Ellie
English
editEtymology
editDiminutives: Clippings + -ie.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɛli
Proper noun
editEllie (plural Ellies)
- A female given name
- 1998, Nick Hornby, About A Boy, Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 285:
- "It's funny, because when Ellie was born, I really hoped she'd turn out like this, feisty and rebellious and loud and bright. That's why I called her Eleanor Toyah."
"Is that something classical?" Fiona asked.
"No, it's pop," said Will. Fiona laughed, although Will couldn't see why. "Toyah Wilcox."
- diminutive of Eleanor and Elizabeth
See also
editAnagrams
editEast Central German
editProper noun
editEllie f
- (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the female given name Elfriede
Further reading
edit- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:
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- Rhymes:English/ɛli
- Rhymes:English/ɛli/2 syllables
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- English female given names
- English terms with quotations
- English diminutive nouns
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- East Central German lemmas
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- Erzgebirgisch
- East Central German given names
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- East Central German diminutives of female given names