els

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See also: ELS, ELs, Els, èls, -els, and eļš

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlz/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlz

Noun[edit]

els

  1. plural of el

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

els (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of else.
    • c. 1691, John Aubrey, Naturall Historie of Wiltshire:
      We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.

Anagrams[edit]

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin illos (those ones). Akin to Spanish ellos and Portuguese eles.

Pronoun[edit]

els

  1. they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)

Synonyms[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin illōs, from ille.

Pronunciation[edit]

Article[edit]

els m pl (feminine plural les, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)

  1. the; masculine plural definite article

Pronoun[edit]

els (proclitic, enclitic los, contracted enclitic 'ls)

  1. them (masculine, direct or indirect object)
    Els visitaré.I'll visit them.
    Els donaré una moneda.I'll give them a coin.
  2. them (feminine, indirect object only)
    Els diré la veritat.I'll tell them the truth.

Usage notes[edit]

els is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs.

Declension[edit]

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

els c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of el

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

els m (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

  1. alder, tree of the genus Alnus
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Papiamentu: èls

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch elsene, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *alisnō, *alusnō. Related to *ēlō, whence Dutch aal, German Ahle, English awl.

Noun[edit]

els f (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

  1. (leather working) awl
  2. (printing) bodkin
Descendants[edit]
  • Papiamentu: èls

Anagrams[edit]

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch *elles, genitive of *elli (Middle Dutch el), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

els

  1. elsewhere

Further reading[edit]

Romansch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin illōs, from ille.

Pronoun[edit]

els

  1. they (masculine, common, and indeterminate gender)

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

els

  1. indefinite genitive singular of el

Anagrams[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Article[edit]

els

  1. nominative plural of el