Elle

See also: elle, êlle, ellē, élle, and -elle

English

Proper noun

Elle

1. A diminutive of the female given name Eleanor and other names beginning with El. Also given as a name in its own right.

Anagrams

• Le-Le

Estonian

Proper noun

Elle

1. a female given name, short form of Helena (“Helen”) and Eliisabet

German

Etymology

From Middle High German elle, backformation from earlier el(e)n, ellen, from Old High German elina, from Proto-Germanic *alinō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlə/

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Noun

Elle f (genitive Elle, plural Ellen)

1. (anatomy) ulna (bone of the forearm)

   Coordinate term: Speiche

2. ell (historic unit of length)

Usage notes

• The length of the ell varied greatly. In German-speaking Europe it was usually between 50 and 60 cm, thus only half of the English ell of 114 cm. Certain German ells measured up to about 90 cm, however.

Declension

Declension of Elle [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Elle	die	Ellen
genitive	einer	der	Elle	der	Ellen
dative	einer	der	Elle	den	Ellen
accusative	eine	die	Elle	die	Ellen

Derived terms

• Ellbogen, Ellenbogen
• ellenlang

Further reading

• “Elle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Elle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Elle” in Duden online
• Elle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Elle” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).

Proper noun

Elle f

1. (Greek mythology) Helle

Northern Sami

Etymology

Short form of Norwegian and Swedish Ellen, or of other names beginning with El-..

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈelːle/

Proper noun

Elˈle

1. a female given name

Inflection

Even e-stem, lˈl-ll gradation
Nominative	Elˈle
Genitive	Elle
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Elˈle	Ellet
Accusative	Elle	Elliid
Genitive	Elle	Elliid
Illative	Elˈlii	Elliide
Locative	Elles	Elliin
Comitative	Elliin	Elliiguin
Essive	Elˈlen
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person Elˈlen Elˈleme Elˈlemet 2nd person Elˈlet Elˈlede Elˈledet 3rd person Elˈles Elˈleska Elˈleset

Related terms

• Ellá

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland