"I want my dark elf to be blue." "OK... That one's purple. You'll be purple for this week."
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Elf
//ɛlf//
Synonyms for "elf" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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64 entriesShowing 16 of 64 words.
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6 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
Translations
134 translations across 55 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- elf noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- elf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elf noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
Arabic
1 entries- آلْف noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Åip noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Bulgarian
1 entries- елф noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Catalan
2 entries- elf noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- elf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 精靈 /精灵 noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- 精靈 /精灵 noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- 精靈 /精灵 noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
Czech
3 entries- elf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elf noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
- álf noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
Danish
2 entries- alf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elver noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
Dutch
2 entries- alf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Esperanto
1 entries- elfo noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Estonian
1 entries- haldjas noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Finnish
4 entries- haltia noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- haltia noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
- keiju noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- maahinen noun (mythical, supernatural being)
French
4 entries- elfe noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- elfe noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elfe noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
- farfadet noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Galician
3 entries- elfo noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- ouva noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- ouva noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
Georgian
1 entries- ელფი noun (mythical, supernatural being)
German
4 entries- Alb noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- Alp noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- Elb noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- Elbe noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Greek
1 entries- ξωτικό noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Hebrew
1 entries- אלף noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Hindi
4 entries- अप्सरा noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- एल्फ noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- एल्फ़ noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- देव noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Hungarian
4 entries- elf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elf noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
- manó noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- tünde noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Icelandic
1 entries- álfur noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Indonesian
2 entries- elf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- peri noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Irish
2 entries- ealbh noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- lucharachán noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Italian
3 entries- elfo noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- elfo noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elfo noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
Japanese
2 entries- エルフ noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- 妖精 noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Korean
2 entries- 엘프 noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- 요정 noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Latin
3 entries- alfus noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- alfus noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- alfus noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
Latvian
2 entries- elfa noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elfs noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Lithuanian
2 entries- elfas noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elfė noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Macedonian
3 entries- ви́леник noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- елф noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- џу́џе noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Maltese
2 entries- elf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- nanu noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Marathi
3 entries- एल्फ noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- एल्फ noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- एल्फ noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
Middle High German
3 entries- alb noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- alp noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elbe noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Norwegian
1 entries- alv noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- alv noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
Old English
1 entries- ielf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Old High German
1 entries- alp noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Old Norse
1 entries- álfr noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Old Saxon
1 entries- alf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Persian
2 entries- الف noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- وروجک noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Polish
1 entries- elf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Portuguese
3 entries- elfo noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- elfo noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elfo noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
Romanian
1 entries- elf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Russian
4 entries- альв noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- эльф noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- эльф noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- эльф noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
Scots
1 entries- eemock noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- ailbhear noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
- ealf noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
- luspardan noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- sìthiche noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- patuljak noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- vilenjak noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- вилељак noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- патуљак noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Sicilian
4 entries- donni di casa noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- erfa noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- erfu noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- erfu noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Slovak
1 entries- škriatok noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Spanish
4 entries- duende noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elfo noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- elfo noun (mythical, supernatural being)
- elfo noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
Swahili
1 entries- kibwengo noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Swedish
4 entries- alf noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- alv noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- alv noun (fantasy: magical, typically forest-guarding creature)
- älva noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
Thai
1 entries- เอลฟ์ noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
Turkish
1 entries- elf noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Ukrainian
3 entries- альв noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- ельф noun (Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim)
- ельф noun (mythical, supernatural being)
Sample sentences
44 total sentences available.
The Marsh Woman is related to the elf maidens, who are well-known, for songs are sung and pictures painted about them.
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Never deal with a dragon and never trust an elf!
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This elf is so cute.
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