See also: -eux

French

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Etymology

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From Old French els, from Latin illos, which is the accusative plural of ille.[1]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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eux m pl

  1. they: disjunctive form of ils
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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.

References

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  1. ^ Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) chapter IL, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

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