els
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
els
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
els (not comparable)
- 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
- they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)
Synonyms[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin illōs, from ille.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əls/, (before voiced sound) /əlz/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /els/, (before voiced sound) /elz/
Audio (file)
Article[edit]
els m pl (feminine plural les, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)
- the; masculine plural definite article
Pronoun[edit]
els (proclitic, enclitic los, contracted enclitic 'ls)
- them (masculine, direct or indirect object)
- Els visitaré. ― I'll visit them.
- Els donaré una moneda. ― I'll give them a coin.
- 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
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)
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)
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
Further reading[edit]
- “el, els”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “els”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Romansch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
els
- they (masculine, common, and indeterminate gender)
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
els
Anagrams[edit]
Volapük[edit]
Article[edit]
els
- nominative plural of el
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛlz
- Rhymes:English/ɛlz/1 syllable
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- Rhymes:English/ɛls
- Rhymes:English/ɛls/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English obsolete forms
- English terms with quotations
- English heteronyms
- Aragonese terms inherited from Latin
- Aragonese terms derived from Latin
- Aragonese lemmas
- Aragonese pronouns
- Aragonese personal pronouns
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan 1-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan articles
- Catalan pronouns
- Catalan personal pronouns
- Catalan terms with usage examples
- Danish non-lemma forms
- Danish noun forms
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛls
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛls/1 syllable
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Frankish
- Dutch terms derived from Frankish
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch feminine nouns
- nl:Printing
- nl:Tools
- nl:Trees
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Frankish
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Frankish
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle Dutch lemmas
- Middle Dutch adverbs
- Romansch terms inherited from Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch lemmas
- Romansch pronouns
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish noun forms
- Volapük non-lemma forms
- Volapük article forms