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elle

See also: -elle, Elle, ellē, êlle, and élle

Corsican

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Etymology

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From Latin illae, feminine plural form of ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle (“that”). Cognates include Italian elle (“they”) and French elles (“they”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlːe/
  • Hyphenation: el‧le

Pronoun

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elle f

  1. they (feminine)
  2. them (disjunctive)

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Corsican personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
singular 1st person eiu mi mè
2nd person tù ti tè
3rd person m ellu li u, l' ellu
f ella a, l' ella
plural 1st person noi ci noi
2nd person voi vi voi
3rd person m elli li i, l' elli
f elle e, l' elle

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Danish

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Noun

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elle c

  1. indefinite plural of el

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French ele, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronoun

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elle f (third-person singular, plural elles, accusative la, dative lui, emphatic elle, possessive determiner son)

  1. she
    Je crois qu’elle est partie.
    I think she left.
  2. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun)
    Voilà ma voiture. Elle a cinq ans.
    That's my car. It is five years old.
  3. disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers
    C’est à elle.
    It's hers.
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French personal pronouns
number person gender nominative
(subject) 		accusative
(direct complement) 		dative
(indirect complement) 		locative
(at) 		genitive
(of) 		disjunctive
(tonic)
singular first — je, j’ me, m’ — — moi
second — tu te, t’ — — toi
third masculine il le, l’ lui y en lui
feminine elle la, l’ elle
indeterminate on1 — — — — —
reflexive4 — se, s’ — — soi
plural first — nous nous — — nous
second2 — vous vous — — vous
third masculine ils3 les leur y en eux3
feminine elles elles

1 On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).
2 Vous is also used as the polite singular form.
3 Ils and eux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.
4 These forms are also used as third person plural reflexive.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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elle m (plural elles)

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

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin el (the name of the letter L).

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Noun

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elle f (invariable)

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

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From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈel.le/
  • Rhymes: -elle
  • Hyphenation: él‧le

Pronoun

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elle f pl

  1. (archaic) plural of ella
    Synonyms: esse, loro
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Italian personal pronouns (alternate)
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Locative Genitive Disjunctive
Singular third m esso1, egli, elli3 si, s' lo, l' gli vi, v' ne, n' esso, sé
f essa, ella, Ella2 la, l' le, ella3 essa, sé
Plural third m essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3 si, s' li loro vi, v' ne, n' essi, sé
f esse, elle3, elleno3 le esse, elle3, sé
1 Refers predominantly to non-humans.
2 Highly elevated variant of Lei.
3 Archaic.

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  • elle in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • elle in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • elle in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latvian

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 elle on Latvian Wikipedia
 
Elle

Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Dutch elle or borrowed from Middle Low German helle (compare German Hölle, English hell). It is mentioned already in 16th-century literature and 17th-century dictionaries.[1]

Noun

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elle f (5th declension)

  1. (theology) hell (in many religions, the place where some or all souls go after death)
  2. (Christianity) hell (where the souls of sinners go after death to be punished by devils)
    nonākt ellē ― to end up in hell
    elles krāsns ― the furnace of hell
    elles mocības ― the torments of hell
  3. (figuratively) infernal (very intense, tough, terrible, horrible)
    elles karstums ― infernal heat
    elles troksnis ― infernal noise
    elles darbs ― infernal, terrible, toughwork
    elles mokas ― infernal, horrible suffering

Declension

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Declension of elle (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative elle elles
genitive elles eļļu
dative ellei ellēm
accusative elli elles
instrumental elli ellēm
locative ellē ellēs
vocative elle elles

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “elle”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Middle English

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Noun

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elle

  1. Alternative form of elne (“ell”)

Middle French

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Pronoun

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elle f

  1. she

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈeːlle/

Verb

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ēlle

  1. inflection of eallit:
    1. first-person dual present indicative
    2. third-person plural past indicative

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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elle (present tense ellar, past tense ella, past participle ella, passive infinitive ellast, present participle ellande, imperative elle/ell)

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Portuguese

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Pronoun

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elle m (feminine ella, plural elles, feminine plural ellas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ele.

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es
 
Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈeʝe/ [ˈe.ʝe]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈeʎe/ [ˈe.ʎe]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈeʃe/ [ˈe.ʃe]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈeʒe/ [ˈe.ʒe]

 

  • Syllabification: e‧lle

Noun

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elle f (plural elles)

  1. name of the digraph Ll/ll, previously considered a letter
    Synonym: doble ele

Pronoun

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elle gender-neutral (plural elles)

  1. (gender-neutral, neologism) they, them (singular); a gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun
    elle es muy alte
    they are very tall
    • 2020, Alex Iantaffi, Meg-John Barker, translated by Raquel García Rojas, Cómo entender tu género: una guía práctica para explorar quién eres, Dos Bigotes, →ISBN:
      Meg-John ha notado que rara vez corrige a alguien si esa persona utiliza los pronombres incorrectos para referirse a elle en la presentación al comienzo de una conferencia.
      Meg-John has noticed that they rarely correct someone if that person uses the wrong pronouns to refer to them in the presentation at the beginning of a lecture.

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Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish elle, the Spanish name of the letter LL/ll.

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elle (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ)

  1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter LL/ll, in the Abecedario

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Turkish

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Etymology

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el +‎ le (from el and ile)

Adverb

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elle

  1. by hand, manually

Verb

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elle

  1. second-person singular imperative of ellemek
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