Els in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Els

You can make 5 words from 'els' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'els'
• 2 letters words from 'els'

3 letters words from 'els'

ELS 3	LES 3
SEL 3

2 letters words from 'els'

EL 2

ES 2

Definitions and meaning of els

els

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlz/

Noun

els

1. plural of el

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛls/

Adjective

els (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of else.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Aubrey and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.

Anagrams

• -les-, ESL, LES, LSE, Les, LαEs, SLE, les

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin illos (“those ones”). Akin to Spanish ellos and Portuguese eles.

Pronoun

els

1. they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)

Synonyms

• ellos

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin illōs, from ille.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əls/, (before voiced sound) /əlz/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /els/, (before voiced sound) /elz/

Article

els m pl (feminine plural les, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)

1. the; masculine plural definite article

Pronoun

els (proclitic, enclitic los, contracted enclitic 'ls)

1. them (masculine, direct or indirect object).
2. them (feminine, indirect object only).

Declension

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Danish

Noun

els c

1. indefinite genitive singular of el

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛls/
• Hyphenation: els
• Rhymes: -ɛls

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch else, from Old Dutch *alisa, from Frankish *alisu, from Proto-Germanic *alisō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis-. Compare German Erle, English alder, Danish el, Norwegian older, Icelandic elri.

Noun

els m (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

1. alder, tree of the genus Alnus

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch elsene, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *alisnō, *alusnō. Related to *ēlō, whence Dutch aal, German Ahle, English awl.

Noun

els f (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

1. (leather working) awl
2. (printing) bodkin

Anagrams

• les

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *elles, genitive of *elli (Middle Dutch el), from Proto-Germanic *aljaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /els/

Adverb

els

1. elsewhere

Further reading

• “el, els”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “els”, in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin illōs, from ille.

Pronoun

els

1. they (masculine, common, and indeterminate gender)

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Swedish

Noun

els

1. indefinite genitive singular of el

Anagrams

• -sel

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Volapük

Article

els

1. nominative plural of el

Source: wiktionary.org

• EL, (US) an elevated railroad.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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