elle
French, pronoun/ɛl/
elle is spelled E-L-L-E (4 letters) and appears 3,090 times per million words in written French, the 43rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elle is a French feminine pronoun meaning “she” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a disjunctive form of elle; her, it; à elle = hers, its. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pronom clitique de la troisième personne du singulier féminin sujet”.
What does elle mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
feminineshe
Je crois qu'elle est partie.
- 2
feminineit (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun)
Voilà ma voiture. Elle a cinq ans.
- 3
femininedisjunctive form of elle; her, it; à elle = hers, its
C’est à elle.
noun
- 1
masculineThe name of the Latin script letter L/l.
suffix
- 1
feminineforms feminine nouns, often with a diminutive sense
- 2
femininefemale equivalent of -el
- 3
femininefemale equivalent of -eau
suffix
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of -el
- 2
femininefemale equivalent of -eau
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Pronom clitique de la troisième personne du singulier féminin sujet.
pronoun: 1. Pronom tonique de la troisième personne du singulier féminin. 2. Quant à elle, par contre.
noun: 1. Lettre latine L, l.
suffix: 1. Suffixe qui sert à former des diminutifs de mots féminins à partir de substantifs. 2. Suffixe qui sert à former des mots féminins à partir de verbes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of elle
- elles plural
- la accusative
- lui dative
- son determiner possessive
- il singular masculine
- ils plural masculine
- a
- à
- a'
- all’
- é
- t-elle
- eux plural masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elle?
- /ɛl/
- Quebec /a/
- \ɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elle in French?
elle appears 3,090 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).