elles

== Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille. === Pronoun === elles f pl they (female) == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.ʎəs] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.ʎes] === Pronoun === elles they (feminine) ==== See also ==== == Danish == === Noun === elles c indefinite genitive plural of el == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French eles, from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛl/, (before a vowel) /ɛl.z‿/ Homophones: aile, ailes, elle, hèle, hèles, hèlent, L === Pronoun === elles f pl (third-person plural, singular elle, accusative les, dative leur, emphatic elles, possessive determiner leur) they (female) disjunctive form of elles; them (female) Coordinate term: eux ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === elles f plural of elle === Further reading === “elles”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === selle == Hungarian == === Etymology === el- (“away, off”) +‎ les (“to spy, peep, peek”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛlːɛʃ] Hyphenation: el‧les Rhymes: -ɛʃ === Verb === elles (transitive) to learn by watching, to acquire by (close and often secret) observation (from someone: -tól/-től) 1862, Imre Madách, The Tragedy of Man,[1] translation by J.C.W. Horne,[2] Iain MacLeod,[3] and George Szirtes,[4] Scene 1: Nehány golyóba összevissza gyúrva, / Most vonzza, űzi és taszítja egymást, / Nehány féregben öntudatra kél, / Míg minden megtelt, míg minden kihűlt, / És megmarad a semleges salak. – / Az ember ezt, ha egykor ellesi, / Vegykonyhájában szintén megteszi. That a few spheres this way or that revolve, / That one attracts another or repels, / That in a few worms dawns a consciousness, / Till all be fulfilled and till all grow cold / And only indistinguishable dust remain? / Why, man too, almost, if he should but learn, / Might in his kitchen seethe as good a broth Meanwhile this matter, kneaded into globes, / unfolds, attracts, repulses, whirls around, / till in some beast a conscious thought is kindled… / Then all fulfilled and all its heat expended, / indifferent, the neutral dust remains. / One day, man may himself acquire the knack / and plagiarize this crude experiment Are now screwed up into these tiny globes / That chase, attract or else repel each other, / Awaking a few worms to consciousness / Till all of space is tilled at last, grows cold, / And only the indifferent slag is left? / If man’s at all observant he’ll concoct / Some hash like this with his poor instruments. ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === elles in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. elles in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024). == Latvian == === Noun === elles f inflection of elle: genitive singular nominative/vocative/accusative plural == Middle English == === Alternative forms === alles, ells, ills, elle === Etymology === From Old English elles, from Proto-West Germanic *alljas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛl(ə)s/ === Adjective === elles else === Adverb === elles else === Conjunction === elles else === Descendants === English: else Yola: elles === References === “elles, adj. (also as noun).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “elles, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “elles, conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Middle French == === Pronoun === elles f pl they (female). them (female). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === ellest (dialectal) === Etymology === From eller (“or”), from Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛlːəs/ === Adverb === elles (conjunctive) else, otherwise ==== Synonyms ==== annars ==== References ==== “elles” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “elles”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 “elles” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *alljas === Adverb === elles else, otherwise, in another manner late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers" === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ELLES”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Portuguese == === Pronoun === elles m pl pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of eles === Noun === elles m pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of eles == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Syllabification: e‧lles === Pronoun === elles gender-neutral pl (gender-neutral, neologism) they; a gender-neutral plural third-person personal pronoun plural of elle ==== See also ==== === Noun === elles f pl plural of elle == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English elles, from Old English elles, from Proto-West Germanic *alljas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛləs/ === Adjective === elles else === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 38