Wiktionary

ele

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ele"

BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ele inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ele (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive ele elea eleak
ergative elek eleak eleek
dative eleri eleari eleei
genitive eleren elearen eleen
comitative elerekin elearekin eleekin
causative elerengatik elearengatik eleengatik
benefactive elerentzat elearentzat eleentzat
instrumental elez eleaz eleez
inessive eletan elean eleetan
locative eletako eleko eleetako
allative eletara elera eleetara
terminative eletaraino eleraino eleetaraino
directive eletarantz elerantz eleetarantz
destinative eletarako elerako eleetarako
ablative eletatik eletik eleetatik
partitive elerik — —
prolative eletzat — —

See alsoEdit

BlagarEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ele

  1. big

ReferencesEdit

CatalanEdit

NounEdit

ele f (plural eles)

  1. (Valencia) Alternative form of ela

Further readingEdit

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

elää +‎ -e

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈeleˣ/, [ˈe̞le̞(ʔ)]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Syllabification(key): e‧le

NounEdit

ele

  1. gesture, sign

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of ele (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative ele eleet
genitive eleen eleiden
eleitten
partitive elettä eleitä
illative eleeseen eleisiin
eleihin
singular plural
nominative ele eleet
accusative nom. ele eleet
gen. eleen
genitive eleen eleiden
eleitten
partitive elettä eleitä
inessive eleessä eleissä
elative eleestä eleistä
illative eleeseen eleisiin
eleihin
adessive eleellä eleillä
ablative eleeltä eleiltä
allative eleelle eleille
essive eleenä eleinä
translative eleeksi eleiksi
instructive — elein
abessive eleettä eleittä
comitative — eleineen
Possessive forms of ele (type hame)
possessor singular plural
1st person eleeni eleemme
2nd person eleesi eleenne
3rd person eleensä

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

ele

  1. Alternative form of el

NupeEdit

Etymology 1Edit

e- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ le (“to lay down”)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ele

  1. sleep
Derived termsEdit
  • sanle (“to wake up”)
  • lele (“to sleep”)

Etymology 2Edit

 
Ele

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ele

  1. rain
    Ele à dù. ― It's going to rain. (literally, “Rain will fall.”)

Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *oli, from Latin oleum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ele m

  1. oil

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ele (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ele elas
accusative ele elas
genitive eles ela
dative ele elum

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin illa (nominative), illam (accusative), feminine of ille.

PronounEdit

ele f (masculine il)

  1. she
DescendantsEdit
  • French: elle

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ala.

NounEdit

ele f (oblique plural eles, nominative singular ele, nominative plural eles)

  1. wing (anatomy)
DescendantsEdit

PalenqueroEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish él.

PronounEdit

ele

  1. he/she/it (third-person singular personal pronoun)

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Alternative forms

NounEdit

ele

  1. vocative singular of elā (“cardamom seeds”)

PortugueseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese ele, from Latin ille (“that, he, she, it”).

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: e‧le
  • Audio (Brazil - São Paulo)(file)

PronounEdit

ele m (feminine ela, masculine plural eles, feminine plural elas)

  2. third-person masculine singular nominative personal pronoun; he; it
    Ele andou até mim.
    He walked towards me.
  4. third-person masculine singular prepositional pronoun; him; it
    Eu gosto de conversar com ele.
    I enjoy talking to him.
  6. (Brazil) third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used in all positions; he; him; it
    Um homem matou ele.
    A man killed him.
Usage notesEdit

The following preposition + ele contractions are mandatory:

QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.

DescendantsEdit
  • Indo-Portuguese: êll

See alsoEdit

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct object) 		Dative
(indirect object) 		Prepositional Prepositional
with com 		Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no) 		a
(la, na) 		lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se si consigo
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil) 		a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco, com vós vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos) 		as
(las, nas) 		lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se si consigo
Indefinite se si consigo

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: e‧le

NounEdit

ele m (plural eles)

  2. The name of the Latin-script letter L.
QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.

ReferencesEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ele f pl (third-person plural, masculine equivalent ei)

  1. (nominative form) they (for a group composed completely of females)

DeclensionEdit

Nominative
ele
Accusative
stressed unstressed
ele le
Genitive
one form for all numbers and genders
lor
Dative
stressed unstressed
lor le
Reflexive
Accusative Dative
stressed unstressed stressed unstressed
sine se sieși își

SynonymsEdit

PronounEdit

ele f (stressed accusative form of ele)

  1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") them (all-female group)

Related termsEdit

  • ea (third-person feminine singular)
  • el (third-person masculine singular)
  • ei (third-person masculine plural)

See alsoEdit

Romanian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person eu noi
2nd person plain tu voi
semi-polite dumneata dumneavoastră
polite dumneavoastră
3rd person
familiar 		m el ei
f ea ele
3rd person
polite 		m dumnealui dumnealor
f dumneaei

SalarEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Turkish elemek.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ele

  1. to sift

ReferencesEdit

  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “ele-”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 100

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈele/ [ˈe.le]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Syllabification: e‧le

NounEdit

ele f (plural eles)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

Further readingEdit

TurkishEdit

NounEdit

ele

  1. dative singular of el

VolapükEdit

ArticleEdit

ele

  1. dative singular of el
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