Elle

elle êlle ellē élle -elle English Pronunciation en /ˈɛl/ en ɛl 1 en el ell -elle El L en Proper noun en female Eleanor and other names beginning with El. Also given as a name in its own right. Related terms en El Anagrams en eell Le-Le Estonian Proper noun et proper noun et female, short form of et Helena Helen and Eliisabet Finnish Etymology Shortened from fi Eleonoora and fi Elisabet after foreign examples. Pronunciation Proper noun fi female Declension Ell ä Statistics dvv_20250813 1420 814 325 German Etymology de gmw-pro gem-pro 2 From de gmh elle, from de goh elina, from de gmw-pro *alinu. The form gmh elle is most readily explained as an assimilation of syncopated gmh elne (like gmh müller from earlier gmh mülnære). Alternatively it can also be a backformation from apocopated gmh eln eln, elen. Cognate with en ell, which compare. Pronunciation de /ˈɛlə/ de De-Elle.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f de skeleton ulna bone of the forearm de Speiche de metrology ell historic unit of length Usage notes The length of the ell varied greatly. In German-speaking Europe it was usually between 50 and 60 cm, thus only half of the English ell of 114 cm. Certain German ells measured up to about 90 cm, however. Declension f Derived terms de Ellbogen, de Ellenbogen de ellenlang Further reading DWB2 de Italian it: Etymology From it grc Ἕλλη. Proper noun f it Greek mythology Helle Northern Sami Etymology Short form of se no - and se sv Ellen, or of other names beginning with El-.. Pronunciation elˈle Proper noun se proper noun Elˈle se female Inflection Elˈle Related terms se Ellá Further reading