"il" meaning in French

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Pronoun

IPA: /il/ [informal], /i/ [informal], /i/ [Quebec, informal], /j/ [Quebec, informal] Audio: Fr-il.ogg Forms: ils [plural], le [accusative], lui [dative], lui [emphatic], son [determiner, possessive]
Rhymes: -il Etymology: Inherited from Middle French il, from Old French il, from Vulgar Latin *illī, which is derived from Classical Latin ille. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|il|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French il, {{inh+|fr|frm|il}} Inherited from Middle French il, {{inh|fr|fro|il}} Old French il, {{inh|fr|VL.|*illī}} Vulgar Latin *illī, {{inh|fr|la|ille}} Latin ille Head templates: {{head|fr|pronoun|third-person singular||plural|ils|accusative|le|dative|lui|emphatic|lui|possessive determiner|son|cat2=personal pronouns|g=m}} il m (third-person singular, plural ils, accusative le, dative lui, emphatic lui, possessive determiner son)
  1. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject) Tags: masculine, singular, third-person
    Sense id: en-il-fr-pron-Tx9bPx7I
  2. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects) Tags: masculine, singular, third-person
    Sense id: en-il-fr-pron-y5qKLweH
  3. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it Tags: impersonal, masculine, pronoun, singular, third-person
    Sense id: en-il-fr-pron-850oyDzp Categories (other): Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header, French entries with incorrect language header, French personal pronouns, French pronouns Disambiguation of Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 3 0 3 3 2 5 5 11 2 3 2 4 8 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 5 5 3 2 3 0 1 1 9 3 3 0 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 24 53 Disambiguation of French personal pronouns: 26 27 46 Disambiguation of French pronouns: 27 28 44

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