elleux
French, pronoun/e.lø/
elleux is spelled E-L-L-E-U-X (6 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elleux is a French pronoun meaning “Them. A gender-neutral personal pronoun (third-person plural disjunctive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pronom tonique de la troisième personne du pluriel faisant référence à des personnes non-binaires ou bien de…”.
What does elleux mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
Them. A gender-neutral personal pronoun (third-person plural disjunctive).
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Pronom tonique de la troisième personne du pluriel faisant référence à des personnes non-binaires ou bien de genre(s) inconnu(s). Il correspond au néopronom clitique sujet iels.
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 elleux
- elleux gender-neutral canonical plural
- ellui singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elleux?
- /e.lø/
- \ɛ.lø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is elleux in French?
elleux appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).