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Ela

Ela

See also: ela, ELA, èla, elã, elä, -ela, and E-la

English

Proper noun

Ela

  1. A female given name

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.la/

Proper noun

Ela f

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Elżbieta

Declension


Slovak

Proper noun

Ela f

  1. A female given name.
  2. A pet form of the female given name Eleonóra.

ela

ela

See also: Ela, ELA, èla, elã, elä, eła, -ela, and E-la

Catalan

Noun

ela f (plural eles)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

Derived terms


Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ela, from Latin illa (that), feminine of ille.

Pronoun

ela m nominative and oblique (dative lle, accusative a)

  1. she (feminine singular third-person personal pronoun)

Related terms

See also


Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronoun

ela

  1. she (third-person singular subject pronoun)

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille (that).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.la/

Pronoun

ela f (plural elas)

  1. she

Descendants

  • Galician: ela
  • Portuguese: ela

Old Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ela/

Pronoun

ela

  1. she
    • c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela:
      «Don, dis ela, qui que·m sia / Ben conosc sen o folia [...].»
      ‘Sir,’ said she, ‘whatever I may be, I can well distinguish sense and folly.’

Declension

Descendants


Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ela f (plural elas)

  1. third-person feminine singular nominative pronoun she; it
    • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 227:
      Pensei que você tivesse dito que ela estava só mandando você escrever!
      I thought that you have said that she was just ordering you to write!
    • 2007, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Rocco, page 159:
      Ela sorriu encorajando-o.
      She smiled encouraging him.
    Ela está aqui perto.
    She is nearby.
  2. third-person feminine singular prepositional pronoun her
    Dei flores a ela.
    I gave her flowers.
  3. (Brazil, nonstandard) third-person feminine singular pronoun used in all positions she; it; her
    A gente encontrou ela.
    We came across her.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:ele.

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject)
Accusative
(direct object)
Dative
(indirect object)
Oblique Oblique
with com
Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no)
a
(la, na)
lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil)
a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos)
as
(las, nas)
lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Indefinite se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) ala

Etymology

From Latin āla.

Noun

ela f (plural elas)

  1. (Puter) wing

Turkish

Adjective

ela (comparative daha ela, superlative en ela)

  1. Hazel, greenish-brown (refers to the color of eyes).

Volapük

Article

ela

  1. genitive singular of el