See also: élve

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From e(mission of) l(ight and) v(ery low-frequency perturbations from) e(lectromagnetic pulse sources), and to avoid clashing with the acronym ELF (extremely low frequency) used in the same field of science.[1]

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Noun edit

elve (plural elves)

  1. (astronomy, meteorology) A rapidly expanding disk-shaped region of red luminosity in the ionosphere, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occurs 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[1], page 37:
      It is likely that the first elve was recorded with the Space Shuttle low-light camera.
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

elve (plural elves)

  1. Obsolete form of elf.
    • 1796, Mary Wollstonecraft, Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Oxford, published 2009, page 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.

References edit

  1. ^ elve”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

elv +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlvɛ]
  • Hyphenation: el‧ve

Noun edit

elve

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

Declension edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

From French élever.

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Adjective edit

elve

  1. high
    Synonym: ot

Verb edit

elve (medial form elve)

  1. to raise
  2. to heighten
  3. to bring up

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