ell

See also: Ell, ELL, êll, 'e'll, and -ell

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from *Heh₃l- (“elbow, forearm”). Cognate with Dutch el (“ell”), German Low German Ell (“ell”), German Elle (“ell”), Swedish aln (“cubit; ell”), Icelandic alin (“cubit; ell”), Latin ulna (“forearm”).

Noun

ell (plural ells)

  1. (historical) A measure for cloth. An English ell equals 1.25 yards, whereas a Scottish ell measures only 1.0335 yards. A Flemish ell measured three quarters (27 inches).
Translations

Etymology 2

From the name of the letter L

Noun

ell (plural ells)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.
  2. An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
  3. Something that is L-shaped.
Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ell (plural ells)

  1. he

Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person.		 3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Estonian

Noun

ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛlː/

Noun

ell n (genitive singular els, plural ell)

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

Declension
n9 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ell ellið ell ellini
Accusative ell ellið ell ellini
Dative elli ellinum ellum ellunum
Genitive els elsins ella ellanna

See also

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛtl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtl

Noun

ell n (genitive singular ells, nominative plural ell)

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

Declension
declension of ell
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ell ellið ell ellin
accusative ell ellið ell ellin
dative elli ellinu ellum ellunum
genitive ells ellsins ella ellanna

Võro

Noun

ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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