Elle

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

English

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Proper noun

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Elle

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Eleanor and other names beginning with El. Also given as a name in its own right.

Anagrams

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Estonian

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Proper noun

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Elle

  1. a female given name, short form of Helena (Helen) and Eliisabet

Finnish

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Etymology

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Shortened from Eleonoora and Elisabet after foreign examples.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈelːe/, [ˈe̞lːe̞]
  • Rhymes: -elːe
  • Hyphenation(key): El‧le

Proper noun

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Elle

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Inflection of Elle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative Elle Ellet
genitive Ellen Ellejen
partitive Elleä Ellejä
illative Elleen Elleihin
singular plural
nominative Elle Ellet
accusative nom. Elle Ellet
gen. Ellen
genitive Ellen Ellejen
Ellein rare
partitive Elleä Ellejä
inessive Ellessä Elleissä
elative Ellestä Elleistä
illative Elleen Elleihin
adessive Ellellä Elleillä
ablative Elleltä Elleiltä
allative Ellelle Elleille
essive Ellenä Elleinä
translative Elleksi Elleiksi
abessive Ellettä Elleittä
instructive Ellein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Elle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Elleni Elleni
accusative nom. Elleni Elleni
gen. Elleni
genitive Elleni Ellejeni
Elleini rare
partitive Elleäni Ellejäni
inessive Ellessäni Elleissäni
elative Ellestäni Elleistäni
illative Elleeni Elleihini
adessive Ellelläni Elleilläni
ablative Elleltäni Elleiltäni
allative Ellelleni Elleilleni
essive Ellenäni Elleinäni
translative Ellekseni Elleikseni
abessive Ellettäni Elleittäni
instructive
comitative Elleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ellesi Ellesi
accusative nom. Ellesi Ellesi
gen. Ellesi
genitive Ellesi Ellejesi
Elleisi rare
partitive Elleäsi Ellejäsi
inessive Ellessäsi Elleissäsi
elative Ellestäsi Elleistäsi
illative Elleesi Elleihisi
adessive Ellelläsi Elleilläsi
ablative Elleltäsi Elleiltäsi
allative Ellellesi Elleillesi
essive Ellenäsi Elleinäsi
translative Elleksesi Elleiksesi
abessive Ellettäsi Elleittäsi
instructive
comitative Elleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ellemme Ellemme
accusative nom. Ellemme Ellemme
gen. Ellemme
genitive Ellemme Ellejemme
Elleimme rare
partitive Elleämme Ellejämme
inessive Ellessämme Elleissämme
elative Ellestämme Elleistämme
illative Elleemme Elleihimme
adessive Ellellämme Elleillämme
ablative Elleltämme Elleiltämme
allative Ellellemme Elleillemme
essive Ellenämme Elleinämme
translative Elleksemme Elleiksemme
abessive Ellettämme Elleittämme
instructive
comitative Elleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ellenne Ellenne
accusative nom. Ellenne Ellenne
gen. Ellenne
genitive Ellenne Ellejenne
Elleinne rare
partitive Elleänne Ellejänne
inessive Ellessänne Elleissänne
elative Ellestänne Elleistänne
illative Elleenne Elleihinne
adessive Ellellänne Elleillänne
ablative Elleltänne Elleiltänne
allative Ellellenne Elleillenne
essive Ellenänne Elleinänne
translative Elleksenne Elleiksenne
abessive Ellettänne Elleittänne
instructive
comitative Elleinenne

Statistics

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  • Elle is the 343rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,267 female individuals (and as a middle name to 697 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German elle, backformation from earlier el(e)n, ellen, from Old High German elina.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlə/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Elle f (genitive Elle, plural Ellen)

  1. (anatomy) ulna (bone of the forearm)
    Coordinate term: Speiche
  2. ell (historic unit of length)

Usage notes

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  • The length of the ell varied greatly. In German-speaking Europe it was usually between 50 and 60 cm, thus only half of the English ell of 114 cm. Certain German ells measured up to about 90 cm, however.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).

Proper noun

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Elle f

  1. (Greek mythology) Helle

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Short form of Norwegian and Swedish Ellen, or of other names beginning with El-..

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈelːle/

Proper noun

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Elˈle

  1. a female given name

Inflection

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Even e-stem, lˈl-ll gradation
Nominative Elˈle
Genitive Elle
Singular Plural
Nominative Elˈle Ellet
Accusative Elle Elliid
Genitive Elle Elliid
Illative Elˈlii Elliide
Locative Elles Elliin
Comitative Elliin Elliiguin
Essive Elˈlen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person Elˈlen Elˈleme Elˈlemet
2nd person Elˈlet Elˈlede Elˈledet
3rd person Elˈles Elˈleska Elˈleset
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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland