Elf — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

below 3 kilohertz

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛlf/

🇬🇧British English

/dɹˈaftsmɛn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɹˈaftsmɛn/

1 syllable Say it as /ˈɛlf/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

extremely low frequency imp pixy brownie pixie hob gremlin

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

elfe

(folklore) fées quelque peu espiègles

🇪🇸Spanish

duende

(folclore) hadas que son algo traviesas

🇮🇹Italian

elfo

fate (folcloristiche) che sono un po' dispettose

🇵🇹Portuguese

duende

(folclore) fadas que são um tanto travessas

🇷🇺Russian

эльф

(фольклорные) феи, несколько озорные

India

🇮🇳Hindi

योगिनी

(लोककथा) परियाँ जो कुछ हद तक शरारती होती हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

পরী

(লোককথা) পরী যে কিছুটা দুষ্টু

🇮🇳Tamil

தெய்வம்

(நாட்டுப்புறவியல்) தேவதைகள் ஓரளவு குறும்புத்தனமானவை

🇮🇳Marathi

एल्फ

(लोककथा) परी ज्या काहीशा खोडकर आहेत

🇮🇳Gujarati

પિશાચ

(લોકસાહિત્ય) પરીઓ જે કંઈક અંશે તોફાની છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಯಕ್ಷಿಣಿ

(ಜಾನಪದ) ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಚೇಷ್ಟೆಯ ಯಕ್ಷಯಕ್ಷಿಣಿಯರು

🇮🇳Malayalam

കുട്ടിച്ചാത്തൻ

(നാടോടിക്കഥകൾ) അൽപ്പം വികൃതിയായ യക്ഷികൾ

🇵🇰Urdu

یلف

(لوک کہانی) پریاں جو کسی حد تک شرارتی ہوتی ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

小精灵

（民间传说）有些顽皮的仙女

🇯🇵Japanese

エルフ

（民間伝承）ちょっといたずら好きな妖精

🇰🇷Korean

꼬마 요정

(민속) 다소 장난꾸러기인 요정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

yêu tinh

(văn học dân gian) những nàng tiên có phần tinh nghịch

🇹🇭Thai

เอลฟ์

(คติชน) นางฟ้าที่ค่อนข้างจะซุกซน

🇮🇩Indonesian

peri

(cerita rakyat) peri yang agak nakal

🇵🇭Filipino

duwende

(folklore) mga engkanto na medyo malikot

🇲🇾Malay

bunian

(cerita rakyat) pari-pari yang agak nakal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قزم

(الفولكلور) الجنيات المؤذية إلى حد ما

🇮🇷Persian

جن

(فولکلور) پری هایی که تا حدودی شیطنت می کنند

🇮🇱Hebrew

שֵׁדוֹן

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