WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
El•la
(el′ə),USA pronunciation n.
-ella
- a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning "all.''
-ella
- a suffix used as a formative in taxonomic names, esp. genus names of bacteria:chorella;pasteurella;salmonella.
- Neo-Latin, Latin, feminine of -ellus; see -elle
'Ella' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-elle
- Arcella
- Capella
- Fitzgerald
- Grasso
- Legionella
- Moraxella
- Rhys
- Wilcox
- aquarelle
- bagatelle
- brucella
- cadelle
- calabrasella
- canella
- chanterelle
- chapel
- chlorella
- citadel
- columella
- crenelate
- cupel
- favella
- flagellate
- fraxinella
- gibberellic acid
- klebsiella
- lesquerella
- micelle
- morel
- mortadella
- moschatel
- nucellus
- pasteurella
- pimpernel
- predella
- radicel
- rowel
- salmonella
- self-flagellation
- shigella
- spinel
- tagliatelle
- tarantella
- tortilla
- trowel
- velella
- volvelle
- vorticella
- young