elles

See also: êlles and ellēs

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronoun

elles f pl

  1. they (female)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

elles

  1. they (feminine)

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-.

Danish

Noun

elles c

  1. genitive plural indefinite of el

French

Etymology

From Old French eles, from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

elles f pl

  1. they (female).
  2. them (female).
French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Reflexive Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Locative
(at)		 Genitive
(of)		 Disjunctive
(tonic)
SingularFirst— je, j’ me, m’ —— moi
Second— tu te, t’ —— toi
ThirdMasculine il se, s’ le, l’ lui y en lui, soi
Feminine elle la, l’ elle, soi
— on —— —— soi
PluralFirst— nous nous —— nous
Second— vous vous —— vous
ThirdMasculine ils se, s’ les leur y en eux, soi
Feminine elles elles, soi

Noun

elles f

  1. plural of elle

Further reading

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

elles f

  1. genitive singular form of elle
  2. nominative plural form of elle
  3. vocative plural form of elle
  4. accusative plural form of elle

Middle French

Pronoun

elles f pl

  1. they (female).
  2. them (female).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From eller (“or”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlːɛs/

Adverb

elles

  1. (conjunctive) else, otherwise
    Det lyt du gjera, elles går dette gale.
    You have to do that, else this will go wrong.

References

Portuguese

Pronoun

elles

  1. Obsolete spelling of eles

Noun

elles m

  1. Obsolete spelling of eles
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