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elk
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lk/
Etymology 1
From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”) (compare Low German Elk, German Elch, Norwegian elg, Swedish älg), from Proto-Indo-European *h?él?is, *h?ól?is (compare Polish ?o?, Russian ???? (los?), Vedic Sanskrit ???? (???ya, “antelope”), variant of *h?elh?én (compare German Elen, Tocharian A yäl, Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”), Lithuanian élnis (“stag”), Armenian ????? (e?nik, “doe, hind”)), from *h?el- (“deer”).
Noun
elk (plural elk or elks)
- Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
- The subspecies of the moose (Alces alces alces, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti) that occurs only in Europe and Asia.
- (now chiefly Europe) Any moose (Alces alces), the largest member of the deer family.
- (Canada, US) The common wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer.
Usage notes
Elk originally referred to the moose. The wapiti was named elk by European explorers in North America, who thought it resembled the moose.
The word elk is now commonly used in the same way as the word caribou is used for the subspecies of the reindeer. The only difference here is that it refers only to a single subspecies, while caribou refers to several subspecies of the reindeer.
Synonyms
- (Cervus candensis): wapiti
- (Alces alces): moose
Derived terms
- Elk County
- Elk River
- Elkton
Descendants
- ? Korean: ?? (elkeu)
Translations
- Mon: ?????????, ?????, ??????
- Mon pali: ?????????
Etymology 2
Noun
elk (plural elks)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of elke (the common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus))
References
- elk at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Kel, Lek, lek
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch elk.
Pronoun
elk
- (rather rare, literary) everyone; everybody
Synonyms
- elkeen,* almal
- ieder; iedereen
Determiner
elk
- (in expressions only) Alternative form of elke (“every”)
- in elk geval — “in every (i.e. any) case”
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch elc. Compare English each, West Frisian elk, from Proto-Germanic *aiwô (“ever, always”) + *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hwil?kaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lk/
- Hyphenation: elk
- Rhymes: -?lk
Determiner
elk
- each; every
Usage notes
- The Dutch determiners elk and ieder are entirely interchangeable. They do not exhibit the slight distinction that is usually made between English each and every.
Inflection
Synonyms
- al (alle)
- ieder
Descendants
- Afrikaans: elk
Pronoun
elk
- (chiefly in expressions) everyone; everybody
- Melk is goed voor elk.
- Milk is good for everyone.
- Elk op zijn beurt.
- One at a time. (Literally: Everybody at their turn.)
- Melk is goed voor elk.
References
Anagrams
- lek
Low German
Etymology
Compare Dutch elk, English each.
Pronoun
elk
- (in the singular) each, every
- (in the plural) some, many
Declension
See also
- jede
- männich
- veel
- enige
- elker
- Elkeener
elk From the web:
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mouffle
English
Etymology
French
Noun
mouffle (plural mouffles)
- (Canada) The loose covering around the nose and upper lips of the moose or elk. Prized for stewing or roasting.
- 1923 Sir James George Frazer - Folk-lore in the Old Testament
- The young wolves divided the spoil into four portions ; but one of them retained the tongue and the other the mouffle (upper lip), which are the chief delicacies of the animal.
- 1923 Sir James George Frazer - Folk-lore in the Old Testament
mouffle From the web:
- what is moufle
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