Element

//ˈɛlɪmənt//

Synonyms for "element" (256 found)

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Strong matches (76)

Related words (128)

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Noun(2 words)
ingredientmember

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Related terms

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capable of

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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Translations

362 translations across 87 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • στοιχεῖον noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • στοιχεῖον noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)

Arabic

3 entries
  • عُنْصُر noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • عُنْصُر noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • عُنْصُر كِيمِيَائِيّ noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Armenian

4 entries
  • հիմունք noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • տարերք noun (atmospheric forces)
  • տարր noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • տարր noun (group of people with a common characteristic)

Assamese

1 entries
  • মৌল noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • ünsür noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • стыхі́я noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • стыхі́я noun (atmospheric forces)
  • элеме́нт noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • элеме́нт noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Bengali

2 entries
  • ধাতু noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • মৌল noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Bihari

1 entries
  • तत्व noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Breton

1 entries
  • elfenn noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • елеме́нт noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • елеме́нт noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • елеме́нт noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • стихи́я noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)

Burmese

4 entries
  • ဒြပ်စင် noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • ဒြပ်စင် noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • ဓါတ် noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • ဓာတ် noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)

Catalan

2 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 元素 noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • 要素 noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 元素 noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • 元素 noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • 元素 noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • 分子 noun (group of people with a common characteristic)

Cornish

1 entries
  • elven noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Czech

4 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • prvek noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • prvek noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • prvek noun (set theory: object in a set)

Danish

4 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (atmospheric forces)
  • element noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • element noun (group of people with a common characteristic)

Dutch

4 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • element noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • element noun (something small)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • elemento noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Estonian

2 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aavistus noun (something small)
  • aines noun (group of people with a common characteristic)
  • alkio noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • alkuaine noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

French

4 entries
  • membre noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • point noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • élément noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • élément noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Galician

2 entries
  • elemento noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • elemento noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ელემენტი noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • ელემენტი noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • ელემენტი noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • ელემენტი noun (atmospheric forces)

German

4 entries
  • Bauelement noun (heating element)
  • Element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • Element noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • Element noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)

Greek

4 entries
  • ουσία noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • στοιχεία noun (atmospheric forces)
  • στοιχείο noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • στοιχείο noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • તત્વ noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • אֵיבָר noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • גּוֹרֵם noun (group of people with a common characteristic)
  • גוף חימום noun (heating element)
  • יְסוֹד noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Hindi

2 entries
  • तत्त्व noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • तत्व noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • alkatrész noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • alkotóelem noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • csepp noun (something small)
  • darab noun (something small)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • frumefni noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • stak noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • íbúi noun (set theory: object in a set)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • آخْشیج noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • آخْشیج noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • آخْشیج noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • عُنْصُر noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Irish

4 entries
  • dúil noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • dúil noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • dúil noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • dúile noun (atmospheric forces)

Italian

4 entries
  • ambiente noun (place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to)
  • elementi noun (atmospheric forces)
  • elemento noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • elemento noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Japanese

4 entries
  • エレメント noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • 元 noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • 元素 noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • 元素 noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • махбуд noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • элемент noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • элемент noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ធាតុ noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Korean

3 entries
  • 요소 noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • 원소 noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • 자연력 noun (atmospheric forces)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • элемент noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • элемент noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Lao

1 entries
  • ທາດ noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Latin

3 entries
  • elementum noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • elementum noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • elementum noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)

Latvian

2 entries
  • elements noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • elements noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • elementas noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • elementas noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • елеме́нт noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • елеме́нт noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Malay

2 entries
  • unsur noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • unsur noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മൂലകം noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Marathi

1 entries
  • मूलद्रव्य noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • элемент noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Māori

4 entries
  • huānga noun (something small)
  • huānga noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • pātunu noun (heating element)
  • pūmotu noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Navajo

3 entries
  • áʼádaatʼéhígíí noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • áʼádaatʼéhígíí noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • áʼádaatʼéhígíí noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)

Nepali

1 entries
  • तत्व noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Newar

1 entries
  • तत्त्व noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • grunnstoff noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • grunnstoff noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Occitan

4 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • element noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • element noun (something small)

Odia

1 entries
  • ମୌଳିକ noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Pali

1 entries
  • dhātu noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Pashto

3 entries
  • توکی noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • توکی noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • عنصر noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Polish

4 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • element noun (heating element)
  • odrobina noun (something small)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • elemento noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • elemento noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • elemento noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • elemento noun (computing: conceptual object in a markup language)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਤੱਤ noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Romanian

4 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • element noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • element noun (something small)

Russian

4 entries
  • звено́ noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • крупи́ца noun (something small)
  • составна́я часть noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • стихи́я noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • धातु noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • dùil noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • elèment noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • elèment noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • елѐмент noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • елѐмент noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Slovak

3 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • prvok noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • prvok noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Slovene

3 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • element noun (computing: conceptual object in a markup language)

Spanish

4 entries
  • elemento noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • elemento noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • elemento noun (atmospheric forces)
  • elemento noun (place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to)

Swahili

4 entries
  • elementi noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • elementi noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • elementi noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • elementi noun (something small)

Swedish

4 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • element noun (atmospheric forces)
  • element noun (place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • bahagi noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • elemento noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • elemento noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • elemento noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)

Tajik

4 entries
  • унсур noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • унсур noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • элемент noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • элемент noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Tatar

1 entries
  • элемент noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Telugu

1 entries
  • మూలకము noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Thai

4 entries
  • ธาตุ noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • ธาตุ noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • ธาตุ noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
  • สมาชิก noun (set theory: object in a set)

Turkish

4 entries
  • eleman noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • eleman noun (set theory: object in a set)
  • element noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • element noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • елеме́нт noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • елеме́нт noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • пе́рвень noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • стихі́я noun (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)

Urdu

2 entries
  • عُنْصُر noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • عُنْصُر noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئۇنسۇر noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • ئېلېمېنت noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • element noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • element noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • unsur noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • unsur noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • nguyên tố noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
  • yếu tố noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

Welsh

2 entries
  • elfen noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
  • elfen noun (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • עלעמענט noun (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)

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Hard work is the main element of success.

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Education is a critical element.

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Tenderness is an important element in a person's character.

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Tom is in his element when he is playing baseball.

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