Ell in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Ell

You can make 2 words from 'ell' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'ell'
• 2 letters words from 'ell'

3 letters words from 'ell'

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2 letters words from 'ell'

EL 2

Definitions and meaning of ell

ell

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from *Heh₃l- (“elbow, forearm”). Cognate with Dutch el (“ell”), German Low German Ell (“ell”), German Elle (“ell”), Swedish aln (“cubit; ell”), Icelandic alin (“cubit; ell”), Latin ulna (“forearm”).

Noun

ell (plural ells)

1. (historical) A measure for cloth. An English ell was 1+¹⁄₄ yards (45 inches), whereas a Scottish ell measured only about 37 inches and a Flemish ell was ³⁄₄ yard (27 inches).

Translations

Etymology 2

From the name of the letter L

Noun

ell (plural ells)

1. (rare) The name of the Latin-script letter L.
2. An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 4:

     I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell.

3. Something that is L-shaped.

Translations

Anagrams

• LEL, lel

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ille, attested from the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈeʎ/
• Rhymes: -eʎ

Pronoun

ell (plural ells)

1. he

Declension

Further reading

• “ell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

References

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Estonian

Noun

ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛlː/

Noun

ell n (genitive singular els, plural ell)

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

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlː]
• Rhymes: -ɛlː

Noun

ell

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

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé

Further reading

• ell in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
• ell in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛtl/
• Rhymes: -ɛtl

Noun

ell n (genitive singular ells, nominative plural ell)

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

Declension

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Võro

Noun

ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Source: wiktionary.org

• an old measure of length equal to 45 inches.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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