elleno

See also: Elleno

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin Hellēn, from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn, name of the mythical patriarch of the Greeks).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /elˈlɛ.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɛno
  • Hyphenation: el‧lè‧no

Adjective

elleno (feminine ellena, masculine plural elleni, feminine plural ellene)

  1. (literary, rare) Hellenic
    Synonym: ellenico

Noun

elleno m (plural elleni, feminine ellena)

  1. (usually in the plural) Hellene

Etymology 2

Derived from elle (“they (feminine)”) +‎ -no (pluralizing suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈel.le.no/
  • Rhymes: -elleno
  • Hyphenation: él‧le‧no

Pronoun

elleno f pl (masculine eglino) (obsolete except literary and Tuscan)

  1. they (3rd-person-plural feminine personal pronoun)
    Synonyms: elle, esse, loro

See also

Italian personal pronouns (alternate)
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Locative Genitive Disjunctive
Singular third m esso1, egli, elli3 si, s' lo, l' gli vi, v' ne, n' esso, sé
f essa, ella, Ella2 la, l' le, ella3 essa, sé
Plural third m essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3 si, s' li loro vi, v' ne, n' essi, sé
f esse, elle3, elleno3 le esse, elle3, sé
1 Refers predominantly to non-humans.
2 Highly elevated variant of Lei.
3 Archaic.
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