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elk¹

  • /ɛlk/

Sounds like Elk, Ełk · Rhymes with -ɛlk

Where it comes from

From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-West Germanic *elh, from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis, variant of *h₁elh₁én, from *h₁el- (“deer”).

See also Low German Elk, German Elch, Danish elg, Norwegian elg, Swedish älg; also Polish łoś, Russian лось (losʹ), Vedic Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛ́śya, “antelope”); also German Elen, Latin alcēs (“elk”), Tocharian A yäl, Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”), Lithuanian élnis (“stag”), Armenian եղնիկ (eġnik, “doe, hind”). Doublet of Elhaz.

noun elk · elks

  1. Commonwealth, Europe Any of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, the largest member of the deer family, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia.

    Similar: moose

  2. Canada, US Common wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer.

    Similar: wapiti

  3. British, India Sambar (Cervus unicolor). In a narrow defile […] a male elk, (cervus alces, Lin.) of noble appearance, followed by twenty-two females, passed majestically under their platform, each as large as a common-sized horse.

Similar: alce

elk²

  • /ɛlk/

Sounds like Elk, Ełk · Rhymes with -ɛlk

noun elks

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of elke (common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus)).

Elk³

  • /ɛlk/

Sounds like elk, Ełk · Rhymes with -ɛlk

noun Elks

  1. A member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, an American fraternal order.

Elk⁴

  • /ɛlk/

Sounds like elk, Ełk · Rhymes with -ɛlk

noun Elks

  1. informal An Acorn Electron computer. Even modified it so that it would work with the differently ordered registers of an Electron. Never did get it working fully on the Elk, I think my Elk with Mode 7 box caused a problem with the use of IRQ workspace, system speed was also a factor IIRC.

Elk⁵

  • /ɛlk/

Sounds like elk, Ełk · Rhymes with -ɛlk

proper noun

  1. Canadian A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Elks (formerly known as the Eskimos).

Elk⁶

  • /ɛlk/

Sounds like elk, Ełk · Rhymes with -ɛlk

Where it comes from

Perhaps a reduced form of Dutch van Elk.

proper noun Elks

  1. A surname from Dutch.

ELK⁷

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. Of course, ELK doesn't come without operational burden.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: moose, alces alces, european elk, wapiti, deer, sambar, reindeer, stag, tule, park, uck, outpouring, elan, élan, boost, momentum

noun

Similar: alce

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@misc{elk_2026,
  title = {elk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}