different between els vs efs

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lz/

Noun

els

1. plural of el

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ls/

Adjective

els (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of else.
   • c. 1691, John Audrey, Naturall Historie of Wiltshire

     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, L?Es, SLE, les

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ill?s, from ille.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ls/, (before voiced sound) /?lz/
• (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

Danish

Noun

els c

1. indefinite genitive singular of el

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch else, from Old Dutch *alisa, from Frankish *alisu, from Proto-Germanic *alis?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?élis-.

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

Derived terms

• elzenkatje

Etymology 2

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

Noun

els f (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

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

Anagrams

• les

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /els/

Adverb

els

1. elsewhere

Further reading

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

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin ill?s, from ille.

Pronoun

els

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

Swedish

Noun

els

1. indefinite genitive singular of el

Anagrams

• -sel

Volapük

Article

els

1. nominative plural of el

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fs/
• Homophone: effs

Noun

efs

1. plural of ef

Anagrams

• ESF, Fes