# ele
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Elepi terms

## Abure
### Noun

ele
* firewood

## Baoule
### Pronoun

ele
* you (2nd person singular pronoun)

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ele/, [e̞.le̞]

### Noun

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

#### See also

* (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

## Blagar
### Adjective

ele
* big

### References

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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈe.le]

### Noun

ele f (plural eles)
* (Valencia) Alternative form of ela

### Further reading

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

## Creek
### Pronunciation

* (Oklahoma) IPA: [ɪlɪ́]
* Hyphenation: e‧le

### Noun

ele
* his/her leg, foot

#### Inflection
### References

* 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

## Finnish
### Etymology

elää +‎ -e

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeleˣ/, [ˈe̞le̞(ʔ)]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ele
* Hyphenation: ele

### Noun

ele
* gesture, sign

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ele (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eleeni
eleeni
accusative
nom.
eleeni
eleeni
gen.
eleeni
genitive
eleeni
eleideni eleitteni
partitive
elettäni
eleitäni
inessive
eleessäni
eleissäni
elative
eleestäni
eleistäni
illative
eleeseeni
eleisiini eleihini
adessive
eleelläni
eleilläni
ablative
eleeltäni
eleiltäni
allative
eleelleni
eleilleni
essive
eleenäni
eleinäni
translative
eleekseni
eleikseni
abessive
eleettäni
eleittäni
instructive
comitative
—eleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eleesi
eleesi
accusative
nom.
eleesi
eleesi
gen.
eleesi
genitive
eleesi
eleidesi eleittesi
partitive
elettäsi
eleitäsi
inessive
eleessäsi
eleissäsi
elative
eleestäsi
eleistäsi
illative
eleeseesi
eleisiisi eleihisi
adessive
eleelläsi
eleilläsi
ablative
eleeltäsi
eleiltäsi
allative
eleellesi
eleillesi
essive
eleenäsi
eleinäsi
translative
eleeksesi
eleiksesi
abessive
eleettäsi
eleittäsi
instructive
comitative
—eleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eleemme
eleemme
accusative
nom.
eleemme
eleemme
gen.
eleemme
genitive
eleemme
eleidemme eleittemme
partitive
elettämme
eleitämme
inessive
eleessämme
eleissämme
elative
eleestämme
eleistämme
illative
eleeseemme
eleisiimme eleihimme
adessive
eleellämme
eleillämme
ablative
eleeltämme
eleiltämme
allative
eleellemme
eleillemme
essive
eleenämme
eleinämme
translative
eleeksemme
eleiksemme
abessive
eleettämme
eleittämme
instructive
comitative
—eleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eleenne
eleenne
accusative
nom.
eleenne
eleenne
gen.
eleenne
genitive
eleenne
eleidenne eleittenne
partitive
elettänne
eleitänne
inessive
eleessänne
eleissänne
elative
eleestänne
eleistänne
illative
eleeseenne
eleisiinne eleihinne
adessive
eleellänne
eleillänne
ablative
eleeltänne
eleiltänne
allative
eleellenne
eleillenne
essive
eleenänne
eleinänne
translative
eleeksenne
eleiksenne
abessive
eleettänne
eleittänne
instructive
comitative
—eleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eleensä
eleensä
accusative
nom.
eleensä
eleensä
gen.
eleensä
genitive
eleensä
eleidensä eleittensä
partitive
elettään elettänsä
eleitään eleitänsä
inessive
eleessään eleessänsä
eleissään eleissänsä
elative
eleestään eleestänsä
eleistään eleistänsä
illative
eleeseensä
eleisiinsä eleihinsä
adessive
eleellään eleellänsä
eleillään eleillänsä
ablative
eleeltään eleeltänsä
eleiltään eleiltänsä
allative
eleelleen eleellensä
eleilleen eleillensä
essive
eleenään eleenänsä
eleinään eleinänsä
translative
eleekseen eleeksensä
eleikseen eleiksensä
abessive
eleettään eleettänsä
eleittään eleittänsä
instructive
comitative
—eleineen eleinensä :

