Elle

Elle

1. A diminutive of the female given name Eleanor and other names beginning with El. Also given as a name in its own right.

• Le-Le

Elle

1. a female given name, short form of Helena (“Helen”) and Eliisabet

Shortened from Eleonoora and Elisabet after foreign examples.

• IPA^(key): /ˈelːe/, [ˈe̞lːe̞]
• Rhymes: -elːe
• Hyphenation^(key): El‧le

Elle

1. a female given name

• Elle is the 343^rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,267 female individuals (and as a middle name to 697 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

From Middle High German elle, backformation from earlier el(e)n, ellen, from Old High German elina.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlə/

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Elle f (genitive Elle, plural Ellen)

1. (anatomy) ulna (bone of the forearm)

   Coordinate term: Speiche

2. ell (historic unit of length)

• The length of the ell varied greatly. In German-speaking Europe it was usually between 50 and 60 cm, thus only half of the English ell of 114 cm. Certain German ells measured up to about 90 cm, however.

• Ellbogen, Ellenbogen
• ellenlang

• “Elle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Elle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Elle” in Duden online
•   Elle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Elle” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

 

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Elle

Wikipedia ^it

From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).

Elle f

1. (Greek mythology) Helle

Short form of Norwegian and Swedish Ellen, or of other names beginning with El-..

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈelːle/

Elˈle

1. a female given name

• Ellá

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland