els

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɛlz/ Rhymes: -ɛlz ==== Noun ==== els plural of el === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɛls/ Rhymes: -ɛls ==== Adjective ==== els (not comparable) Obsolete form of else. === Anagrams === -les-, ESL, LES, LSE, Les, LαEs, SEL, SLE, les == Aragonese == === Etymology === From Latin illos (“those ones”). Akin to Spanish ellos and Portuguese eles. === Pronoun === els they (third-person plural masculine pronoun) ==== Synonyms ==== ellos == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin illōs, from ille. === Pronunciation === (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əls/ [əɫs̺], (before voiced sound or vowel) /əlz/ (Valencia) IPA(key): /els/, (before voiced sound or vowel) /elz/ === Article === els m pl (feminine plural les, masculine singular el, feminine singular la) the; masculine plural definite article === Pronoun === els (proclitic, enclitic los, contracted enclitic 'ls) them (masculine, direct or indirect object) Els visitaré. ― I'll visit them. Els donaré una moneda. ― I'll give them a coin. them (feminine, indirect object only) Els diré la veritat. ― I'll tell them the truth. ==== Usage notes ==== els is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs. ==== Declension ==== == Danish == === Noun === els c indefinite genitive singular of el == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛls/ Hyphenation: els Rhymes: -ɛls === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== els m (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n) alder (tree of the genus Alnus) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Papiamentu: èls === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch elsene, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *alisnō, *alusnō. Related to *ēlō, whence Dutch aal, German Ahle, English awl. ==== Noun ==== els f (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n) (leather working) awl (printing) bodkin ===== Descendants ===== → Papiamentu: èls === Anagrams === les == Franco-Provençal == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin illās. === Pronoun === els f pl (postpositive -els) (ORB, broad) they (third-person plural feminine nominative) ==== See also ==== === References === els in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *elles, genitive of *elli (Middle Dutch el), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /els/ === Adverb === els elsewhere === Further reading === “el, els”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “els”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Romansch == === Etymology === From Latin illōs, from ille. === Pronoun === els they (masculine, common, and indeterminate gender) == Swedish == === Noun === els indefinite genitive singular of el === Anagrams === -sel == Volapük == === Article === els nominative plural of el