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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ellum (pronunciation spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English elme, elm, from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).
See also dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm, archaic German Ilme, Norwegian and Swedish alm; also Irish leamh, Latin ulmus, Albanian ulzë (“maple”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: ĕlm, IPA(key): /ɛlm/
- (dialectal) enPR: ĕləm, IPA(key): /ˈɛləm/ (see ellum)
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlm
Noun[edit]
elm (countable and uncountable, plural elms)
- (countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
- Synonym: (dialectal) elven
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
- It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
- (uncountable, usually attributive) Wood from an elm tree.
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from elm
- American elm
- bastard elm (Celtis occidentalis)
- Caucasian elm (Zelkova carpinifolia)
- Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
- common elm
- cork elm
- Cornish elm
- cutleaf elm (Ulmus laciniata)
- Dutch elm disease (from Ophiostoma spp. fungus)
- Dutch elm (Ulmus × hollandica)
- elm bark beetle
- elm beetle (Xanthogaleruca luteola etc.)
- elmen
- elm-leaf beetle (Xanthogaleruca luteola etc.)
- elm tree (Ulmus spp.)
- Elmwood
- elm yellows
- English cork elm (Ulmus minor, syn.Ulmus procera)
- English elm (Ulmus minor, syn.Ulmus procera)
- European field elm (Ulmus minor, syn. Ulmus procera)
- European white elm (Ulmus laevis)
- field elm (Ulmus minor)
- fluttering elm
- Great Elm (village)
- Guernsey elm
- hickory elm
- Huntingdon elm
- Japanese elm
- Jersey elm
- lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
- lobed elm (Ulmus laciniata)
- Manchurian elm (Ulmus laciniata)
- Mexican elm
- Nine Elms
- northern elm
- purple elm
- red elm (Ulmus rubra)
- rock elm
- Russian elm
- Scotch elm
- Scots elm (Ulmus glabra)
- September elm (Ulmus serotina)
- Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)
- slippery elm
- smaller European elm bark beetle
- soft elm (Ulmus rubra)
- Southampton elm
- southern elm
- Spanish elm (Cordia alliodora)
- spreading elm
- stately elm
- Texas cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia)
- Wheatley elm
- wych elm (Ulmus glabra)
- yoke elm (Carpinus spp.)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
tree of genus Ulmus
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- elm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- List of elm cultivars, hybrids and hybrid cultivars on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “* elm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams[edit]
Azerbaijani[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
elm (definite accusative elmi, plural elmlər)
Declension[edit]
Declension of elm | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | elm |
elmlər | ||||||
definite accusative | elmi |
elmləri | ||||||
dative | elmə |
elmlərə | ||||||
locative | elmdə |
elmlərdə | ||||||
ablative | elmdən |
elmlərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | elmin |
elmlərin |
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin helmus, elmus. First attested in the 13th century.[1]
Noun[edit]
elm m (plural elms)
- helmet
- Semicassis saburon (helmet snail found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “elm”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading[edit]
- “elm” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “elm” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “elm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Scots[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
elm (plural elms)
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