elve

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlv

Noun

elve (plural elves)

1. (astronomy, meteorology) an upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, rapidly expanding disk-shaped regions of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occur high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity
   • 2006, Martin Füllekrug, Eugene A. Mareev, Michael J. Rycroft, Sprites, elves and intense lightning discharges‎:

     It is ikely that the first elve was recorded with the Space Shuttle low-light camera.

2. Obsolete form of elf.

   Sir Olof he rode out at early day, / And so came he unto an Elve-dance gay.

Anagrams

• EVEL, elev., veel, vele

Etymology

elv +‎ -e (“possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlvɛ]
• Hyphenation: el‧ve

Noun

elve

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of elv