elle

== Afar == === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /elˈle/ [ʔɛlˈlɛ] Hyphenation: el‧le ==== Determiner ==== ellé that (the one mentioned before) === Etymology 2 === Univerbation of én (“to be”) +‎ lé (“to have”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /elˈle/ [ʔɛlˈlɛ] Hyphenation: el‧le ==== Verb ==== ellé (transitive) possess ===== Conjugation ===== === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “elle”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 96 Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 96 == Corsican == === Etymology === From Latin illae, feminine plural form of ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle (“that”). Cognates include Italian elle (“they”) and French elles (“they”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛlːe/ Hyphenation: el‧le === Pronoun === elle f they (feminine) them (disjunctive) ==== See also ==== === References === “elle” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa https://web.archive.org/web/20210928184944/https://gbatti-alinguacorsa.pagesperso-orange.fr/ == Danish == === Noun === elle c indefinite plural of el == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛl/ (Quebec, informal) IPA(key): /a/ Homophones: aile, ailes, elles, hèle, hèles, hèlent, L Rhymes: -ɛl === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French ele, from Latin illa, feminine of ille. ==== Pronoun ==== elle f (third-person singular, plural elles, accusative la, dative lui, emphatic elle, possessive determiner son) she it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun) disjunctive form of elle; her, it; à elle = hers, its ===== Synonyms ===== cézigue (argot) ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== elle m (plural elles) The name of the Latin script letter L/l. === Further reading === “elle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology 1 === From Latin el (the name of the letter L). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɛl.le/ Rhymes: -ɛlle Hyphenation: èl‧le ==== Noun ==== elle f (invariable) The name of the Latin script letter L/l. ===== See also ===== (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta === Etymology 2 === From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈel.le/ Rhymes: -elle Hyphenation: él‧le ==== Pronoun ==== elle f pl (dated, literary) plural of ella Synonyms: esse, loro ===== Derived terms ===== elleno ==== See also ==== === Further reading === 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 == === Etymology === 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. === Noun === elle f (5th declension) (theology) hell (in many religions, the place where some or all souls go after death) (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 (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 ==== ==== Synonyms ==== pekle === References === == Middle English == === Noun === elle alternative form of elne (“ell”) == Middle French == === Pronoun === elle f she == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈeːlle/ === Verb === ēlle inflection of eallit: first-person dual present indicative third-person plural past indicative == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === elle (present tense ellar, past tense ella, past participle ella, passive infinitive ellast, present participle ellande, imperative elle/ell) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. === References === “elle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Pronoun === elle m (feminine ella, plural elles, feminine plural ellas) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ele == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Syllabification: e‧lle === Noun === elle f (plural elles) name of the digraph Ll/ll, previously considered a letter Synonym: doble ele === Pronoun === elle gender-neutral (plural elles, oblique le, oblique plural les) (gender-neutral, neologism) they, them (singular); a gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun === Usage notes === The adjectives, determiners and nouns that correspond to this gender-neutral pronoun end in -e. === See also === === Further reading === “elle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === elye === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Spanish elle, the Spanish name of the letter LL / ll. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔelje/ [ˈʔɛl.jɛ] Rhymes: -elje Syllabification: el‧le === Noun === elle (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ) (historical) the name of the Latin script letter LL/ll, in the Abecedario ==== See also ==== ele == Turkish == === Etymology === el +‎ le (from el and ile) === Adverb === elle by hand, manually === Verb === elle second-person singular imperative of ellemek == Wolaytta == === Adverb === elle in hury