ella

See also: Ella, Ellá, eļļa, -ella, -ellä, and eļļā

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronoun

ella

  1. she

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan elha, ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ella (plural elles)

  1. she

Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person.		 3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ella.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɛtla]

Conjunction

ella

  1. or

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ella.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɛtla]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtla

Conjunction

ella

  1. or else

Italian

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈelːa/, [ˈel̺.l̺ä]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: él‧la

Pronoun

ella f (plural elle, archaic plural elleno)

  1. (literary, subject form) she
    Synonym: lei

Usage notes

The term has largely fallen out of use in the spoken language, in favour of the oblique form lei.

See also
Italian personal pronouns (alternate)
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Locative Genitive Disjunctive
Singularthirdm esso1, egli, elli3si, s'lo, l'gli vi, v' ne, n'esso, sé
f essa, ella, Ella2la, l'le, ella3 essa, sé
Pluralthirdm essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3si, s'liloro vi, v' ne, n'essi, sé
f esse, elle3, elleno3leesse, elle,3 sé
1Refers predominantly to non-humans.
2Highly elevated variant of Lei.
3Archaic.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronoun

ella f

  1. Obsolete spelling of ela

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈeʎa/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈeɟ͡ʝa/, [ˈeʝa]
  • (Rioplatense) IPA(key): /ˈeʒa/, /ˈeʃa/

Pronoun

ella (plural ellas)

  1. she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions)
  2. it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)

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/la5 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
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