English

Proper noun

Eli

1. A male given name of Biblical origin.
2. (biblical) The priest who brought up Samuel.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

Eli ‎(plural Elis)

1. A student at Yale University.

Synonyms

• Yalie

Anagrams

• ile
• lei
• lie, LIE

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːliː/

Proper noun

Eli m

1. A male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Eli: Elisson
• daughter Eli: Elisdóttir

Declension

Norwegian

Proper noun

Eli

1. A female given name, a popular short form of Elin (Helen).

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Heli, from Hebrew עֵלִי.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ˈli/

Proper noun

Eli m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Eli
2. (biblical) Eli (priest who brought up Samuel)

Dilling

Noun

eli

1. woman

References

• (as eli)
• Salem Chaker, ‎Andrzej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000) (as ǐḷī)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e‧li
• Rhymes: -eli
• IPA^(key): [ˈeli]

Conjunction

eli

1. (coordinating) so.
2. a.k.a., or.

Verb

eli

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of elää.

   • Hän eli täällä.
     • He lived here.

Anagrams

• lei, lie

Ido

Etymology

elu ‎(“she, her”) +‎ -i ‎(“-s; plural”)

Pronoun

eli pl

1. they, them (feminine)

Related terms

• li ‎(“they, them”)
• ili ‎(“they, them”) (masculine)
• oli ‎(“they, them”) (neuter)

Italian

Noun

eli m

1. plural of elio

Anagrams

• lei, Lei

Kristang

Etymology

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

Pronoun

eli

1. he, she or it (third-person singular personal pronoun)^[1]

See also

References

1. ↑ 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 26.

Venetian

Pronoun

eli m

1. they, them

Volapük

Article

eli

1. accusative singular of el