ell

See also: Ell, ELL, êll, 'e'll, and -ell

Contents

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

ell (plural ells)

1. (historical) A measure for cloth. An English ell equals 1.25 yards, whereas a Scottish ell measures only 1.0335 yards. A Flemish ell measured three quarters (27 inches).

Translations

measure of cloth

• Czech: loket (cs) m
• Danish: alen c
• Faroese: alin f
• French: aune (fr) f
• German: Elle (de) f

• Hungarian: rőf
• Norwegian: alen (no) n or n pl
• Portuguese: vara (pt) f
• Swedish: aln (sv) c

Etymology 2

From the name of the letter L

Noun

ell (plural ells)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
2. 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.

3. Something that is L-shaped.

Translations

extension of a building

• Czech: přístavek (cs) m
• French: aile (fr) f

• Swedish: flygel (sv) c

something L-shaped

Anagrams

• lel

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈeʎ/
• Rhymes: -eʎ

Pronoun

ell (plural ells)

1. he

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

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Estonian

Noun

ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛlː/

Noun

ell n (genitive singular els, plural ell)

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

Declension

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 also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛtl/
• Rhymes: -ɛtl

Noun

ell n (genitive singular ells, nominative plural ell)

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

Declension

declension of ell

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ell	ellið	ell	ellin
accusative	ell	ellið	ell	ellin
dative	elli	ellinu	ellum	ellunum
genitive	ells	ellsins	ella	ellanna

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Võro

Noun

ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.