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Meaning of Elise | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈiːliːs

Definitions

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth.

Equivalents

العربية إليز
Français élise Élise élise
Italiano elise elise
Português Elise

Examples

“"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."”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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