Elle
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English
Proper noun
Elle
- A diminutive of the female given name Eleanor and other names beginning with El. Also given as a name in its own right.
Anagrams
Estonian
Proper noun
Elle
- a female given name, short form of Helena (“Helen”) and Eliisabet
Finnish
Etymology
Shortened from Eleonoora and Elisabet after foreign examples.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Elle
- a female given name
Declension
| 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 Elleinrare | ||
| 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. | |||
Statistics
- 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
Etymology
From Middle High German elle, backformation from earlier el(e)n, ellen, from Old High German elina.
Pronunciation
Noun
Elle f (genitive Elle, plural Ellen)
Usage notes
- 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
Declension of Elle
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Elle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Elle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Elle” in Duden online
Elle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Elle” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).
Proper noun
Elle f
Northern Sami
Etymology
Short form of Norwegian and Swedish Ellen, or of other names beginning with El-..
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Elˈle
- a female given name
Inflection
| Even e-stem, lˈl-ll gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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