elles

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.


elles

1) Behaves grammatically as plural.2) Behaves grammatically as third person.

3) Only as object of a preposition.4) Not before unstressedi-

Inherited from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.


elles

head

elles f pl (third-person plural, singular elle, accusative les, dative leur, emphatic elles, possessive determiner leur)

elle (singular)
les (accusative)
leur (dative)
elles (emphatic)
leur (determiner possessive)

3 Also used when a group has both men and women

4 Also used as third person plural reflexive

Inherited from Old French eles, from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.


elles

Nehány golyóba összevissza gyúrva, / Most vonzza, űzi és taszítja egymást, / Nehány féregben öntudatra kél, / Míg minden megtelt, míg minden kihűlt, / És megmarad a semleges salak. – / Az ember ezt, ha egykor ellesi, / Vegykonyhájában szintén megteszi.

1862, Imre Madách, The Tragedy of Man, translation by J.C.W. Horne, Iain MacLeod, and George Szirtes, Scene 1

That a few spheres this way or that revolve, / That one attracts another or repels, / That in a few worms dawns a consciousness, / Till all be fulfilled and till all grow cold / And only indistinguishable dust remain? / Why, man too, almost, if he should but learn, / Might in his kitchen seethe as good a broth
Meanwhile this matter, kneaded into globes, / unfolds, attracts, repulses, whirls around, / till in some beast a conscious thought is kindled… / Then all fulfilled and all its heat expended, / indifferent, the neutral dust remains. / One day, man may himself acquire the knack / and plagiarize this crude experiment
Are now screwed up into these tiny globes / That chase, attract or else repel each other, / Awaking a few worms to consciousness / Till all of space is tilled at last, grows cold, / And only the indifferent slag is left? / If man’s at all observant he’ll concoct / Some hash like this with his poor instruments.

(transitive) to learn by watching, to acquire by (close and often secret) observation (from someone: -tól/-től)

hu-conj

Forms in parentheses are somewhat archaic or literary.

The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem les el or  el is les.

The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem leshet el or  el is leshet.

This verb has no prefix that could split, despite its first few letters.

