Dictionary

elm en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• ĕlm
• /ˈɛləm/ (dialectal)
• (Southern-England) audio
• ĕləm (dialectal)
• /ɛlm/

Etymology

From Middle English elme, elm, from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”). See also dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm, archaic German Ilme, Norwegian and Swedish alm; also Irish leamh, Latin ulmus, Albanian ulzë (“maple”).

Meanings

1. (countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
   • It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
   • The village is a dignified place of thatch, half-timbering, box hedges and neat farms, set among elms (though not as many as formerly, since Dutch elm disease took its toll) on the level plain of the Pewsey Vale. 1980, AA Book of English Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 67:
2. (attributive, often, uncountable) Wood from an elm tree.
   • English soldiers handled sturdy bows of yew, ash, or elm, which could propel an iron-tipped arrow as far as a hundred yards. 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 155:

Forms

Deriveds

cutleaf elm · multi-nerved elm · Dutch elm disease · Caucasian elm · cherry bark elm · European white elm · Cornish elm · Great Elm · common elm · elm-leaf beetle · purple elm · Wheatley elm · elm tree · Russian elm · soft elm · elmwood · Atinian elm · Nine Elms · elm bark beetle · elmy · moose elm · yoke elm · elm beetle · wych elm · elmlike · elmen · Dutch elm · elm yellows · European field elm · smaller European elm bark beetle · Texas cedar elm · American elm · slippery elm · Elmsdale · white elm · Guernsey elm · West Indian elm · Spanish elm · Jersey elm · bastard elm · Mexican elm · English elm · Elmhurst · elmness · Scots elm · Japanese elm · Manchurian elm · winged elm · chestnut-leafed elm · rock elm · cedar elm · northern elm · southern elm · red elm · Elm Park · Southampton elm · hickory elm · field elm · Camperdown elm · stately elm · English cork elm · lacebark elm · Huntingdon elm · elm borer · witch elm · Elmwood · Chinese elm · fluttering elm · elm sawfly · September elm · cork elm · spreading elm · long raceme elm · Scotch elm · lobed elm · Siberian elm

Relateds

kiaki · Elmbridge · limousin · zelkova · Newcastle-under-Lyme · Limoges · limousine · Burslem · Nine Elms · keyaki · Limousin · Elmhurst

Synonyms

elven

Translations (136)

