Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: elve
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of elf.

Obsolete

noun

A rapidly expanding disk-shaped region of red luminosity in the ionosphere, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occurs high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity.

Example Sentences

"Sir Olof, he rode out at early day, / And so came he unto an Elve-dance gay."
"Is it the offspring of thoughtless animal spirits, or the elve of fancy continually flitting round the expected pleasure?"
"It is likely that the first elve was recorded with the Space Shuttle low-light camera."

Etymology

Obsolete form of elf.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

elves (plural) ELVES (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

blue jet blue starter gigantic jet gnome pixie red sprite sprelve sprite

Rhymes With

k-12 k through 12 twelve delve shelve helve reshelve unshelve deshelve

Questions

What does elve mean?: Obsolete form of elf.
Where does elve come from?: Obsolete form of elf.

How to pronounce elve

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