Elle
English edit
Proper noun edit
Elle
- A diminutive of the female given name Eleanor and other names beginning with El. Also given as a name in its own right.
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Elle
- a female given name, short form of Helena (“Helen”) and Eliisabet
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Shortened from Eleonoora and Elisabet after foreign examples.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Elle
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Elle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Elle | Ellet | ||
genitive | Ellen | Ellejen | ||
partitive | Elleä | Ellejä | ||
illative | Elleen | Elleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Elle | Ellet | ||
accusative | nom. | Elle | Ellet | |
gen. | Ellen | |||
genitive | Ellen | Ellejen Elleinrare | ||
partitive | Elleä | Ellejä | ||
inessive | Ellessä | Elleissä | ||
elative | Ellestä | Elleistä | ||
illative | Elleen | Elleihin | ||
adessive | Ellellä | Elleillä | ||
ablative | Elleltä | Elleiltä | ||
allative | Ellelle | Elleille | ||
essive | Ellenä | Elleinä | ||
translative | Elleksi | Elleiksi | ||
abessive | Ellettä | Elleittä | ||
instructive | — | Ellein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Elle is the 343rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,267 female individuals (and as a middle name to 697 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German elle, backformation from earlier el(e)n, ellen, from Old High German elina, from Proto-Germanic *alinō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Elle f (genitive Elle, plural Ellen)
Usage notes edit
- The length of the ell varied greatly. In German-speaking Europe it was usually between 50 and 60 cm, thus only half of the English ell of 114 cm. Certain German ells measured up to about 90 cm, however.
Declension edit
Declension of Elle [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Elle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Elle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Elle” in Duden online
- Elle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Elle” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).
Proper noun edit
Elle f
Northern Sami edit
Etymology edit
Short form of Norwegian and Swedish Ellen, or of other names beginning with El-..
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Elˈle
- a female given name
Inflection edit
Even e-stem, lˈl-ll gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | Elˈle | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | Elle | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | Elˈle | Ellet | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | Elle | Elliid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | Elle | Elliid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | Elˈlii | Elliide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | Elles | Elliin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | Elliin | Elliiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | Elˈlen | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland