Ella
English
Etymology
A 19th-century shortening of Eleanor or Ellen, later also used for any name ending in -ella, such as Gabriella or Daniella. Similar abbreviations have been formed independently in many European languages, for any name containing the syllable -el-, e.g. Elisabeth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛl.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɛlə
Proper noun
Ella
- A female given name.
- 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XLII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, OCLC 1049770437; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, OCLC 20350211:
- She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls […]
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Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Shortening of Elisabeth. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ.laː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: El‧la
Faroese
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Ella: Elluson
- daughter of Ella: Elludóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Ella |
| Accusative | Ellu |
| Dative | Ellu |
| Genitive | Ellu |
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈelːɑ/, [ˈe̞lːɑ]
- Rhymes: -elːɑ
- Syllabification(key): El‧la
Declension
| Inflection of Ella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ella | Ellat | |
| genitive | Ellan | Ellojen | |
| partitive | Ellaa | Elloja | |
| illative | Ellaan | Elloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Ella | Ellat | |
| accusative | nom. | Ella | Ellat |
| gen. | Ellan | ||
| genitive | Ellan | Ellojen Ellainrare | |
| partitive | Ellaa | Elloja | |
| inessive | Ellassa | Elloissa | |
| elative | Ellasta | Elloista | |
| illative | Ellaan | Elloihin | |
| adessive | Ellalla | Elloilla | |
| ablative | Ellalta | Elloilta | |
| allative | Ellalle | Elloille | |
| essive | Ellana | Elloina | |
| translative | Ellaksi | Elloiksi | |
| instructive | — | Elloin | |
| abessive | Ellatta | Elloitta | |
| comitative | — | Elloineen | |
| Possessive forms of Ella (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Ellani | Ellamme |
| 2nd person | Ellasi | Ellanne |
| 3rd person | Ellansa | |
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German
Pronunciation
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Hyphenation: Èl‧la
Usage notes
- Highly elevated variant of Lei.
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, elle,3 sé | ||||||
| 1 | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | ||||||||
| 2 | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | ||||||||
| 3 | Archaic. | ||||||||
Norwegian
Old Norse
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Plautdietsch
Swedish
Proper noun
Ella c (genitive Ellas)
- a female given name, similar to English Ella. Contraction of Edla.
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