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You can make 3 words from ell according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of ell

ell lel ell lel lle lle

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ell. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ell.

Definitions and meaning of ell

ell

Translingual

Symbol

ell

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl/
• 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-West Germanic *alinu, 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 of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.

Derived terms

• give them an inch and they'll take an ell

Translations

Etymology 2

From the name of the letter L.

Noun

ell (plural ells)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L. (more commonly el)
2. An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
3. Something that is L-shaped.

Alternative forms

• el

Derived terms

• effell

Translations

Anagrams

• LEL, lel

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ille. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

ell (plural ells)

1. he

Declension

References

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.

Estonian

Noun

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

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

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

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 / elly / 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. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• l in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ell , redirecting to ellik and l in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

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

Võro

Noun

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

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

Inflection

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