ell
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
ell
- (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Greek.
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from *Heh₃l- (“elbow, forearm”). Cognate with Dutch el (“ell”), German Low German Ell (“ell”), German Elle (“ell”), Swedish aln (“cubit; ell”), Icelandic alin (“cubit; ell”), Latin ulna (“forearm”).
NounEdit
ell (plural ells)
- (historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, p. 51:
- At certain times in the ice-mountains of Switzerland there happen cracks which have shewn the great thickness of the ice, as some of these cracks have measured three or four hundred ells deep.
- 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter XXX, in Barnaby Rudge:
- A homely proverb recognises the existence of a troublesome class of persons who, having an inch conceded them, will take an ell.
- 1910, Henry James, The Finer Grain:
- If he had imputed to them conditions it was all his own doing: it came from his inveterate habit of abysmal imputation, the snatching of the ell wherever the inch peeped out, without which where would have been the tolerability of life?
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, p. 51:
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
From the name of the letter L.
NounEdit
ell (plural ells)
- The name of the Latin-script letter L. (more commonly el)
- 2004 Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, p. 170
- I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
- 2004 Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, p. 170
- An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 4:
- I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 4:
- Something that is L-shaped.
Alternative formsEdit
TranslationsEdit
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin ille, attested from the 14th century.[1]
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ell (plural ells)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “ell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Further readingEdit
- “ell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
EstonianEdit
NounEdit
ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
FaroeseEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ell n (genitive singular els, plural ell)
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
DeclensionEdit
n9 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ell | ellið | ell | ellini |
Accusative | ell | ellið | ell | ellini |
Dative | elli | ellinum | ellum | ellunum |
Genitive | els | elsins | ella | ellanna |
See alsoEdit
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ell
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ell | ellek |
accusative | ellet | elleket |
dative | ellnek | elleknek |
instrumental | ellel | ellekkel |
causal-final | ellért | ellekért |
translative | ellé | ellekké |
terminative | ellig | ellekig |
essive-formal | ellként | ellekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | ellben | ellekben |
superessive | ellen | elleken |
adessive | ellnél | elleknél |
illative | ellbe | ellekbe |
sublative | ellre | ellekre |
allative | ellhez | ellekhez |
elative | ellből | ellekből |
delative | ellről | ellekről |
ablative | elltől | ellektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
ellé | elleké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
elléi | ellekéi |
Possessive forms of ell | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | ellem | elljeim |
2nd person sing. | elled | elljeid |
3rd person sing. | ellje | elljei |
1st person plural | ellünk | elljeink |
2nd person plural | elletek | elljeitek |
3rd person plural | elljük | elljeik |
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)
Further readingEdit
- l in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ell in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ell n (genitive singular ells, nominative plural ell)
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
DeclensionEdit
VõroEdit
NounEdit
ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.