elve
See also: élve
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛlv
Etymology 1
From e(mission of) l(ight and) v(ery low-frequency perturbations from) e(lectromagnetic pulse sources).[1]
Noun
elve (plural elves)
- (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
- 2006, Martin Füllekrug, Eugene A. Mareev, Michael J. Rycroft, Sprites, elves and intense lightning discharges:
- It is ikely that the first elve was recorded with the Space Shuttle low-light camera.
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See also
- blue starter
- bluejet
- gigantic jet
- gnome
- pixie
- red sprite
- sprelve
- sprite halo
- sprite
- transient luminous events
- troll
- upward lightning
Noun
elve (plural elves)
- Obsolete form of elf.
- 1796, Mary Wollstonecraft, Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Oxford 2009, p. 61:
- Is it the offspring of thoughtless animal spirits, or the elve of fancy continually flitting round the expected pleasure?
- Sir Olof he rode out at early day, / And so came he unto an Elve-dance gay.
- 1796, Mary Wollstonecraft, Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Oxford 2009, p. 61:
References
- “elve”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
- EELV, EVEL, elev., veel, vele
Hungarian
Etymology
elv + -e (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛlvɛ]
- Hyphenation: el‧ve
Noun
elve
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of elv
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | elve | — |
| accusative | elvét | — |
| dative | elvének | — |
| instrumental | elvével | — |
| causal-final | elvéért | — |
| translative | elvévé | — |
| terminative | elvéig | — |
| essive-formal | elveként | — |
| essive-modal | elvéül | — |
| inessive | elvében | — |
| superessive | elvén | — |
| adessive | elvénél | — |
| illative | elvébe | — |
| sublative | elvére | — |
| allative | elvéhez | — |
| elative | elvéből | — |
| delative | elvéről | — |
| ablative | elvétől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | elvéé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | elvééi | — |
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French élever.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /elve/
Adjective
elve
- high
- Synonym: ot
Verb
elve (medial form elve)
- to raise
- to heighten
- to bring up
Related terms
- elevasion