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ell

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See also:Ell,ELL,êll,'e'll,and-ell

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping ofGreekΕλληνικά(Elliniká) orabbreviation ofAncient GreekἙλληνική(Hellēnikḗ).

Symbol

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ell

(international standards)ISO 639-2/T &ISO 639-3 language code forGreek.

English

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishelle,elne, fromOld Englisheln(“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), fromProto-West Germanic*alinu, fromProto-Germanic*alinō, fromProto-Indo-European*Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from*Heh₃l-(“elbow, forearm”).

Cognate withDutchel(“ell”),German Low GermanEll(“ell”),GermanElle(“ell”),Swedishaln(“cubit; ell”),Icelandicalin(“cubit; ell”),Latinulna(“forearm”).

Noun

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ell (pluralells)

(historical) Ameasure of length. An English ell was 1¼yards (45inches 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, page51:
  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 hundredells deep.
- 1841,Charles Dickens, chapter XXX, inBarnaby Rudge:
  A homely proverb recognises the existence of a troublesome class of persons who, having an inch conceded them, will take anell.
- 1850,Thomas Keightley,The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page19:
  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 140ells, 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 theell wherever the inch peeped out, without which where would have been the tolerability of life?

Derived terms

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Translations

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measure of cloth

Etymology 2

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From the name of the letterL.

Noun

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ell (pluralells)

The name of theLatin-script letterL/l. (more commonlyel)
- 2004, Will Rogers,The Stonking Steps, page170:
  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, inThe Whisperer in Darkness:
  I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the lowell.
Something that is L-shaped.

extension of a building

something L-shaped

Anagrams

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LEL,lel

Asturian

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Article

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ell m sg (femininella,neuterllo,masculine pluralllos,feminine plurallles)

(Juan Junquera's 1843 Orthography)obsolete spelling ofel

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinille. First attested in the 14th century.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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ell (pluralells)

Declension

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Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
			strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
			strong/subject	proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic	possessive
singular	1st person	standard	jo,mi³	em,m’	-me,’m	em,m’	-me,’m	meu
	1st person	majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos,’ns	ens	-nos,’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	tu	et,t’	-te,’t	et,t’	-te,’t	teu
		formal¹	vós	us	-vos,-us	us	-vos,-us	vostre
		very formal²	vostè	el,l’	-lo,’l	li	-li	seu
	3rd person	m	ell	el,l’	-lo,’l	li	-li	seu
		f	ella	la,l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
		n		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
plural
	1st person		nosaltres	ens	-nos,’ns	ens	-nos,’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	vosaltres	us	-vos,-us	us	-vos,-us	vostre
	2nd person	formal²	vostès	els	-los,’ls	els	-los,’ls	seu
	3rd person	m	ells	els	-los,’ls	els	-los,’ls	seu
	3rd person	f	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
adverbial	locative			hi	-hi

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-.

References

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^“ell”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025

Estonian

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Noun

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ell (genitive[please provide],partitive[please provide])

The name of theLatin-script letterL/l.

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ɛlː/

Noun

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ell n (genitive singularels, pluralell)

The name of theLatin-script letterL/l.

Declension

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Declension ofell (n9)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ell	ellið	ell	ellini
accusative	ell	ellið	ell	ellini
dative	elli	ellinum	ellum	ellunum
genitive	els	elsins	ella	ellanna

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈɛlː]
Rhymes:-ɛlː

Noun

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ell

The name of theLatin-script letterL/l.

Declension

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Inflection (stem in-e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ell	ellek
accusative	ellet	elleket
dative	ellnek	elleknek
instrumental	ellel	ellekkel
causal-final	ellért	ellekért
translative	ellé	ellekké
terminative	ellig	ellekig
essive-formal	ellként	ellekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ellben	ellekben
superessive	ellen	elleken
adessive	ellnél	elleknél
illative	ellbe	ellekbe
sublative	ellre	ellekre
allative	ellhez	ellekhez
elative	ellből	ellekből
delative	ellről	ellekről
ablative	elltől	ellektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	ellé	elleké
non-attributive possessive – plural	elléi	ellekéi

Possessive forms ofell
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ellem	elljeim
2nd person sing.	elled	elljeid
3rd person sing.	ellje	elljei
1st person plural	ellünk	elljeink
2nd person plural	elletek	elljeitek
3rd person plural	elljük	elljeik

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ɛtl/
Rhymes:-ɛtl

Noun

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ell n (genitive singularellorells,nominative pluralell)

The name of theLatin-script letterL/l.

Declension

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Declension ofell (neuter)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ell	ellið	ell	ellin
accusative	ell	ellið	ell	ellin
dative	ell,elli	ellinu	ellum	ellunum
genitive	ell,ells	ellsins	ella	ellanna