
* (parapsychology) paranormal being

### Further reading

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