elfe
French, noun/ɛlf/
elfe is spelled E-L-F-E (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elfe is a French masculine noun meaning “elf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Génie de l’air, dans la mythologie scandinave”.
What does elfe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelf
- 2
masculineelve
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Génie de l’air, dans la mythologie scandinave. 2. Créature féerique ressemblant à un être humain mince souvent représenté avec des oreilles pointues. 3. Jeune fille. 4. Disque lumineux résultant d’un orage, apparaissant à environ 100 km d’altitude et s’entendant sur 200 à 500 km.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of elfe
- elfes plural
- elve
- elfine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elfe?
- /ɛlf/
- \ɛlf\
- [ɛlf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elfe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elfe in French?
elfe appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).