name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
ell
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɛl/
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rhymes with -ɛl
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A town and commune in Redange canton, Luxembourg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A village in Leudal municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A measure of length. An English ell was 11⁄4 yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was 3⁄4 yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 5
The name of the Latin script letter L/l. (more commonly el)
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noun
Meaning 6
An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
Something that is L-shaped.
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noun
Meaning 8
Abbreviation of RNA polymerase II elongation factor: an enzyme found in Cajal bodies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
Initialism of English-language learner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: education
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noun
Meaning 10
Alternative letter-case form of ell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 11
an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: annex, annexe, extension, wing
History
Etymology
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”).
From the name of the letter L (late 18th century).
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: alna — measure of cloth
- Czech: loket — measure of cloth
- Danish: alen — measure of cloth
- Dutch: el — measure of cloth
- Faroese: alin — measure of cloth
- Finnish: kyynärä — measure of cloth
- French: aune — measure of cloth
- German: Elle — measure of cloth
- Hungarian: rőf — measure of cloth
- Ingrian: kyynärä — measure of cloth
- Macedonian: лакт (lakt) — measure of cloth
- Macedonian: ла́кот (lákot) — measure of cloth
- Norwegian: alen — measure of cloth
- Portuguese: vara — measure of cloth
- Russian: локоть (lokotʹ) — measure of cloth
- Spanish: ana — measure of cloth
- Spanish: alna — measure of cloth
- Swedish: aln — measure of cloth
- Turkish: arşın — measure of cloth
- Czech: přístavek — extension of a building
- French: aile — extension of a building
- Swedish: flygel — extension of a building