els
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
els
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
els (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of else.
- c. 1691, John Audrey, Naturall Historie of Wiltshire
- We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.
- c. 1691, John Audrey, Naturall Historie of Wiltshire
AnagramsEdit
AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin illos (“those ones”). Akin to Spanish ellos and Portuguese eles.
PronounEdit
els
- they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)
SynonymsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əls/, (before voiced sound) /əlz/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /els/, (before voiced sound) /elz/
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ArticleEdit
els m pl (feminine plural les, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)
- the; masculine plural definite article
PronounEdit
els (proclitic, enclitic los, contracted enclitic 'ls)
- them (masculine, direct or indirect object)
- Els visitaré. ― I'll visit them.
- them (feminine, indirect object only)
DeclensionEdit
Usage notesEdit
els is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs.
DanishEdit
NounEdit
els c
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch else, from Old Dutch *alisa, from Frankish *alisu, from Proto-Germanic *alisō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis-.
Compare German Erle, English alder, Danish el, Norwegian older, Icelandic elri.
NounEdit
els m (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Papiamentu: èls
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch elsene, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *alisnō, *alusnō. Related to *ēlō, whence Dutch aal, German Ahle, English awl.
NounEdit
els f (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)
DescendantsEdit
- → Papiamentu: èls
AnagramsEdit
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch *elles, genitive of *elli (Middle Dutch el), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
els
Further readingEdit
- “el, els”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “els”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
RomanschEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
els
- they (masculine, common, and indeterminate gender)
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
els
- indefinite genitive singular of el.
AnagramsEdit
VolapükEdit
ArticleEdit
els
- nominative plural of el