#### Derived terms

* eleetön
* elehtiä
* -eleinen
* elekieli
* elenäytelmä
* elenäyttelijä
* niukkaeleinen
* suurieleinen
* vähäeleinen

#### Related terms

* elää

### See also

* ilme
* viittoa

### Further reading

* “ele”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* lee

## Igala
### Noun

éle
* gift

## Middle English
### Noun

ele
* Alternative form of el

## Nupe
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ē.lē/

#### Noun

ele
* sleep

##### Derived terms

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

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ē.lē/

#### Noun

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

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* œle, ole

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈe.le/

### Noun

ele m
* oil

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Synonyms

* crisma
* smiering

#### Derived terms

* elebacen
* elebēam
* eleberġe
* elebytt
* eledrōsna
* elefæt
* elegrēofa
* elehorn
* elelēast
* eleseohhe
* eletrēow
* fulwihtele
* liþule
* wynele

## Old French
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronoun

ele f (masculine il)
* she

##### Descendants

* French: elle

### Etymology 2

From Latin ala.

#### Noun

ele oblique singular, f (oblique plural eles, nominative singular ele, nominative plural eles)
* wing (anatomy)

##### Descendants

* French: aile

## Palenquero
### Etymology

From Spanish él.

### Pronoun

ele
* he/she/it (third-person singular personal pronoun)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀏𑀮𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* एले (Devanagari script)
* এলে (Bengali script)
* එලෙ (Sinhalese script)
* ဧလေ or ဨလေ or ဢေလေ (Burmese script)
* เอเล (Thai script)
* ᩑᩃᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ເອເລ (Lao script)
* ឯលេ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄬𑄣𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Noun

ele
* vocative singular of elā (“cardamom seeds”)

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈe.li/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈe.li/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈe.le/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈe.lɨ/
* (São Miguel, Azores) IPA: /ˈɐl/
* Hyphenation: e‧le
* Audio (São Paulo):(file)

#### Pronoun

ele m (feminine ela, masculine plural eles, feminine plural elas)
* 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.
* third-person masculine singular prepositional pronoun; him; it
    Eu gosto de conversar com ele.I enjoy talking to him.
* (Brazil) third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used in all positions; he; him; it
    Um homem matou ele.A man killed him.

##### Usage notes

The following preposition + ele contractions are mandatory:
* ‎de + ‎ele → ‎dele
* ‎em + ‎ele → ‎nele

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.

##### Descendants

* Indo-Portuguese: êll

#### See also
### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.li/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.li/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.le/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ.lɨ/
* Hyphenation: e‧le

#### Noun

ele m (plural eles)
* The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
    Synonym: lê

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.

### Further reading

* “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
* “ele”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈje.le/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

ele f pl (third-person plural, masculine equivalent ei)
* (nominative form) they (for a group composed completely of females)
    Synonym: (polite form) dumnealor

#### Declension
### Pronoun

ele f (stressed accusative form of ele)
* (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") them (all-female group)

### Related terms

* ea (third-person feminine singular)
* el (third-person masculine singular)
* ei (third-person masculine plural)

### See also
## Salar
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA: /ele/

### Adverb

ele
* away
    Andan ele otır!Stay away from him!
* across
    Özen ele yandağı ağıl.The river across the village.
* there, that way
    Ele yandarmas!No coming back there!

### Interjection

ele
* Get out of the way!

#### Derived terms

* eliği (“like that”)

#### Related terms

* bele (“here, this way”)
* ele-bele

### References

* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ele”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, 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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈele/ [ˈe.le]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ele
* Syllabification: e‧le

### Noun

ele f (plural eles)
* The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

ele (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒ)
* (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter L/l, in the Abecedario
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) el, (in the Abakada alphabet) la

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* Lee

## Turkish
### Noun

ele
* dative singular of el

## Volapük
### Article

ele
* dative singular of el