different between elm vs linden

English

Etymology

From Old English elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz (compare dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm, Norwegian and Swedish alm), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élem 'mountain elm' (compare Irish leamh, Latin ulmus, Albanian ulzë (“maple”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?lm, IPA^(key): /?lm/
• Rhymes: -?lm

Noun

elm (countable and uncountable, plural elms)

1. (countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.

   Synonym: (dialectal) elven
2. (uncountable, usually attributive) Wood from an elm tree.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Limoges
• Limousin
• limousin
• limousine

Translations

See also

• keyaki, kiaki
• zelkova

Further reading

• elm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -mel-, EML, L.E.M., LEM, Lem, MLE, Mel, mel

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic ?????? (?ilm).

Noun

elm (definite accusative elmi, plural elml?r)

1. science

Declension

Related terms

• ?hli-elm

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin helmus, elmus, attested from the 13th century.

Noun

elm m (plural elms)

1. helmet

Related terms

• elmet

References

Further reading

• “elm” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “elm” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “elm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lm/
• (Hawick) IPA^(key): /???l?m/

Noun

elm (plural elms)

1. elm

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *lind?naz, from Proto-Germanic *lind? (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind +? -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Linnenboom (“linden-tree”), West Frisian linenbeam (“linden-tree”), German linden (“linden”, adjective). The English noun developed from the adjective.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?n.d?n/

Adjective

linden (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Made of lime-wood.

Derived terms

• linden-tree

Noun

linden (usually uncountable, plural lindens)

1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves.
2. The soft wood of such trees.

Synonyms

• (tree): basswood, lime
• (wood): basswood

Related terms

• -inda
• lind
• Linda
• lithe

Translations

Anagrams

• dinnle, linned

Danish

Noun

linden c

1. definite singular of lind

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nd?n

Noun

linden

1. Plural form of linde

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

linden

1. inflection of lind:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English linden, equivalent to lynde +? -en.

Adjective

linden

1. Made of limewood.

Descendants

• English: linden

References

• “linden,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

Old English

Etymology

From lind +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lin.den/

Adjective

linden

1. made of lime-wood

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: linden
  • English: linden

Spanish

Verb

linden

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of lindar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of lindar.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of lindar.