els
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
els
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
els (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of else.
- Template:RQ:Aubrey Wilts
- We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.
- Template:RQ:Aubrey Wilts
Anagrams
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin illos (“those ones”). Akin to Spanish ellos and Portuguese eles.
Pronoun
els
- they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)
Synonyms
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
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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.
- them (feminine, indirect object only)
Declension
Usage notes
els is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs.
Danish
Noun
els c
Dutch
Pronunciation
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)
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)
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: èls
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *elles, genitive of *elli (Middle Dutch el), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas.
Pronunciation
Adverb
els
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
Pronoun
els
- they (masculine, common, and indeterminate gender)
Swedish
Noun
els
Anagrams
Volapük
Article
els
- nominative plural of el
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛlz
- Rhymes:English/ɛlz/1 syllable
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- Rhymes:English/ɛls
- Rhymes:English/ɛls/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English obsolete forms
- English heteronyms
- Aragonese terms inherited from Latin
- Aragonese terms derived from Latin
- Aragonese lemmas
- Aragonese pronouns
- Aragonese personal pronouns
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan 1-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan articles
- Catalan pronouns
- Catalan personal pronouns
- Catalan terms with usage examples
- Danish non-lemma forms
- Danish noun forms
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛls
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛls/1 syllable
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Frankish
- Dutch terms derived from Frankish
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch feminine nouns
- nl:Printing
- nl:Tools
- nl:Trees
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Frankish
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Frankish
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle Dutch lemmas
- Middle Dutch adverbs
- Romansch terms inherited from Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch lemmas
- Romansch pronouns
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish noun forms
- Volapük non-lemma forms
- Volapük article forms