# ell
## Translingual
### Symbol

ell
* (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Greek.

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛl

### Etymology 1

From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *alinu, from Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from *Heh₃l- (“elbow, forearm”).
Cognate with Dutch el (“ell”), German Low German Ell (“ell”), German Elle (“ell”), Swedish aln (“cubit; ell”), Icelandic alin (“cubit; ell”), Latin ulna (“forearm”).

#### Noun

ell (plural ells)
* (historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.
** 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 51:At certain times in the ice-mountains of Switzerland there happen cracks which have shewn the great thickness of the ice, as some of these cracks have measured three or four hundred ells deep.
** 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter XXX, in Barnaby Rudge:A homely proverb recognises the existence of a troublesome class of persons who, having an inch conceded them, will take an ell.
** 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 19:Berkhyas is described as being a mountain in size, his face black, his body covered with hair, his neck like that of a dragon, two boar's tusks from his mouth, his eyes wells of blood, his hair bristling like needles, his height 140 ells, his breadth 17, pigeons nestling in his snaky locks.
** 1910, Henry James, The Finer Grain:If he had imputed to them conditions it was all his own doing: it came from his inveterate habit of abysmal imputation, the snatching of the ell wherever the inch peeped out, without which where would have been the tolerability of life?

##### Derived terms

* elbow
* ellwand
* give them an inch and they'll take an ell

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From the name of the letter L.

#### Noun

ell (plural ells)
* The name of the Latin-script letter L/l. (more commonly el)
** 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
* An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
** 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 4, in The Whisperer in Darkness:I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell.
* Something that is L-shaped.

##### Alternative forms

* el

##### Derived terms

* effell

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* LEL, lel

## Asturian
### Article

ell m sg (feminine lla, neuter llo, masculine plural llos, feminine plural lles)
* (Juan Junquera's 1843 Orthography) Obsolete spelling of el.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ille. First attested in the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈeʎ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eʎ

### Pronoun

ell (plural ells)
* he

#### Declension

| | strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive |
| singular | | proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | |
| 1st person | jo, mi$^3$ | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu |
| 1st person majestic$^1$ | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre |
| 2nd person | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu |
| 2nd person formal$^1$ | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre |
| 2nd person very formal$^2$ | 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 formal$^2$ | 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. | $^{1)}$ Behaves grammatically as plural. $^{2)}$ Behaves grammatically as third person. | $^{1)}$ 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-. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. |

### References

* ↑ “ell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “ell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “ell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Estonian
### Noun

ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛlː/

### Noun

ell n (genitive singular els, plural ell)
* The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛlː]
* Rhymes: -ɛlː

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

### Further reading

* l in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* ell, redirecting to ellik and l in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛtl/
* Rhymes: -ɛtl

### Noun

ell n (genitive singular ell or ells, nominative plural ell)
* The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

#### Declension
## Võro
### Noun

ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛɬ/

### Adjective

ell
* Soft mutation of gell.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.