elve

See also: élve

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlv

Noun

elve (plural elves)

1. (astronomy, meteorology) an upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, rapidly expanding disk-shaped regions of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occur high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity
2. Obsolete form of elf.

   Sir Olof he rode out at early day, / And so came he unto an Elve-dance gay.

See also

• blue starter
• bluejet
• gigantic jet
• gnome
• pixie
• red sprite
• sprelve
• sprite halo
• sprite
• transient luminous events
• troll
• upward lightning

Anagrams

• EVEL, elev., veel, vele

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Hungarian

Etymology

elv +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlvɛ]
• Hyphenation: el‧ve

Noun

elve

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of elv

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	elve	—
accusative	elvét	—
dative	elvének	—
instrumental	elvével	—
causal-final	elvéért	—
translative	elvévé	—
terminative	elvéig	—
essive-formal	elveként	—
essive-modal	elvéül	—
inessive	elvében	—
superessive	elvén	—
adessive	elvénél	—
illative	elvébe	—
sublative	elvére	—
allative	elvéhez	—
elative	elvéből	—
delative	elvéről	—
ablative	elvétől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	elvéé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	elvééi	—

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Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elve/

Etymology

From French élever.

Adjective

elve

1. high

   Synonym: ot

Verb

elve (medial form elve)

1. to raise
2. to heighten
3. to bring up

Related terms

• elevasion