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elle — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • el noun The letter L or l, as used in the Latin alphabet.
  • her det Belonging to her — used before a noun to show something is owned by or associated with a particular woman, girl, or (in older or poetic use) a ship, country, etc.
  • it pron Used to refer to a thing, animal, or abstract idea that has already been mentioned or is understood.
  • she pronoun Used to refer to a female person or animal already mentioned.

Senses

elle is used for these senses in English:

  • el The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
  • her The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.
  • it The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
  • she (personal) The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied.

el — full definition

  1. noun The letter L or l, as used in the Latin alphabet.
  2. noun An elevated railway line or train, especially in older US city transit systems like Chicago.

her — full definition

  1. det Belonging to her — used before a noun to show something is owned by or associated with a particular woman, girl, or (in older or poetic use) a ship, country, etc.
  2. pron The object form of "she" — used after a verb or preposition.

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