elm

(Inglese)

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

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɛlm/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).

Ulmus

Ulmaceae

Ulmus pumila

American elm

rock elm

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