elm

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English

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Ulmus minor, an elm.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English elm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *elmaz (compare dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm, Norwegian and Swedish alm), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem 'mountain elm' (compare Irish leamh, Latin ulmus, Albanian ulzë (maple)).

Pronunciation

Noun

elm (countable and uncountable, plural elms)

  1. (countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
    • 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.
  2. (uncountable, usually attributive) Wood from an elm tree.

Derived terms

  • Caucasian elm
  • Chinese elm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)
  • Cornish elm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)
  • Dutch elm
  • Dutch elm disease
  • English elm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)
  • field elm
  • Huntingdon elm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)

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Azerbaijani

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Abjad

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Noun

elm (definite accusative elmni, plural elmlər)

  1. knowledge

Declension


Catalan

Noun

elm m (plural elms)

  1. Helmet

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlm/
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Noun

elm (plural elms)

  1. elm