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elm^¹

/ɛlm/
/ˈɛləm/ dialectal

Rhymes with -ɛlm

Where it comes from

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”).

noun elms · ellum

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
Similar: elven
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.

Elm^²

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4706).
An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri, United States.
An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A village in Glarus canton, Switzerland.
A surname.
A functional programming language for creating web applications. Elm as a language can be seen from different angles. The main purpose of the language and the platform is to create web applications.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: elm tree, elmwood, tree, bat, wych, sla, mte, etf, probably, ulmus, field elm, wych elm, english elm, american elm, dutch elm, scotch elm

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noun tree of genus Ulmus

Español	olmo
한국어	느릅나무 neureumnamu
日本語	楡 nire, ニレ nire
中文	榆木 yúmù, 榆樹 /榆树 yúshù
Português	ulmeiro, olmo
Français	orme
Deutsch	Ulme
Italiano	olmo
Ελληνικά	λεύκα léfka, φτελιά fteliá, καραγάτσι karagátsi
Română	ulm
Русский	вяз ulmus, ильм ilʹm, бе́рест bérest
العربية	دَرْدَار dardār, بُوقِيصَا būqīṣā
עברית	בוקיצה, אולמוס

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@misc{elm_2026,
  title = {elm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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