different between ell vs ulnage

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

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 *alin?, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh?l-én-eh?, from *Heh?l- (“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 or 114 cm), whereas a Scottish ell measured only about 37 inches (94 cm) and a Flemish ell was ³?₄ yard (27 inches or 69 cm).

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ille, attested from the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

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

Estonian

Noun

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

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?/

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): [??l?]
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

ell

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

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bet?; 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, ?, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ?, 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 értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• ell 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 2021)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tl/
• Rhymes: -?tl

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

English

Etymology

See ulna, and compare alnage.

Noun

ulnage (uncountable)

1. (law, obsolete, Britain) measurement by the ell

Synonyms

• alnage

Anagrams

• Naugle, genual, lagune, langue