elm
See also: Elm
English
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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)
- (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.
- (uncountable, usually attributive) Wood from an elm tree.
Derived terms
- Caucasian elm
- Chinese elm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Dutch elm disease
- English elm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Huntingdon elm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Japanese elm
- Manchurian elm
- northern elm
- purple elm
- Siberian elm
- southern elm
- Wheatley elm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Related terms
Translations
tree of genus Ulmus
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Anagrams
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Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).
Noun
elm (definite accusative elmni, plural elmlər)
Declension
Declension of elm
Possessive forms of elm
Related terms
Catalan
Noun
elm m (plural elms)
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛlm/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Hawick" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɛˌlʌm/
Noun
elm (plural elms)
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