Elle
English
editProper noun
editElle
- A diminutive of the female given name Eleanor and other names beginning with El. Also given as a name in its own right.
Anagrams
editEstonian
editProper noun
editElle
- a female given name, short form of Helena (“Helen”) and Eliisabet
Finnish
editEtymology
editShortened from Eleonoora and Elisabet after foreign examples.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editElle
- a female given name
Declension
editInflection 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 Ellein rare | |
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
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German elle, backformation from earlier el(e)n, ellen, from Old High German elina.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editElle 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
editDeclension of Elle [feminine]
Derived terms
editFurther 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
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).
Proper noun
editElle f
Northern Sami
editEtymology
editShort form of Norwegian and Swedish Ellen, or of other names beginning with El-..
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editElˈle
- a female given name
Inflection
editEven 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
editFurther 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
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- Estonian given names
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- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elːe
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- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
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- Finnish nalle-type nominals
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