elles

See also: êlles and ellēs

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronoun

elles f pl

1. they (female)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʎəs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʎes/

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, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	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’4	-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 formal2	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 plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

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Danish

Noun

elles c

1. genitive plural indefinite of el

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French

Etymology

From Old French eles, from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛl/

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• 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	te, t’			—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	se, s’	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui, soi
		Feminine	elle		la, l’				elle, soi
		—	on		—	—	—	—	soi
Plural	First	—	nous	nous			—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous	vous			—	—	vous
	Third	Masculine	ils	se, s’	les	leur	y	en	eux, soi
		Feminine	elles						elles, soi

Noun

elles f

1. plural of elle

Further reading

• “elles” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlːɛs/

Adverb

elles

1. (conjunctive) 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.

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Portuguese

Pronoun

elles

1. Obsolete spelling of eles

Noun

elles m

1. Obsolete spelling of eles