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Elise

/ˈiːliːs/

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Scotland/əˈlis/

Elise proper noun: a female given name from Hebrew.

Proper noun

Elise

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    • "Obviously I wasn't going to go through life saddled with a name like Elsie. When I got up to London at the age of eighteen everybody laughed at me, so a boyfriend suggested a tiny amendment, two letters swopped, and I've been Elise for thirty years."2001, Susan Kelly, Killing the Fatted Calf, Allison & Busby, →ISBN, page 34

Origin of Elise

From French Élise or German Elise, both variants of Elisabeth.

Questions about Elise

What does Elise mean?
Elise means a female given name from Hebrew.
What part of speech is Elise?
Elise is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Elise?
Elise is pronounced /ˈiːliːs/.

Words near Elise in the dictionary

  1. Elisabeth
  2. Elisabetha
  3. Elisabethpol
  4. Elisabethville
  5. ELISAs
  6. Elise
  7. Elisha
  8. Elishah
  9. Elisheba
  10. Elisheva
  11. elisidepsin

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