элемент

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Belarusian

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Noun

элеме́нт (eljemjéntm inan (genitive элеме́нта, nominative plural элеме́нты, genitive plural элеме́нтаў)

  1. element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
  2. (chemistry) element (any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus)
  3. element (a small part of the whole)
    • 1939 [1906], Jack London, anonymous translator, Белы клык, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 53:
      Ваўчок ведаў толькі адно: гукі былі непрывычныя, дзіўныя, а значыць, невядомыя і страшныя, — бо невядомае было адным з асноўных элементаў, з якіх складваўся страх.
      Vaŭčók vjedaŭ tólʹki adnó: huki byli njepryvyčnyja, dziŭnyja, a značycʹ, njevjadómyja i strašnyja, — bo njevjadómaje byló adnym z asnóŭnyx eljemjentaŭ, z jakix skladvaŭsja strax.
      The wolf cub knew only that the sounds were unusual, strange, and therefore unknown and terrible—for the unknown was one of the chief elements that went into the making of fear.
  4. (electricity) electrochemical cell
    • 1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 43:
      Сьвет стух, калі дрот абарваўся, але нават у цемры доктар здолеў злучыць сухія элемэнты Гелезена, і яны запалілі некалькі лямпак у столі.
      Sʹvjet stux, kali drot abarvaŭsja, alje navat u cjemry dóktar zdóljeŭ zlučycʹ suxija eljementy Hjeljezjena, i jany zapalili njekalʹki ljampak u stóli.

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References

  • элемент”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • элемент” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ەلەمەنت
Cyrillic элемент
Latin element
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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian элеме́нт (elemént), from Latin elementum, from Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon).

Pronunciation

Noun

элемент (élement)

  1. (chemistry, physics) element

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Russian

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  • Rhymes: -ent

Noun

элеме́нт (eleméntm inan or m anim (genitive элеме́нта, nominative plural элеме́нты, genitive plural элеме́нтов, relational adjective элеме́нтный)

  1. element, component
    • 1864, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть I, Глава I”, in Записки из подполья; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Notes from Underground, 1918:
      Я помину́тно сознава́л в себе́ мно́го-премно́го са́мых противополо́жных тому́ элеме́нтов. Я чу́вствовал, что они́ так и киша́т во мне, э́ти противополо́жные элеме́нты.
      Ja pominútno soznavál v sebé mnógo-premnóvo sámyx protivopolóžnyx tomú eleméntov. Ja čúvstvoval, što oní tak i kišát vo mne, éti protivopolóžnyje eleménty.
      I was conscious every moment in myself of many, very many elements absolutely opposite to that. I felt them positively swarming in me, these opposite elements.
  2. (chemistry, physics) element
  3. (colloquial, also collective) person (of a specified type); (in the plural) element
    консервати́вные элеме́нты о́бществаkonservatívnyje eleménty óbščestvathe conservative element of society
    мужско́й элеме́нтmužskój eleméntthe male element (= men in general)
  4. (colloquial, animate, derogatory) bad person, harmful person
  5. (electricity) electrochemical cell
    гальвани́ческий элеме́нтgalʹvaníčeskij eleméntgalvanic cell

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Descendants

  • Armenian: էլեմենտ (ēlement)
  • Kazakh: элемент (élement)
  • Uyghur: ئېلېمېنت (ëlëmënt)