elfo

elfo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈelfo]
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• Rhymes: -elfo
• Hyphenation: el‧fo

Noun

elfo (accusative singular elfon, plural elfoj, accusative plural elfojn)

1. elf

Related terms

• elfa (“elfin”)
• elfe (“elvishly, in Elvish”)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.fo/
• Rhymes: -ɛlfo
• Hyphenation: èl‧fo

Noun

elfo m (plural elfi)

1. elf

Anagrams

• fleo

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Portuguese

elfo

Etymology

Borrowed from English elf, from Middle English, from Old English ælf (“incubus, elf”), from Proto-Germanic *albiz (“fairy, elf”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.fu/ [ˈɛʊ̯.fu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.fu/ [ˈɛʊ̯.fu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.fo/ [ˈɛʊ̯.fo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.fu/ [ˈɛɫ.fu]

• Hyphenation: el‧fo

Noun

elfo m (plural elfos)

1. (Norse mythology) elf (a mythical being)
2. (fantasy) elf (humanoid)
3. (fantasy) fairy (a mythical being)

Related terms

• duende
• élfico
• fada

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelfo/ [ˈel.fo]
• Rhymes: -elfo
• Syllabification: el‧fo

Noun

elfo m (plural elfos)

1. elf

Hyponyms

• elfo oscuro (“dark elf”)

 

Further reading

• “elfo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014