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Élise, Elise, Elyse, Elyce or Elize is the shortened feminine French form of Elizabeth, coming originally from the Hebrew name אלישבע (אלי = My God שבע = oath) and meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance".
life preserver a type of weapon for self-defence (US: blackjack) life vest, personal flotation device (UK: lifebelt or lifejacket) lift (n.) platform or cage moved vertically in a shaft to transport people and goods to various floors in a building (US: elevator) ride as a passenger in a vehicle (as in, to give someone a lift)
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version: spelt, spelled; Derived words often, but not always, follow their root.
Elsie Griffin (1895–1989), English opera singer; Elsie Hall (1877–1976), Australian-born South African classical pianist; Elsie Heiss, Australian indigenous elder and Catholic religious leader; Elsie Higgon (1879–1969), English pharmacist; Elsie Hodder (1886–1952), English actress and singer under the stage name Lily Elsie
Download QR code; Print/export ... Meaning: Variations of the ... Region of origin: English: Elissa is a feminine given name. It is the root of Elizabeth. [1]
Elise, the unidentified person to whom Beethoven dedicated Für Elise; Elise, a 1979 speculative fiction novel by Ken Grimwood; Élise ou la vraie vie (Elise, or the Real Life), a 1967 novel by the French writer Claire Etcherelli; Élise ou la vraie vie (Elise, or Real Life), a 1970 French drama film based on the novel of the same name
Elizabeth with a "z" is the typical spelling in English. Elizabeth is found in the Bible (Luke 1:57) as the mother of John the Baptist . Elizabeth became popularised during the late medieval period as a given name, mostly influenced by two saints: St. Elizabeth of Hungary and St. Elizabeth of Portugal .