elles

See also: ellēs

Asturian

Pronoun

elles f pl

1. they (female)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin illas, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈeʎəs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈeʎes/

Pronoun

elles

1. they (feminine)

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi2	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal4	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person  very formal1	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’3	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal1	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person. 2) Only as object of a preposition.			3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. 4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

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Danish

Noun

elles c

1. genitive plural indefinite of el

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French

Etymology

From Latin illas, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɛl/
• Homophones: aile, ailes, elle, hèle, hèles, hèlent, L

Pronoun

elles f pl

1. they (female).
2. them (female).

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

Anagrams

• selle

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Latvian

Noun

elles f

1. genitive singular form of elle
2. nominative plural form of elle
3. vocative plural form of elle
4. accusative plural form of elle

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Middle French

Pronoun

elles f pl

1. they (female).
2. them (female).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From eller (“or”).

Adverb

elles

1. else, otherwise

   Det lyt du gjera, elles går dette gale.

   You have to do that, else this will go wrong.

References

• “elles” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.