élan
Portuguese, noun/ˈɛ.lɐ̃/
élan is spelled É-L-A-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 153,088th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élan is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of elã” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elã”.
What does élan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of elã
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elã
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of élan
- élans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce élan?
- Brazil /ˈɛ.lɐ̃/
- Portugal /ˈɛ.lɐn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to élan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élan in Portuguese?
élan appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).