Elise
//ˈiːliːs// name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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.""
Example
More examples"Tom learned to play Für Elise on the piano."
Etymology
From French Élise or German Elise, both variants of Elisabeth.
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