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Is elm a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word elm is a Scrabble US word. The word elm is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

E1L1M3

Is elm a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word elm is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

E1L1M3

Is elm a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word elm is a Words With Friends word. The word elm is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (2 found)

ELM,MEL,

2-letter words (3 found)

EL,EM,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 6 words from elm according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of elm

elm

Translingual

Symbol

elm

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Eleme.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Eleme terms

English

Alternative forms

  • ellum (pronunciation spelling)

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”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĕlm, IPA(key): /ɛlm/
  • (dialectal) enPR: ĕləm, IPA(key): /ˈɛləm/ (see ellum)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlm

Noun

elm (countable and uncountable, plural elms)

  1. (countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
    Synonym: (dialectal) elven
  2. (uncountable, usually attributive) Wood from an elm tree.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • keyaki, kiaki
  • zelkova

Further reading

  • elm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • List of elm species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • List of elm cultivars, hybrids and hybrid cultivars on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “* elm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • mel, Lem, LEM, EML, MLE, L.E.M., -mel-, MEL, Mel

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation

Noun

elm (definite accusative elmi, plural elmlər)

  1. science

Declension

Related terms

  • əhli-elm

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin helmus, elmus. First attested in the 13th century.

Noun

elm m (plural elms)

  1. helmet
  2. Semicassis saburon (helmet snail found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic)

Related terms

  • elmet

References

Further reading

  • “elm”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “elm” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “elm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • alme, elme, helm, ulme

Etymology

Inherited from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”). For the variant ulme, compare Old English ulmtrēow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛlm/

Noun

elm (plural elmes)

  1. elm tree

Descendants

  • English: elm (dialectal ellum)
  • Scots: elm

References

  • “elm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /elm/, [eɫm]

Noun

elm m

  1. elm tree

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Descendants

  • Middle English: elm, alme, elme, helm, ulme
    • English: elm (dialectal ellum)
    • Scots: elm

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlm/
  • (Hawick) IPA(key): /ˈɛˌlʌm/

Noun

elm (plural elms)

  1. elm

Source: wiktionary.org