"elle" meaning in French

See elle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɛl/, /a/ [Quebec, informal] Audio: Fr-elle.ogg Forms: elles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} elle m (plural elles)
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L. Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Latin letter names
    Sense id: en-elle-fr-noun-pijH0OGg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /ɛl/, /a/ [Quebec, informal] Audio: Fr-elle.ogg Forms: elles [plural], la [accusative], lui [dative], elle [emphatic], son [determiner, possessive]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Inherited from Old French ele, from Latin illa, feminine of ille. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|ele|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French ele, {{inh+|fr|fro|ele}} Inherited from Old French ele, {{inh|fr|la|illa}} Latin illa, {{m|la|ille}} ille Head templates: {{head|fr|pronoun|third-person singular||plural|elles|accusative|la|dative|lui|emphatic|elle|possessive determiner|son|cat2=personal pronouns|g=f}} elle f (third-person singular, plural elles, accusative la, dative lui, emphatic elle, possessive determiner son)
  1. she Tags: feminine, singular, third-person
    Sense id: en-elle-fr-pron-LNqF5QTh
  2. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun) Tags: feminine, singular, third-person
    Sense id: en-elle-fr-pron-fXl1VZk~ Categories (other): French calculator words, French entries with incorrect language header, French personal pronouns, French pronouns Disambiguation of French calculator words: 0 0 76 24 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 74 26 Disambiguation of French personal pronouns: 15 64 21 Disambiguation of French pronouns: 20 55 24
  3. disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers Tags: disjunctive, feminine, form-of, singular, third-person Form of: elle (extra: her; à elle = hers)
    Sense id: en-elle-fr-pron-R2eQSNir
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cézigue (english: argot)
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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