els

See also: ELs, Els, -els, and eļš

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EnglishEdit

NounEdit

els

1. plural of el

AnagramsEdit

• ESL, les, Les, LES, SLE

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illōs, from ille.

ArticleEdit

els m pl ‎(feminine plural les, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)

1. the; masculine plural definite article

PronounEdit

els ‎(proclitic, enclitic los, contracted enclitic 'ls)

1. them (masculine, direct or indirect object).
2. them (feminine, indirect object only).

DeclensionEdit

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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DanishEdit

NounEdit

els c

1. genitive singular indefinite of el

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DutchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *alisō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos. Compare German Erle, English alder, Danish el, Norwegian older, Icelandic elri.

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɛls

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NounEdit

els m ‎(plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

1. alder

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)

1. (leather working) awl
2. (printing) bodkin

AnagramsEdit

• les

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Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch *elles, genitive of *elli (Middle Dutch el), from Proto-Germanic *aljaz.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /els/

AdverbEdit

els

1. elsewhere

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RomanschEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illōs, from ille.

PronounEdit

els

1. they (masculine, common, and indeterminate gender)

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

els

1. indefinite genitive singular of el

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VolapükEdit

ArticleEdit

els

1. nominative plural of el