elem

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "elem"

English

Noun

elem

  1. (Philippines, colloquial) Short for elementary (elementary school)

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1808. Shortened from Hungarian obsolete elementum, from Latin elementum.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: elem
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

elem (plural elemek)

  1. battery (a device that produces electricity)
    Synonyms: telep, akkumulátor
  2. (chemistry) chemical element
    Synonym: kémiai/vegyi elem
  3. element, component, constituent
    Synonyms: tag, rész, alkotórész, alkotóelem, összetevő, komponens

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative elem elemek
accusative elemet elemeket
dative elemnek elemeknek
instrumental elemmel elemekkel
causal-final elemért elemekért
translative elemmé elemekké
terminative elemig elemekig
essive-formal elemként elemekként
essive-modal — —
inessive elemben elemekben
superessive elemen elemeken
adessive elemnél elemeknél
illative elembe elemekbe
sublative elemre elemekre
allative elemhez elemekhez
elative elemből elemekből
delative elemről elemekről
ablative elemtől elemektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		elemé elemeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		eleméi elemekéi
Possessive forms of elem
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. elemem elemeim
2nd person sing. elemed elemeid
3rd person sing. eleme elemei
1st person plural elemünk elemeink
2nd person plural elemetek elemeitek
3rd person plural elemük elemeik

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions

References

  1. ^ elem in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • elem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • elem in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

elem

  1. first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of mynet

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

elem

  1. (literary) first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of mynd
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