elle

See also Elle, and ellē

Danish

Noun

elle c

1. plural indefinite of el

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French

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɛl/, X-SAMPA: /El/
• Homophones: aile, ailes, elles, hèle, hèles, hèlent, L
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Pronoun

elle f (plural elles)

1. she

   Je crois qu'elle est partie.

   I think she left.

2. disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers

   C’est à elle.

   It's hers.

Related terms

French personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Reflexive	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je, j’	me, m’			—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu, t’	te, t’			—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	se, s’	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle		la, l’				elle
		—	on		—	—	—	—	soi
Plural	First	—	nous	nous			—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous	vous			—	—	vous
	Third	Masculine	ils	se, s’	les	leur	y	en	eux
		Feminine	elles						elles

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Italian

Noun

elle f and m (invariable)

1. el, ell, the letter L/l.

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Latvian

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Elle

Etymology

A borrowing from Middle Dutch elle or Middle Low German helle (cf. German Hölle, English hell). It is mentioned already in 16th-century literature and 17th-century dictionaries.

Noun

elle f, 5th declension

1. (theology) hell (in many religions, the place where some or all souls go after death)
2. (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

3. (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

declension of elle

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	elle	elles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	elli	elles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	elles	eļļu
dative (datīvs)	ellei	ellēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	elli	ellēm
locative (lokatīvs)	ellē	ellēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	elle	elles

Synonyms

• pekle

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Middle French

Pronoun

elle f

1. she

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Spanish

Noun

elle f (plural elles)

1. Name of the Spanish letter ll.

Synonyms

• doble ele

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Turkish

Etymology

el +‎ le (from el and ile)

Adverb

elle

1. by hand, manually

Verb

elle

1. Second-person imperative of ellemek.