Elle

See also: elle, êlle, ellē, and -elle

English

Proper noun

Elle

1. A diminutive of the female given name Arielle

Anagrams

• Le-Le

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Estonian

Proper noun

Elle

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

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German

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German elina

Pronunciation

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Noun

Elle f (genitive Elle, plural Ellen)

1. (anatomy) ulna
2. ell

Further reading

• “Elle” in Duden online

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).

Proper noun

Elle f

1. (Greek mythology) Helle

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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