tr karaağaç (tree of genus Ulmus) · udm сирпу (tree of genus Ulmus) · ks برَٛن (tree of genus Ulmus) · lv goba (tree of genus Ulmus) · rm olm (tree of genus Ulmus) · el φτελιά (tree of genus Ulmus) · lt guoba (tree of genus Ulmus) · mk брест (tree of genus Ulmus) · sk brest (tree of genus Ulmus) · et jalakas (tree of genus Ulmus) · gl umeiro (tree of genus Ulmus) · mrj шолы (tree of genus Ulmus) · uk в'яз (tree of genus Ulmus) · chr ᏓᏩᏥᎳ (tree of genus Ulmus) · be вяз (tree of genus Ulmus) · ca om (tree of genus Ulmus) · ckb ڕەشەدار (tree of genus Ulmus) · hu szilfa (tree of genus Ulmus) · ja ニレ (tree of genus Ulmus) · sq hithës (tree of genus Ulmus) · kw elow (tree of genus Ulmus) · pnt φτελίδ’ (tree of genus Ulmus) · he אולמוס (tree of genus Ulmus) · mic wigpi (tree of genus Ulmus) · da elm (tree of genus Ulmus) · he בוקיצה (tree of genus Ulmus) · chr ᏧᏩᏙᎾ (tree of genus Ulmus) · chy homenó'e (tree of genus Ulmus) · nl iep (tree of genus Ulmus) · rup ulmu (tree of genus Ulmus) · mi erema (tree of genus Ulmus) · sc úlumu (tree of genus Ulmus) · gl lamargueiro (tree of genus Ulmus) · lzz მულა (tree of genus Ulmus) · pt ulmeiro (tree of genus Ulmus) · mhr шолемла (tree of genus Ulmus) · bg бряст (tree of genus Ulmus) · fi jalava (tree of genus Ulmus) · ar بُوقِيصَا (tree of genus Ulmus) · cy llwyf (tree of genus Ulmus) · ka თელა (tree of genus Ulmus) · ro ulm (tree of genus Ulmus) · gd ailm (tree of genus Ulmus) · be лём (tree of genus Ulmus) · is álmur (tree of genus Ulmus) · sco elm (tree of genus Ulmus) · sh brest (tree of genus Ulmus) · hsb wjaz (tree of genus Ulmus) · nl olm (tree of genus Ulmus) · pdt Reesta (tree of genus Ulmus) · hy թեղի (tree of genus Ulmus) · da elmetræ (tree of genus Ulmus) · ast llamera (tree of genus Ulmus) · ru бе́рест (tree of genus Ulmus) · ru вяз (tree of genus Ulmus) · la ulmus (tree of genus Ulmus) · lt skirpstas (tree of genus Ulmus) · cu брѣстъ (tree of genus Ulmus) · ko 느릅나무 (tree of genus Ulmus) · eo ulmo (tree of genus Ulmus) · sq vidh (tree of genus Ulmus) · ru ильм (tree of genus Ulmus) · eu zumar (tree of genus Ulmus) · ab араш (tree of genus Ulmus) · cmn 榆木 (tree of genus Ulmus) · it olmo (tree of genus Ulmus) · cs jilm (tree of genus Ulmus) · mnc ᡥᠠᡳᠯᠠᠨ (tree of genus Ulmus) · grc πτελέα (tree of genus Ulmus) · sc úlimu (tree of genus Ulmus) · ja 楡 (tree of genus Ulmus) · rm uolm (tree of genus Ulmus) · kpv сирпу (tree of genus Ulmus) · cho tohto (tree of genus Ulmus) · pt olmo (tree of genus Ulmus) · izh jalaja (tree of genus Ulmus) · sc umbu (tree of genus Ulmus) · tov vizm (tree of genus Ulmus) · vec olmo (tree of genus Ulmus) · ckb بووز (tree of genus Ulmus) · kfm vizvā (tree of genus Ulmus) · mnc ᡥᠠᡳᠯᠠᠨ ᠮᠣᠣ (tree of genus Ulmus) · ba ҡарама (tree of genus Ulmus) · gd leamhan (tree of genus Ulmus) · sc úrumu (tree of genus Ulmus) · ms elm (tree of genus Ulmus) · alt карама (tree of genus Ulmus) · rm ulm (tree of genus Ulmus) · see gaögä꞉ʼ (tree of genus Ulmus) · nb alm (tree of genus Ulmus) · sc úmulu (tree of genus Ulmus) · lv vīksna (tree of genus Ulmus) · lt vinkšna (tree of genus Ulmus) · sc urmu (tree of genus Ulmus) · ar دَرْدَار (tree of genus Ulmus) · el καραγάτσι (tree of genus Ulmus) · sva ცა̈̄ჲრა (tree of genus Ulmus) · sl brest (tree of genus Ulmus) · fr orme (tree of genus Ulmus) · xmf ცი (tree of genus Ulmus) · akz tohto (tree of genus Ulmus) · sv alm (tree of genus Ulmus) · be бе́раст (tree of genus Ulmus) · sc ulmu (tree of genus Ulmus) · ota قره آغاج (tree of genus Ulmus) · kmr bizî (tree of genus Ulmus) · nb almetre (tree of genus Ulmus) · nn alm (tree of genus Ulmus) · es olmo (tree of genus Ulmus) · oj aniib (tree of genus Ulmus) · ga leamhán (tree of genus Ulmus) · mn ᠬᠠᠢᠢᠯᠠᠰᠤ (tree of genus Ulmus) · enm elm (tree of genus Ulmus) · de Ulme (tree of genus Ulmus) · tt карама (tree of genus Ulmus) · az qarağac (tree of genus Ulmus) · fo almur (tree of genus Ulmus) · pl wiąz (tree of genus Ulmus) · mn хайлас (tree of genus Ulmus) · oma ézhoⁿ (tree of genus Ulmus) · lki ڤِزم (tree of genus Ulmus) · cmn 榆樹 /榆树 (tree of genus Ulmus) · scn urmu (tree of genus Ulmus) · nn almetre (tree of genus Ulmus) · fo álmur (tree of genus Ulmus) · tl olmo (tree of genus Ulmus) · fa نارون (tree of genus Ulmus) · sdh وِزم (tree of genus Ulmus) · ce муьшдечиг (tree of genus Ulmus) · el λεύκα (tree of genus Ulmus) · xdq бя́жу (tree of genus Ulmus) · shy abaca (tree of genus Ulmus) · cic tohto (tree of genus Ulmus) · hu szil (tree of genus Ulmus) · mn хайлаас (tree of genus Ulmus) · tly (Astara) vizim (tree of genus Ulmus)