different between elke vs elve

English

Alternative forms

• elk

Noun

elke (plural elkes)

1. (obsolete) The European wild, whistling, or common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus).

References

• elke at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Kele, Leek, keel, leek, lekë

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch elk, elke.

Determiner

elke

1. every

   Toe ek by my skoonouers kuier, het ons elke dag gebraaide vleis geëet.

   When I stayed at my in-laws’, we had fried meat every day.

Synonyms

• iedere (rather rare)

Related terms

• elk (chiefly pronoun)
• elkeen

Dutch

Pronunciation

Determiner

elke

1. Inflected form of elk

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lv

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

Hungarian

Etymology

elv +? -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??lv?]
• Hyphenation: el?ve

Noun

elve

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

Declension

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