ellesek (first-person indicative object-indefinite present singular)
ellesel (indicative informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
elles (formal indicative object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elles (indicative object-indefinite present singular third-person)
ellesünk (first-person indicative object-indefinite plural present)
ellestek (indicative informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
ellesnek (formal indicative object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesnek (indicative object-indefinite plural present third-person)
ellesem (first-person indicative object-definite present singular)
ellesed (indicative informal object-definite present second-person singular)
ellesi (formal indicative object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ellesi (indicative object-definite present singular third-person)
ellessük (first-person indicative object-definite plural present)
ellesitek (indicative informal object-definite plural present second-person)
ellesik (formal indicative object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesik (indicative object-definite plural present third-person)
elleslek (first-person indicative object-second-person present singular)
ellestem (first-person indicative object-indefinite past singular)
ellestél (indicative informal object-indefinite past second-person singular)
ellesett (formal indicative object-indefinite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ellesett (indicative object-indefinite past singular third-person)
ellestünk (first-person indicative object-indefinite past plural)
ellestetek (indicative informal object-indefinite past plural second-person)
ellestek (formal indicative object-indefinite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ellestek (indicative object-indefinite past plural third-person)
ellestem (first-person indicative object-definite past singular)
ellested (indicative informal object-definite past second-person singular)
elleste (formal indicative object-definite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elleste (indicative object-definite past singular third-person)
ellestük (first-person indicative object-definite past plural)
ellestétek (indicative informal object-definite past plural second-person)
ellesték (formal indicative object-definite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesték (indicative object-definite past plural third-person)
ellestelek (first-person indicative object-second-person past singular)
or a time adverb (first-person future indicative third-person)
or a time adverb (formal future indicative second-person-semantically third-person)
or a time adverb (future indicative informal second-person)
e.g. el fog lesni. (first-person future indicative third-person)
e.g. el fog lesni. (formal future indicative second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. el fog lesni. (future indicative informal second-person)
ellesék (first-person object-indefinite singular)
ellesél (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
ellese (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ellese (object-indefinite singular third-person)
ellesénk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
ellesétek (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
ellesének (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesének (object-indefinite plural third-person)
ellesém (first-person object-definite singular)
elleséd (informal object-definite second-person singular)
ellesé (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ellesé (object-definite singular third-person)
ellesénk (first-person object-definite plural)
ellesétek (informal object-definite plural second-person)
ellesék (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesék (object-definite plural third-person)
ellesélek (first-person object-second-person singular)
e.g. elles vala (first-person third-person)
e.g. elles vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. elles vala (informal second-person)
ellesett vala (first-person third-person)
ellesett vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesett vala (informal second-person)
volt. (first-person third-person)
volt. (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
volt. (informal second-person)
ellesendek (first-person object-indefinite singular)
ellesendesz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
ellesend (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ellesend (object-indefinite singular third-person)
ellesendünk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
ellesendetek (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
ellesendenek (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesendenek (object-indefinite plural third-person)
ellesendem (first-person object-definite singular)
ellesended (informal object-definite second-person singular)
ellesendi (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ellesendi (object-definite singular third-person)
ellesendjük (first-person object-definite plural)
ellesenditek (informal object-definite plural second-person)
ellesendik (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesendik (object-definite plural third-person)
ellesendelek (first-person object-second-person singular)
ellesnék (conditional first-person object-indefinite present singular)
ellesnél (conditional informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
ellesne (conditional formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ellesne (conditional object-indefinite present singular third-person)
ellesnénk (conditional first-person object-indefinite plural present)
ellesnétek (conditional informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
ellesnének (conditional formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesnének (conditional object-indefinite plural present third-person)
ellesném (conditional first-person object-definite present singular)
ellesnéd (conditional informal object-definite present second-person singular)
ellesné (conditional formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ellesné (conditional object-definite present singular third-person)
ellesnénk (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
or ellesnők (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
ellesnétek (conditional informal object-definite plural present second-person)
ellesnék (conditional formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesnék (conditional object-definite plural present third-person)
ellesnélek (conditional first-person object-second-person present singular)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional informal past second-person)
e.g. ellesett volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
e.g. ellesett volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. ellesett volna (conditional informal past second-person)
ellessek (first-person object-indefinite present singular subjunctive)
elless or (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
ellessél (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
ellessen (formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
ellessen (object-indefinite present singular subjunctive third-person)
ellessünk (first-person object-indefinite plural present subjunctive)
ellessetek (informal object-indefinite plural present second-person subjunctive)
ellessenek (formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
ellessenek (object-indefinite plural present subjunctive third-person)
ellessem (first-person object-definite present singular subjunctive)
ellesd or (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
ellessed (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
ellesse (formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
ellesse (object-definite present singular subjunctive third-person)
ellessük (first-person object-definite plural present subjunctive)
ellessétek (informal object-definite plural present second-person subjunctive)
ellessék (formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
ellessék (object-definite plural present subjunctive third-person)
ellesselek (first-person object-second-person present singular subjunctive)
e.g. ellesett légyen (first-person third-person)
e.g. ellesett légyen (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. ellesett légyen (informal second-person)
ellesni (infinitive)
ellesnem (first-person infinitive singular)
ellesned (infinitive informal second-person singular)
ellesnie (formal infinitive second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ellesnie (infinitive singular third-person)
ellesnünk (first-person infinitive plural)
ellesnetek (infinitive informal plural second-person)
ellesniük (formal infinitive plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesniük (infinitive plural third-person)
ellesés (noun-from-verb)
elleső
ellesett
ellesendő (future participle)
ellesve
ellesvén
elleset (causative)
elleshetek (first-person indicative object-indefinite present singular)
elleshetsz (indicative informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
elleshet (formal indicative object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elleshet (indicative object-indefinite present singular third-person)
elleshetünk (first-person indicative object-indefinite plural present)
elleshettek (indicative informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
elleshetnek (formal indicative object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshetnek (indicative object-indefinite plural present third-person)
elleshetem (first-person indicative object-definite present singular)
ellesheted (indicative informal object-definite present second-person singular)
ellesheti (formal indicative object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ellesheti (indicative object-definite present singular third-person)
elleshetjük (first-person indicative object-definite plural present)
elleshetitek (indicative informal object-definite plural present second-person)
elleshetik (formal indicative object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshetik (indicative object-definite plural present third-person)
elleshetlek (first-person indicative object-second-person present singular)
elleshettem (first-person indicative object-indefinite past singular)
elleshettél (indicative informal object-indefinite past second-person singular)
elleshetett (formal indicative object-indefinite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elleshetett (indicative object-indefinite past singular third-person)
elleshettünk (first-person indicative object-indefinite past plural)
elleshettetek (indicative informal object-indefinite past plural second-person)
elleshettek (formal indicative object-indefinite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshettek (indicative object-indefinite past plural third-person)
elleshettem (first-person indicative object-definite past singular)
elleshetted (indicative informal object-definite past second-person singular)
elleshette (formal indicative object-definite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elleshette (indicative object-definite past singular third-person)
elleshettük (first-person indicative object-definite past plural)
elleshettétek (indicative informal object-definite past plural second-person)
elleshették (formal indicative object-definite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshették (indicative object-definite past plural third-person)
elleshettelek (first-person indicative object-second-person past singular)
ellesheték (first-person object-indefinite singular)
elleshetél (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
elleshete (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elleshete (object-indefinite singular third-person)
ellesheténk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
elleshetétek (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
elleshetének (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshetének (object-indefinite plural third-person)
elleshetém (first-person object-definite singular)
elleshetéd (informal object-definite second-person singular)
ellesheté (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ellesheté (object-definite singular third-person)
ellesheténk (first-person object-definite plural)
elleshetétek (informal object-definite plural second-person)
ellesheték (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ellesheték (object-definite plural third-person)
elleshetélek (first-person object-second-person singular)
e.g. elleshet vala (first-person third-person)
e.g. elleshet vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. elleshet vala (informal second-person)
elleshetett vala (first-person third-person)
elleshetett vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshetett vala (informal second-person)
volt. (first-person third-person)
volt. (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
volt. (informal second-person)
elleshetendek (first-person object-indefinite singular)
or ellesandhatok (first-person object-indefinite singular)
elleshetendesz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
or ellesandhatsz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
elleshetend (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elleshetend (object-indefinite singular third-person)
or ellesandhat (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
or ellesandhat (object-indefinite singular third-person)
elleshetendünk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
or ellesandhatunk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
elleshetendetek (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
or ellesandhattok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
elleshetendenek (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshetendenek (object-indefinite plural third-person)
or ellesandhatnak (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
or ellesandhatnak (object-indefinite plural third-person)
elleshetendem (first-person object-definite singular)
or ellesandhatom (first-person object-definite singular)
elleshetended (informal object-definite second-person singular)
or ellesandhatod (informal object-definite second-person singular)
elleshetendi (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elleshetendi (object-definite singular third-person)
or ellesandhatja (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
or ellesandhatja (object-definite singular third-person)
elleshetendjük (first-person object-definite plural)
or ellesandhatjuk (first-person object-definite plural)
elleshetenditek (informal object-definite plural second-person)
or ellesandhatjátok (informal object-definite plural second-person)
elleshetendik (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshetendik (object-definite plural third-person)
or ellesandhatják (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
or ellesandhatják (object-definite plural third-person)
elleshetendelek (first-person object-second-person singular)
or ellesandhatlak (first-person object-second-person singular)
elleshetnék (conditional first-person object-indefinite present singular)
elleshetnél (conditional informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
elleshetne (conditional formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elleshetne (conditional object-indefinite present singular third-person)
elleshetnénk (conditional first-person object-indefinite plural present)
elleshetnétek (conditional informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
elleshetnének (conditional formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshetnének (conditional object-indefinite plural present third-person)
elleshetném (conditional first-person object-definite present singular)
elleshetnéd (conditional informal object-definite present second-person singular)
elleshetné (conditional formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elleshetné (conditional object-definite present singular third-person)
elleshetnénk (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
or elleshetnők (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
elleshetnétek (conditional informal object-definite plural present second-person)
elleshetnék (conditional formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshetnék (conditional object-definite plural present third-person)
elleshetnélek (conditional first-person object-second-person present singular)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional informal past second-person)
e.g. elleshetett volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
e.g. elleshetett volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. elleshetett volna (conditional informal past second-person)
elleshessek (first-person object-indefinite present singular subjunctive)
elleshess or (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
elleshessél (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
elleshessen (formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
elleshessen (object-indefinite present singular subjunctive third-person)
elleshessünk (first-person object-indefinite plural present subjunctive)
elleshessetek (informal object-indefinite plural present second-person subjunctive)
elleshessenek (formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
elleshessenek (object-indefinite plural present subjunctive third-person)
elleshessem (first-person object-definite present singular subjunctive)
elleshesd or (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
elleshessed (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
elleshesse (formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
elleshesse (object-definite present singular subjunctive third-person)
elleshessük (first-person object-definite plural present subjunctive)
elleshessétek (informal object-definite plural present second-person subjunctive)
elleshessék (formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
elleshessék (object-definite plural present subjunctive third-person)
elleshesselek (first-person object-second-person present singular subjunctive)
e.g. elleshetett légyen (first-person third-person)
e.g. elleshetett légyen (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. elleshetett légyen (informal second-person)
elleshetni
elleshetnem (first-person singular)
elleshetned (informal second-person singular)
elleshetnie (formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elleshetnie (singular third-person)
elleshetnünk (first-person plural)
elleshetnetek (informal plural second-person)
elleshetniük (formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshetniük (plural third-person)
elleshető (first-person singular)
elleshetetlen (formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
elleshetetlen (singular third-person)
elleshetve / elleshetvén (formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
elleshetve / elleshetvén (informal plural second-person)
elleshetve / elleshetvén (plural third-person)

