ell
Translingual
Symbol
ell
- (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Greek.
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛl
Etymology 1
From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *alinu, from Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from *Heh₃l- (“elbow, forearm”).
Cognate with Dutch el (“ell”), German Low German Ell (“ell”), German Elle (“ell”), Swedish aln (“cubit; ell”), Icelandic alin (“cubit; ell”), Latin ulna (“forearm”).
Noun
ell (plural ells)
- (historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches 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, page 51:
- 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 hundred ells deep.
- 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter XXX, in Barnaby Rudge:
- A homely proverb recognises the existence of a troublesome class of persons who, having an inch conceded them, will take an ell.
- 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 19:
- 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 140 ells, 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 the ell wherever the inch peeped out, without which where would have been the tolerability of life?
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Etymology 2
From the name of the letter L.
Noun
ell (plural ells)
- The name of the Latin-script letter L/l. (more commonly el)
- 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
- 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, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
- I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell.
- Something that is L-shaped.
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ille. First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ell (plural ells)
Declension
References
- ^ “ell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
- “ell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Estonian
Noun
ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
Faroese
Pronunciation
Noun
ell n (genitive singular els, plural ell)
- The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
Declension
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 |
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
ell
- The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 of ell | ||
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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 |
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)
Further reading
- l in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ell , redirecting to ellik and l in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
ell n (genitive singular ells, nominative plural ell)
- The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
Declension
Võro
Noun
ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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- Rhymes:English/ɛl
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *Heh₃l-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- Rhymes:Catalan/eʎ
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