elle

See also: -elle, Elle, ellē, êlle, and élle

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin illae, feminine plural form of ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle (“that”). Cognates include Italian elle (“they”) and French elles (“they”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlːe/
• Hyphenation: el‧le

Pronoun

elle f

1. they (feminine)
2. them (disjunctive)

See also

Corsican personal pronouns

			nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
singular	1st person		eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person		tù	ti		tè
	3rd person	m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
		f	ella		a, l'	ella
plural	1st person		noi	ci		noi
	2nd person		voi	vi		voi
	3rd person	m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
		f	elle		e, l'	elle

References

• “elle” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210928184944/https://gbatti-alinguacorsa.pagesperso-orange.fr/

Danish

Noun

elle c

1. indefinite plural of el

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛl/
• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): /a/

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• Homophones: aile, ailes, elles, hèle, hèles, hèlent, L
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French ele, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronoun

elle f (third-person singular, plural elles, accusative la, dative lui, emphatic elle, possessive determiner son)

1. she

   Je crois qu'elle est partie.

   I think she left.

2. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun)

   Voilà ma voiture. Elle a cinq ans.

   That's my car. It is five years old.

3. disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers

   C’est à elle.

   It's hers.

Synonyms

• cézigue (argot)

Related terms

French personal pronouns

number	person	gender	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	locative (at)	genitive (of)	disjunctive (tonic)1	emphatic reflexive	relative	proximal	distal
singular	first	—	je, j’	me, m’		—	—	moi	moi-même	—
	second	—	tu	te, t’		—	—	toi	toi-même	—
	third	masculine	il2	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui	lui-même	celui	celui-ci	celui-là
		feminine	elle	la, l’				elle	elle-même	celle	celle-ci	celle-là
		indeterminate	on3, l’on (formal), ce4, c’, ça	—	—	—	—	—	—	ce	ceci	cela, ça
		reflexive	—	se, s’5		—	—	soi	soi-même	—
plural	first	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous	nous-mêmes	—
	second6	—	vous	vous		—	—	vous	vous-mêmes, vous-même6	—
	third	masculine	ils7	les	leur	y	en	eux7	eux-mêmes7	ceux	ceux-ci	ceux-là
		feminine	elles					elles	elles-mêmes	celles	celles-ci	celles-là

¹ The disjunctive (tonic) forms are also used after an explicit preposition (de/d’, à, pour, chez, dans, vers, sur, sous, ...), instead the accusative, dative, genitive, locative, or reflexive forms, where a preposition is implied.
² Il is also used as an impersonal nominative-only pronoun.
³ On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).
⁴ The nominal indeterminate form ce (demonstrative) can also be used with the auxiliary verb être as a plural, instead of the proximal or distal gendered forms.
⁵ The reflexive third person singular forms (se or s’) for accusative or dative are also used as third person plural reflexive.
⁶ Vous is also used as the polite singular form, in which case the plural disjunctive tonic vous-mêmes becomes singular vous-même.
⁷ Ils, eux and eux-mêmes are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.

Etymology 2

Noun

elle m (plural elles)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

Further reading

• “elle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin el (the name of the letter L).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛlle
• Hyphenation: èl‧le

Noun

elle f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

Etymology 2

From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈel.le/
• Rhymes: -elle
• Hyphenation: él‧le

Pronoun

elle f pl

1. (dated, literary) plural of ella

   Synonyms: esse, loro

Derived terms

• elleno

See also

Italian personal pronouns (alternate)

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	third	m	esso1, egli, elli3	si, s'	lo, l'	gli	vi, v'	ne, n'	esso, sé
		f	essa, ella, Ella2		la, l'	le, ella3			essa, sé
Plural	third	m	essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3	si, s'	li	loro	vi, v'	ne, n'	essi, sé
		f	esse, elle3, elleno3		le				esse, elle3, sé
1	Refers predominantly to non-humans.
2	Highly elevated variant of Lei.
3	Archaic.

Further reading

• elle in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• elle in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• elle in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana