elle

See also: -elle, Elle, ellē, êlle, and élle

Etymology

From Latin illae, feminine plural form of ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle (“that”). Cognates include Italian elle (“they”) and French elles (“they”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛlːe/
Hyphenation: el‧le

Pronoun

elle f

they (feminine)
them (disjunctive)

References

“elle” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
https://web.archive.org/web/20210928184944/https://gbatti-alinguacorsa.pagesperso-orange.fr/

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Noun

elle c

indefinite plural of el

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛl/
(Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): /a/
Audio: (file)
Homophones: aile, ailes, elles, hèle, hèles, hèlent, L
Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French ele, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronoun

elle f (third-person singular, plural elles, accusative la, dative lui, emphatic elle, possessive determiner son)

she
Je crois qu’elle est partie.
I think she left.
it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun)
Voilà ma voiture. Elle a cinq ans.
That's my car. It is five years old.
disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers
C’est à elle.
It's hers.

Synonyms

cézigue (argot)

Related terms

More information Number, Person ...

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je, j’	me, m’		—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu	te, t’		—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle	la, l’	lui	y	en	elle
		Indeterminate	on¹	—	—	—	—	—
		Reflexive	—	se, s’⁴		—	—	soi⁴
Plural	First	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous²	vous²^,3		—	—	vous²
	Third	Masculine	ils³	les	leur	y	en	eux³
	Third	Feminine	elles	les	leur	y	en	elles

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¹ Also used as the first person plural.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

³ Also used when a group has both men and women.

⁴ Also used as third person plural reflexive.

Etymology 2

Noun

elle m (plural elles)

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

Etymology 1

From Latin el (the name of the letter L).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.le/
Rhymes: -ɛlle
Hyphenation: èl‧le

Noun

elle f (invariable)

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

Etymology 2

From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈel.le/
Rhymes: -elle
Hyphenation: él‧le

Pronoun

elle f pl

(archaic) plural of ella
Synonyms: esse, loro

Derived terms

elleno

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch elle or Middle Low German helle (compare German Hölle, English hell). It is mentioned already in 16th-century literature and 17th-century dictionaries.^[1]

Noun

elle f (5th declension)

(theology) hell (in many religions, the place where some or all souls go after death)
(Christianity) hell (where the souls of sinners go after death to be punished by devils)
nonākt ellē ― to end up in hell

elles krāsns ― the furnace of hell

elles mocības ― the torments of hell
(figuratively) infernal (very intense, tough, terrible, horrible)
elles karstums ― infernal heat

elles troksnis ― infernal noise

elles darbs ― infernal, terrible, toughwork

elles mokas ― infernal, horrible suffering

Declension

More information singular (vienskaitlis), plural (daudzskaitlis) ...

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	elle	elles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	elli	elles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	elles	eļļu
dative (datīvs)	ellei	ellēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	elli	ellēm
locative (lokatīvs)	ellē	ellēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	elle	elles

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Declension of elle (5th declension)

Synonyms

pekle

References

[1]
Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “elle”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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Noun

elle

Alternative form of elne (“ell”)

Pronoun

elle f

she

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈeːlle/

Verb

ēlle

inflection of eallit:
1. first-person dual present indicative
2. third-person plural past indicative

Verb

elle (present tense ellar, past tense ella, past participle ella, passive infinitive ellast, present participle ellande, imperative elle/ell)

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References

“elle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronoun

elle m (feminine ella, plural elles, feminine plural ellas)

Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ele.

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

LL (desambiguación)

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elle (pronombre)

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈeʝe/ [ˈe.ʝe]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈeʎe/ [ˈe.ʎe]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈeʃe/ [ˈe.ʃe]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈeʒe/ [ˈe.ʒe]

Rhymes: -eʝe
Rhymes: -eʎe
Rhymes: -eʃe
Rhymes: -eʒe

Syllabification: e‧lle

Noun

elle f (plural elles)

name of the digraph Ll/ll, previously considered a letter
Synonym: doble ele

Pronoun

elle gender-neutral (plural elles)

(gender-neutral, neologism) they, them (singular); a gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun
elle es muy alte
they are very tall
- 2020, Alex Iantaffi, Meg-John Barker, translated by Raquel García Rojas, Cómo entender tu género: una guía práctica para explorar quién eres, Dos Bigotes, →ISBN:
  Meg-John ha notado que rara vez corrige a alguien si esa persona utiliza los pronombres incorrectos para referirse a elle en la presentación al comienzo de una conferencia.
  Meg-John has noticed that they rarely correct someone if that person uses the wrong pronouns to refer to them in the presentation at the beginning of a lecture.

Alternative forms

elye

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish elle, the Spanish name of the letter LL/ll.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔelje/ [ˈʔɛl.jɛ]
Rhymes: -elje
Syllabification: el‧le

Noun

elle (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ)

(historical) the name of the Latin-script letter LL/ll, in the Abecedario

Etymology

el +‎ le (from el and ile)

Adverb

elle

by hand, manually

Verb

elle

second-person singular imperative of ellemek

[1] [1]
Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “elle”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí¹
	plural	masculine²		nosotros	nos		nosotros
	plural	feminine		nosotras	nos		nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti¹
		voseo		vos	te		vos
		formal³		usted	le, se⁴	lo/la⁵	usted
	plural	familiar⁶	masculine²	vosotros	os		vosotros
		familiar⁶	feminine	vosotras	os		vosotras
		formal/general³		ustedes	les, se⁴	los/las⁵	ustedes
third person	singular	masculine²		él	le, se⁴	lo	él
		feminine		ella		la	ella
		neuter		ello⁷		lo	ello
	plural	masculine²		ellos	les, se⁴	los	ellos
	plural	feminine		ellas	les, se⁴	las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí¹

		Nominative	Dative	Accusative	Disjunctive
Singular	1st person	eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person	tù	ti		tè
	3rd person m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
	3rd person f	ella	li	a, l'	ella
Plural	1st person	noi	ci		noi
	2nd person	voi	vi		voi
	3rd person m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
	3rd person f	elle	li	e, l'	elle

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	third	m	esso¹, egli, elli³	si, s'	lo, l'	gli	vi, v'	ne, n'	esso, sé
Singular	third	f	essa, ella, Ella²	si, s'	la, l'	le, ella³	vi, v'	ne, n'	essa, sé
Plural	third	m	essi, eglino³, ellino³, elli³	si, s'	li	loro	vi, v'	ne, n'	essi, sé
Plural	third	f	esse, elle³, elleno³	si, s'	le	loro	vi, v'	ne, n'	esse, elle,³ sé
¹	Refers predominantly to non-humans.
²	Highly elevated variant of Lei.
³	Archaic.

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