ele

ele

1. big

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 158

elää +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /ˈeleˣ/, [ˈe̞le̞(ʔ)]

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• Rhymes: -ele
• Hyphenation: e‧le

ele

1. gesture, sign

• eleetön
• elehtiä
• elekieli

• elää

• ilme
• viittoa

• el, yele, eel, hele

From Old English ǣl, in turn from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːl/

ele (plural eles)

1. eel

• English: eel
• Scots: ele, eill

• “ēl(e (n.(3))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

• œle

From earlier *oli, from Latin oleum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈele/, [ˈele]

ele m

1. oil

• elebēam
• eleberġe
• eletrēow

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

ele f (masculine il)

1. she

• French: elle

From Latin ala.

ele f (oblique plural eles, nominative singular ele, nominative plural eles)

1. wing (anatomy)

• French: aile

From Spanish él.

ele

1. he/she/it (third-person singular personal pronoun)

From Old Portuguese ele, from Latin ille (“that, he, she, it”).

• elle (obsolete)
• êlle (obsolete)
• êle (obsolete)

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.li/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lɨ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.le/
• Hyphenation: e‧le

ele m (feminine ela, plural eles, feminine plural elas)

1. 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.

2. third-person masculine singular prepositional pronoun; him; it

   Eu gosto de conversar com ele.

   I enjoy talking to him.

3. (Brazil, colloquial) third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used in all positions; he; him; it

   Um homem matou ele.

   A man killed him.

The following preposition + ele contractions are mandatory:

• de + ele → dele
• em + ele → nele

• Indo-Portuguese: êll

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ele.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛli/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛle/

ele m (plural eles)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ele.

From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

• IPA^(key): /ˈje.le/

ele f pl (third-person plural, masculine equivalent ei)

1. (nominative form) they (for a group composed completely of females)

• dumnealor (polite form)

ele f (stressed accusative form of ele)

1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") them (all-female group)

• ea (third-person feminine singular)
• el (third-person masculine singular)
• ei (third-person masculine plural)

• IPA^(key): /ˈele/
• Hyphenation: e‧le

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ele f (plural eles)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

• “ele” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

ele

1. dative singular of el

ele

1. dative singular of el