"ils" meaning in French

See ils in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /il/ (note: standard and higher registers), /il.z‿/ (note: standard and higher registers), /i/ [France], /i.z‿/ [France], /i/ [Quebec], /j/ [Quebec] Audio: Fr-ils.ogg [France] Forms: il [singular], les [accusative], leur [dative], eux [emphatic], leur [determiner, possessive]
Etymology: Inherited from Vulgar Latin illī, which sounded il in Old French, to which a plural -s was added. While il was the nominative form from late Latin, els, eus was the oblique form ("them") that had evolved from late Latin illōs, and is the ancestor of modern French eux'. In Old French, "they", being a nominative, was il from late Latin *illi, thus it didn't have the final -s, thus it was il used both for "he" and "they". The -s was added at the end of the 13th century in some regions, at the time the declension system of Old French started to collapse. As a consequence, some oïl languages in France have retained the original Old French il-form, and in some other regions, the ils-form supplanted the older one. Some dialects have even retained both forms depending on the locals. See cognates in regional languages in France: Angevin, Champenois, Lorrain, and Orléanais is; Bourbonnais-Berrichon ils; Bourguignon âs; Franc-Comtois and Poitevin-Saintongeais és; Gallo i and iz; Norman i and is; Picard is and i; Franco-Provençal ils; Occitan els (Gascon eus); Catalan ells; Corsican elli. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|VL.|illī|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Vulgar Latin illī, {{inh+|fr|VL.|illī}} Inherited from Vulgar Latin illī, {{m|la|illōs}} illōs, {{m|fr|eux}} eux, {{cog|roa-ang,roa-cha,roa-lor,roa-orl|is}} Angevin, Champenois, Lorrain, and Orléanais is, {{cog|roa-bbn|ils}} Bourbonnais-Berrichon ils, {{cog|roa-brg|âs}} Bourguignon âs, {{cog|roa-fcm,roa-poi|és}} Franc-Comtois and Poitevin-Saintongeais és, {{cog|roa-gal|i}} Gallo i, {{m|roa-gal|iz}} iz, {{cog|nrf|i}} Norman i, {{m|nrf|is}} is, {{cog|pcd|is}} Picard is, {{m|pcd|i}} i, {{cog|frp|ils}} Franco-Provençal ils, {{cog|oc|els}} Occitan els, {{cog|oc-gas|eus}} Gascon eus, {{cog|ca|ells}} Catalan ells, {{cog|co|elli}} Corsican elli Head templates: {{head|fr|pronoun|third-person plural||singular|il|accusative|les|dative|leur|emphatic|eux|possessive determiner|leur|cat2=personal pronouns|g=m-p}} ils m pl (third-person plural, singular il, accusative les, dative leur, emphatic eux, possessive determiner leur)
  1. they (male or mixed group) Tags: masculine, plural, third-person
    Sense id: en-ils-fr-pron-6JKHYpHI Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French personal pronouns, French pronouns Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of French personal pronouns: 81 19 Disambiguation of French pronouns: 70 30
  2. (Quebec, informal) they (female) Tags: Quebec, informal, masculine, plural, third-person
    Sense id: en-ils-fr-pron-gfiOamrw Categories (other): Quebec French

Alternative forms

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