elm

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(Anglais)

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

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/ɛlm/

Hérité de moyen anglais

Hérité de ancien anglais

Appartenant à bas-allemand

Appartenant à allemand

Appartenant à norvégien

Appartenant à suédois

Appartenant à irlandais

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Appartenant à albanais

In summary

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”).