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elle

Pronunciation: /ɛl/

“elle” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. she
  2. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun)

noun

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

In French

  1. Pronom clitique de la troisième personne du singulier féminin sujet.
  2. Pronom tonique de la troisième personne du singulier féminin.
  3. Quant à elle, par contre.
  4. Lettre latine L, l.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ele, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

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