ello

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ello. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ello, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ello in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ello you have here. The definition of the word ello will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofello, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Ello, -ello, 'ello, and eļļõ

English

Interjection

ello

  1. Pronunciation spelling of hello.

Anagrams

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin illum (“that”), from earlier olle, from Old Latin ollus (“he, that”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond, other”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈel.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ello
  • Hyphenation: él‧lo

Pronoun

ello m

  1. (archaic) he
    Synonyms: egli, lui, (archaic) elli

Anagrams

Jamaican Creole

Jamaican Creole phrasebook
This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.
For other Jamaican Creole entries on this topic, see Greetings.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(h)ɛloː/, /ˈ(h)ɛlɔː/
  • Hyphenation: e‧llo

Interjection

ello

  1. hello
    • 2000, Jennifer Keane-Dawes, “The cellular”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎ (in Jamaican Creole):
      “Ello? Ello? Wappen man? Yu nuh know a who a talk to yu? Tek two guess. […] ”
      Hello? Hello? What's up, man? Do you know who you're speaking to? You have two guesses.

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illud, neuter of ille. See also lo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈeʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈeʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈeʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈeʒo/

 

  • Syllabification: e‧llo

Pronoun

ello

  1. (literary) it, neuter third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used only to refer to facts, sets of things, and indefinite things that have been mentioned before; generally used with prepositions and rarely used as a subject, except in literary style)

Derived terms

See also

Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

Noun

ello m (uncountable)

  1. (psychoanalysis) (Freud's concept of) id

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia