Ella

See also: ella, Ellá, eļļa, -ella, -ellä, and eļļā

English

Etymology

A 19th-century shortening of Eleanor or Ellen, later also used for any name ending in -ella, such as Gabriella or Daniella. Similar abbreviations have been formed independently in many European languages, for any name containing the syllable -el-, e.g. Elisabeth.

Proper noun

Ella

  1. A female given name.
    • 1936 Margaret Mitchell: Gone With the Wind: Chapter XLII:
      She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls […]

Translations

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Ella.

Proper noun

Ella

  1. a female given name

Danish

Proper noun

Ella

  1. A female given name, similar to English Ella.

Faroese

Proper noun

Ella f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Ella: Elluson
  • daughter of Ella: Elludóttir

Declension
Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Ella
Accusative Ellu
Dative Ellu
Genitive Ellu

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈelːɑ]
  • Hyphenation: El‧la

Proper noun

Ella

  1. A female given name, similar to English Ella.

Declension
Inflection of Ella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Ella Ellat
genitive Ellan Ellojen
partitive Ellaa Elloja
illative Ellaan Elloihin
singular plural
nominative Ella Ellat
accusative nom. Ella Ellat
gen. Ellan
genitive Ellan Ellojen
Ellainrare
partitive Ellaa Elloja
inessive Ellassa Elloissa
elative Ellasta Elloista
illative Ellaan Elloihin
adessive Ellalla Elloilla
ablative Ellalta Elloilta
allative Ellalle Elloille
essive Ellana Elloina
translative Ellaksi Elloiksi
instructive — Elloin
abessive Ellatta Elloitta
comitative — Elloineen

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German

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Ella

  1. A female given name, similar to English Ella.

Italian

Pronoun

Ella f

  1. (formal, polite) Alternative letter-case form of ella (“you”)
    Synonym: Lei

Usage notes

Highly elevated variant of Lei.

See also
Italian personal pronouns (alternate)
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Locative Genitive Disjunctive
Singularthirdm esso1, egli, elli3si, s'lo, l'gli vi, v' ne, n'esso, sé
f essa, ella, Ella2la, l'le, ella3 essa, sé
Pluralthirdm essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3si, s'liloro vi, v' ne, n'essi, sé
f esse, elle3, elleno3leesse, elle,3 sé
1Refers predominantly to non-humans.
2Highly elevated variant of Lei.
3Archaic.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Ella

  1. A female given name, similar to English Ella.

Old Norse

Proper noun

Ella m

  1. A male given name

Inflection
  Declension of Ella (weak ōn-stem, indefinite singular only)
feminine singular
indefinite
nominative Ella
accusative Ellu
dative Ellu
genitive Ellu

Note that even though Ella is a feminine ōn-stem proper noun, its natural gender is masculine.

Plautdietsch

Noun

Ella n (plural Ellre)

  1. age

Swedish

Proper noun

Ella c (genitive Ellas)

  1. A female given name, similar to English Ella. Contraction of Edla..
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