ils

See also: ILS and ILs

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin illos, used in place of the missing third-person pronoun, from Latin illos, accusative plural of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il/

• Audio (France)

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• Homophones: île, il

Pronoun

ils

1. They.

Usage notes

Ils is used for a group with at least one masculine noun in (even if there is only one masculine noun and a thousand feminine nouns in the group). If the group referred to contains only feminine nouns, elles is to be used.

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
		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

• lis
• s'il

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Noun

ils

1. indefinite genitive singular of il