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Ella

Ella

See also: ella, Ellá, eļļa, -ella, -ellä, and eļļā

English

Proper noun

Ella

  1. A female given name.
    • 1936 Margaret Mitchell: Gone With the Wind: Chapter XLII:
      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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Danish

Proper noun

Ella

  1. A female given name, similar to English Ella.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Ella f

  1. A female given name

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]
  • Hyphenation: El‧la

Proper noun

Ella

  1. A female given name, similar to English Ella.

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

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German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ella

  1. A female given name, similar to English Ella.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Ella

  1. A female given name, similar to English Ella.

Plautdietsch

Noun

Ella n (plural Ellre)

  1. age

Swedish

Proper noun

Ella

  1. A female given name, similar to English Ella. Also a contraction of Edla.

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ella

ella

See also: Ella, Ellá, eļļa, -ella, -ellä, and eļļā

Asturian

Pronoun

ella

  1. she

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal elha, ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈeʎə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈeʎa/

Pronoun

ella plural elles

  1. she

Declension


Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ella.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛtla]

Conjunction

ella

  1. or

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ella.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛtla]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtla

Conjunction

ella

  1. or else

Italian

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille (that).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈelːa/, [ˈel̺.l̺ä]
  • Hyphenation: él‧la

Pronoun

ella f (plural elle, archaic plural elleno)

  1. (literary) she (subject form)

Usage notes

  • The term has largely fallen out of use in the spoken language, in favour of the oblique form lei.

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Portuguese

Pronoun

ella f

  1. Obsolete spelling of ela

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ella (plural ellas)

  1. she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions)
  2. it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)

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