ele
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ele"
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ele/, [e̞.le̞]
Noun
ele inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
Declension
| Declension of ele (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | ele | elea | eleak |
| ergative | elek | eleak | eleek |
| dative | eleri | eleari | eleei |
| genitive | eleren | elearen | eleen |
| comitative | elerekin | elearekin | eleekin |
| causative | elerengatik | elearengatik | eleengatik |
| benefactive | elerentzat | elearentzat | eleentzat |
| instrumental | elez | eleaz | eleez |
| inessive | eletan | elean | eleetan |
| locative | eletako | eleko | eleetako |
| allative | eletara | elera | eleetara |
| terminative | eletaraino | eleraino | eleetaraino |
| directive | eletarantz | elerantz | eleetarantz |
| destinative | eletarako | elerako | eleetarako |
| ablative | eletatik | eletik | eleetatik |
| partitive | elerik | — | — |
| prolative | eletzat | — | — |
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta
Blagar
Adjective
ele
- big
References
- Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 158
Catalan
Noun
ele f (plural eles)
- (Valencia) Alternative form of ela
Further reading
- “ele” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Finnish
Etymology
elää + -e
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeleˣ/, [ˈe̞le̞(ʔ)]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ele
- Syllabification(key): e‧le
Noun
ele
- gesture, sign
Declension
| Inflection of ele (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ele | eleet | |
| genitive | eleen | eleiden eleitten | |
| partitive | elettä | eleitä | |
| illative | eleeseen | eleisiin eleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ele | eleet | |
| accusative | nom. | ele | eleet |
| gen. | eleen | ||
| genitive | eleen | eleiden eleitten | |
| partitive | elettä | eleitä | |
| inessive | eleessä | eleissä | |
| elative | eleestä | eleistä | |
| illative | eleeseen | eleisiin eleihin | |
| adessive | eleellä | eleillä | |
| ablative | eleeltä | eleiltä | |
| allative | eleelle | eleille | |
| essive | eleenä | eleinä | |
| translative | eleeksi | eleiksi | |
| instructive | — | elein | |
| abessive | eleettä | eleittä | |
| comitative | — | eleineen | |
| Possessive forms of ele (type hame) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | eleeni | eleemme |
| 2nd person | eleesi | eleenne |
| 3rd person | eleensä | |
Derived terms
- eleetön
- elehtiä
- elekieli
Related terms
- elää
See also
- ilme
- viittoa
Anagrams
- lee
Middle English
Noun
ele
- Alternative form of el
Nupe
Etymology 1
e- (“nominalizing prefix”) + le (“to lay down”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ē.lē/
Noun
ele
- sleep
Derived terms
- sanle (“to wake up”)
- lele (“to sleep”)
Etymology 2
Ele
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ē.lē/
Noun
ele
- rain
- Ele à dù. ― It's going to rain. (literally, “Rain will fall.”)
Old English
Alternative forms
- œle, ole
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *oli, from Latin oleum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe.le/
Noun
ele m
- oil
Declension
Declension of ele (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ele | elas |
| accusative | ele | elas |
| genitive | eles | ela |
| dative | ele | elum |
Synonyms
- crisma
- smiering
Derived terms
- elebacen
- elebēam
- eleberġe
- elebytt
- eledrōsna
- elefæt
- elegrēofa
- elehorn
- elelēast
- eleseohhe
- eletrēow
- fulwihtele
- liþule
- wynele
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin illa (nominative), illam (accusative), feminine of ille.
Pronoun
ele f (masculine il)
- she
Descendants
- French: elle
Etymology 2
From Latin ala.
Noun
ele f (oblique plural eles, nominative singular ele, nominative plural eles)
- wing (anatomy)
Descendants
- French: aile
Palenquero
Etymology
From Spanish él.
Pronoun
ele
- he/she/it (third-person singular personal pronoun)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀏𑀮𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- एले (Devanagari script)
- এলে (Bengali script)
- එලෙ (Sinhalese script)
- ဧလေ or ဨလေ or ဢေလေ (Burmese script)
- เอเล (Thai script)
- ᩑᩃᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ເອເລ (Lao script)
- ឯលេ (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄬𑄣𑄬 (Chakma script)
Noun
ele
- vocative singular of elā (“cardamom seeds”)
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese ele, from Latin ille (“that, he, she, it”).
Alternative forms
- elle (obsolete)
- êlle (obsolete)
- êle (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈe.li/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈe.le/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈe.lɨ/, /ˈel/ [ˈeɫ]
- Hyphenation: e‧le
Audio (Brazil - São Paulo) (file)
Pronoun
ele m (feminine ela, masculine plural eles, feminine plural elas)
- third-person masculine singular nominative personal pronoun; he; it
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 182:
- Ele tem razão, eu não quero mais dormir no mesmo dormitório que ele, ele é doido.
- He is right, I don't want to sleep in the same dormitory as him anymore, he is crazy.
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 643:
- Ele nunca vai reparar na gente [...]
- He will never notice us [...]
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 359:
- Ele se aproximou e experimentou empurrá-la.
- He came closer and tried to push it.
- Ele andou até mim.
- He walked towards me.
- third-person masculine singular prepositional pronoun; him; it
- Eu gosto de conversar com ele.
- I enjoy talking to him.
- (Brazil) third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used in all positions; he; him; it
- Um homem matou ele.
- A man killed him.
Usage notes
The following preposition + ele contractions are mandatory:
- de + ele → dele
- em + ele → nele
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.
Descendants
- Indo-Portuguese: êll
See also
| Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Nominative (subject) | Accusative (direct object) | Dative (indirect object) | Prepositional | Prepositional with com | Non-declining | ||||||
| m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
| Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
| Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
| o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
| Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) | a (la, na) | lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
| se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
| Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) | a gente | |||||||
| Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco, com vós | vocês | ||||||||
| os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
| Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) | as (las, nas) | lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
| se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
| Indefinite | se | si | consigo | ||||||||||
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.li/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.le/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.lɨ/, /ˈɛl/ [ˈɛɫ]
- Hyphenation: e‧le
Noun
ele m (plural eles)
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.
References
- “ele” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “ele” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈje.le/
Audio (file)
Pronoun
ele f pl (third-person plural, masculine equivalent ei)
- (nominative form) they (for a group composed completely of females)
Declension
| Nominative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ele | |||
| Accusative | |||
| stressed | unstressed | ||
| ele | le | ||
| Genitive | |||
| one form for all numbers and genders | |||
| lor | |||
| Dative | |||
| stressed | unstressed | ||
| lor | le | ||
| Reflexive | |||
| Accusative | Dative | ||
| stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed |
| sine | se | sieși | își |
Synonyms
- dumnealor (polite form)
Pronoun
ele f (stressed accusative form of ele)
- (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") them (all-female group)
Related terms
- ea (third-person feminine singular)
- el (third-person masculine singular)
- ei (third-person masculine plural)
See also
Romanian personal pronouns
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | eu | noi | |
| 2nd person | plain | tu | voi |
| semi-polite | dumneata | dumneavoastră | |
| polite | dumneavoastră | ||
| 3rd person familiar | m | el | ei |
| f | ea | ele | |
| 3rd person polite | m | dumnealui | dumnealor |
| f | dumneaei | ||
Salar
Etymology
Cognate with Turkish elemek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ele]
Verb
ele
- to sift
References
- Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “ele-”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 100
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈele/ [ˈe.le]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ele
- Syllabification: e‧le
Noun
ele f (plural eles)
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
Further reading
- “ele”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish
Noun
ele
- dative singular of el
Volapük
Article
ele
- dative singular of el