👧 A girl's name 🇫🇷 French 'she'

elle

9.9

A French word for 'she' used to refer to a female person

pronoun
/ɛl/

: ella

In French, elle means 'she'.

Examples

The teacher explained that elle is the feminine singular pronoun in French.
Some English speakers use elle when discussing French grammar.
In her essay, she used elle to emphasize the subject's femininity.
Did you hear what elle said?
In her essay, she used elle to emphasize the subject's femininity.
The teacher explained that elle is the feminine singular pronoun in French.
Some English speakers use elle when discussing French grammar.

Synonyms

she

vselle

Archaic

609 1.4

A ship, vehicle, or country people talk about as female

is used to mean a female person or subject when borrowed into English

Surface Forms

elle subject case

elle object case

elle possessive determiner

elle possessive pronoun

elle reflexive

Etymology

Elle is the French pronoun for 'she' and comes from the old Latin word illa meaning 'that' for a woman, so it became the short way to refer to a female subject.