Elk

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elk (Cervus canadensis)

Etymology

Middle English elk, from Old English eolh or Old Norse elgr, both from Proto-Germanic *elkhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₁ḗn, -nós (cf. Welsh elain 'stag', Latin alcēs 'elk', Tocharian yäl/ylem 'antelope', Lithuanian élnis, OSl jelenĭ, Ancient Greek élaphos, Old Armenian [[եղն#Template:Xcl|եղն]] (ełn), “‘stag, deer’”), Sanskrit ṛśyas 'male antelope').

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛlk/ SAMPA: /Elk/

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Noun

Singular Elk

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1. Template:North American The common wapiti (Cervus canadensis); the second largest member of the deer family, smaller only than a moose. Elk never have flat antlers (like moose do.)
2. (British) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose.

Synonyms

• (Cervus candensis): wapiti
• (Alces alces): moose

Translations

wapiti - Cervus candensis — see wapiti

moose - Alces alces

Arabic: موظ (mūẓ) m. Armenian: որմզդեղն hy(hy) (ormzdeġn) Catalan: ant m. Cherokee: ᎠᏫᎡ (awie) Chinese: 麋鹿 (mílù) Czech: los cs(cs) m. Danish: elg da(da) c., elsdyr da(da) n. Dutch: eland m., Europese eland m. Esperanto: alko eo(eo) Estonian: põder et(et) Finnish: hirvi fi(fi) French: élan m., élan d'Europe m., orignal m. (Canada-Quebec) German: Elch m., europäischer Elch m. Greek: άλκη (alki) f., ελάφι (elafi) n.

Interlingua: alce Italian: alce it(it) Latin: alces la(la) f. Macedonian: лос mk(mk) (los) m. Mongolian: хандгай mn(mn) (handgay) Northern Sami: ealga Norwegian: elg no(no) m. Polish: łoś pl(pl) m. Romanian: elan ro(ro) m. Russian: лось ru(ru) (los’) m. Slovene: los sl(sl) m. Spanish: alce es(es) m. Swedish: älg sv(sv) c.

Anagrams

• ekl,
• lek, Lek

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Dutch

Alternative spellings

• elke

Pronoun

Elk

1. each
2. everyone

   Melk is goed voor elk.

ang:elk de:elk et:elk fr:elk io:elk id:elk it:elk kn:elk ku:elk lt:elk hu:elk nl:elk no:elk ro:elk ru:elk fi:elk sv:elk te:elk vi:elk zh:elk