"ella" meaning in Italian

See ella in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈɛl.la/ Forms: elle [plural], elleno [archaic, plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlla Etymology: From Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|illa}} Latin illa Head templates: {{head|it|pronoun|plural|elle|archaic plural|elleno|g=f}} ella f (plural elle, archaic plural elleno)
  1. (uncommon, literary, subject form, animate) she Tags: animate, feminine, literary, subjective, uncommon Synonyms: lei, essa
    Sense id: en-ella-it-pron-LNqF5QTh Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian personal pronouns, Italian pronouns, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries Related terms: io, tu, Lei, Ella8, lui, egli8, elli3, 8, esso8, lei, ella8, essa8, noi, voi, Voi7, Loro, loro, ellino4, eglino4, essi8, elle3, elleno4, esse8, mi, m', -mi, me9, ti, t', -ti, te9, , si6, s', -si, se9, ci, c', -ci, ce9, vi, Vi7, v', V'7, -vi, -Vi7, ve9, si, La, -La, L', lo, l', -lo, la, -la, Le, -Le, li, -li, le, -le, glie9, Loro10, loro10, gli2, -gli2, gli, -gli, vi1, v'1, ne, n', , me, te, elle8, 1, Formal, 2, Informal, 3, Archaic, 4, Obsolete, 5, Grammatically third person forms used semantically in the second person as a formal, polite way of addressing someone. Unlike the singular forms (english: with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects), the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead, 6, Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning (english: one), and to form the passive, 7, Formal (english: capitalisation optional), in many regions, can refer to just one person (english: compare with French vous), Traditional grammars still indicate the forms egli [animate], esso [inanimate], essa [inanimate], essi, esse as the nominative forms of the third person pronouns, outside of very formal, archaizing contexts, all such forms have been replaced by the obliques lui, 9, Forms used when followed by a third-person direct object proclitic (english: lo, la, li, le, or ne), 10, Used after verbs, 11, Unstressed forms, stand alone forms are found proclitically (alt: except dative loro / Loro), others enclitically (alt: -mi, -ti) [usually], 12, Disjunctive, emphatic oblique forms used as direct objects placed after verbs, in exclamations, along prepositions and some adverbs (english: come, quanto) [prepositional, usually], also used with a to create alternative emphatic dative forms

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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