el- (“away, off”) + les (“to spy, peep, peek”)


elles

inflection of elle:
nominative/vocative/accusative plural


elles

From Old English elles, from Proto-West Germanic *alljas.


elles

English: else

Yola: elles


elles

Det lyt du gjera, elles går dette gale.

You have to do that, else this will go wrong.

From eller (“or”), from Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.


elles

late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
...ac mē tōdæġ swā wundorlīce is ġelumpen þæt ic þurh nān þincg ne mæġ ġecnāwan hwæðer þys sȳ Ephesa byriġ þe elles ǣniġ ōþer;...

But to-day it has befallen me so wonderfully that I cannot by any means recognise whether this be the city of the Ephesians or else any other.


elles

Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of eles.


elles

Elles integraron los organismos junto a activistas que si bien no tenían parientes desaparecides se sumaron por trayectorias militantes y profesionales.

2019, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, Derechos humanos en la Argentina: Informe 2019, Siglo XXI Editores, →ISBN:

They were part of the organizations along with activists who, although they had no relatives who had disappeared, joined them through militant and professional trajectories.

(gender-neutral, neologism) they; a gender-neutral plural third-person personal pronoun

masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown

when the subject is plural and of mixed gender

Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity

Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


elles

From Middle English elles, from Old English elles, from Proto-West Germanic *alljas.