ele

ele

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Elepi.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Elepi terms

ele

1. firewood

ele

1. you (2nd person singular pronoun)

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• IPA^(key): /ele/, [e̞.le̞]

ele inan

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

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

ele

1. big

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.le]

ele f (plural eles)

1. (Valencia) alternative form of ela

• “ele” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

• (Oklahoma) IPA^(key): [ɪlɪ́]
• Hyphenation: e‧le

ele

1. his/her leg, foot

• J. B. Martin, M. McKane Mauldrin (2004) A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 23
• J. B. Martin (2011) A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 134

elää +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /ˈeleˣ/, [ˈe̞le̞(ʔ)]

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• Rhymes: -ele
• Syllabification^(key): e‧le
• Hyphenation^(key): ele

ele

1. gesture, sign

• elää

• ilme
• viittoa

• “ele”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• lee

éle

1. gift

ele

1. alternative form of el

e- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ le (“to lay down”)

• IPA^(key): /ē.lē/

ele

1. sleep

• sanle (“to wake up”)
• lele (“to sleep”)

• IPA^(key): /ē.lē/

ele

1. rain

   Ele à dù. ― It's going to rain. (literally, “Rain will fall.”)

• œle, ole

From Proto-West Germanic *oli, from Latin oleum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.le/

ele m

1. oil

Strong a-stem:

• crisma
• smiering

From Latin illa (nominative), illam (accusative), feminine of ille.

ele f (masculine il)

1. she

• French: elle

From Latin ala.

ele oblique singular, 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)

ele

1. vocative singular of elā (“cardamom seeds”)

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

• êle (pre-reform spelling)
• elle (pre-standardization spelling)
• êlle (obsolete)

• (São Miguel, Azores) IPA^(key): /ˈɐl/
• Hyphenation: e‧le

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

2. third-person masculine singular nominative personal pronoun; he; it

   Ele andou até mim.

   He walked towards me.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, 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, translated by Lia Wyler, 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, translated by Lia Wyler, 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.

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

   Eu gosto de conversar com ele.

   I enjoy talking to him.

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

   Um homem matou ele.

   A man killed him.

The following preposition contractions are mandatory:

• ‎de + ‎ele → ‎dele
• ‎em + ‎ele → ‎nele

• Indo-Portuguese: êll

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• Hyphenation: e‧le

ele m (plural eles)

2. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

   Synonym: lê

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é / ê, efe / fê, gê / guê, agá, i, jota / ji, cá / capa, ele / lê, eme / mê, ene / nê, ó / ô, pê, quê, erre / rê, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio / dâblio / duplo vê, xis, ípsilon / i grego, zê

• “ele”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ele”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “ele”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “ele”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Inherited from Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

• IPA^(key): /ˈje.le/

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

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

   Synonym: (polite form) dumnealor

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)

Inherited from Proto-Oghuz *eyle. Cognate with Azerbaijani elə, Gagauz ölä, Turkish öyle, Turkmen eýle.

• (Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /ele/

ele

1. away

   Andan ele otır!

   Stay away from him!

2. across

   Özen ele yandağı ağıl.

   The river across the village.

3. there, that way

   Ele yandarmas!

   No coming back there!

ele

1. Get out of the way!

• eliği (“like that”)

• bele (“here, this way”)
• ele-bele

• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ele”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[2], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 51
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ele”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 324
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “ele”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 100
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “ele”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), pages 39, 234

• IPA^(key): /ˈele/ [ˈe.le]

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• Rhymes: -ele
• Syllabification: e‧le

ele f (plural eles)

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

• “ele”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish ele, the Spanish name of the letter L / l.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔele/ [ˈʔɛː.lɛ]
• Rhymes: -ele
• Syllabification: e‧le

ele (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒ)

1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter L/l, in the Abecedario

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) el, (in the Abakada alphabet) la

• “ele”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• Lee

ele

1. dative singular of el

ele

1. dative singular of el