ele

• IPA^(key): /ele/, [e̞.le̞]

ele inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

• (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

ele

1. big

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

ele f (plural eles)

1. (Valencia) Alternative form of ela

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

elää +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /ˈeleˣ/, [ˈe̞le̞(ʔ)]

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• Rhymes: -ele
• Syllabification^(key): e‧le

ele

1. gesture, sign

• eleetön
• elehtiä
• elekieli

• elää

• ilme
• viittoa

• lee

ele

1. Alternative form of el

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

• IPA^(key): /ē.lē/

ele

1. sleep

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

• IPA^(key): /ē.lē/

ele

1. rain

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

• œle, ole

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.le/

ele m

1. oil

• crisma
• smiering

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

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

ele f (masculine il)

1. she

• French: elle

From Latin ala.

ele f (oblique plural eles, nominative singular ele, nominative plural eles)

1. wing (anatomy)

• French: aile

From Spanish él.

ele

1. he/she/it (third-person singular personal pronoun)

ele

1. vocative singular of elā (“cardamom seeds”)

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

• elle (obsolete)
• êlle (obsolete)
• êle (obsolete)

• Hyphenation: e‧le

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ele m (feminine ela, masculine plural eles, feminine plural elas)

1. third-person masculine singular nominative personal pronoun; he; it
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, 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, 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, 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.

   Ele andou até mim.

   He walked towards me.

2. third-person masculine singular prepositional pronoun; him; it

   Eu gosto de conversar com ele.

   I enjoy talking to him.

3. (Brazil) third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used in all positions; he; him; it

   Um homem matou ele.

   A man killed him.

The following preposition + ele contractions are mandatory:

• ‎de + ‎ele → ‎dele
• ‎em + ‎ele → ‎nele

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.

• Indo-Portuguese: êll

• Hyphenation: e‧le

ele m (plural eles)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.

• “ele” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “ele” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

• IPA^(key): /ˈje.le/

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ele f pl (third-person plural, masculine equivalent ei)

1. (nominative form) they (for a group composed completely of females)

• dumnealor (polite form)

ele f (stressed accusative form of ele)

1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") them (all-female group)

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

Cognate with Turkish elemek.

• IPA^(key): [ele]

ele

1. to sift

• 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], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 100

• IPA^(key): /ˈele/ [ˈe.le]

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• Rhymes: -ele
• Syllabification: e‧le

ele f (plural eles)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

• “ele”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

ele

1. dative singular of el

ele

1. dative singular of el