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Meaning of "elfhood" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ELFHOOD

elfhood  [ˈɛlfhʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELFHOOD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Elfhood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ELFHOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of elfhood in the English dictionary

The definition of elfhood in the dictionary is the state of being an elf.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELFHOOD


adulthood
ˈædʌltˌhʊd
boyhood
ˈbɔɪhʊd
brotherhood
ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd
childhood
ˈtʃaɪldhʊd
fatherhood
ˈfɑːðəˌhʊd
hood
hʊd
likelihood
ˈlaɪklɪˌhʊd
livelihood
ˈlaɪvlɪˌhʊd
manhood
ˈmænhʊd
motherhood
ˈmʌðəˌhʊd
neighborhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
neighbourhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
parenthood
ˈpɛərənthʊd
priesthood
ˈpriːstˌhʊd
selfhood
ˈsɛlfhʊd
serfhood
ˈsɜːfhʊd
sisterhood
ˈsɪstəˌhʊd
statehood
ˈsteɪthʊd
wifehood
ˈwaɪfhʊd
womanhood
ˈwʊmənˌhʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELFHOOD

eleven o´clock
eleven-plus
elevenses
eleventh
eleventh chord
eleventh hour
eleventh-grader
eleventhly
elevon
elf
elf-cup
elfin
elfin forest
elfin woodland
elfish
elfishly
elfishness
elfland
elflike
elflock

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELFHOOD

bachelorhood
extractor hood
girlhood
godhood
hardihood
knighthood
lens hood
maximum likelihood
monkshood
nationhood
personhood
prophethood
rain hood
sainthood
second childhood
servanthood
singlehood
toddlerhood
victimhood
widowhood

Synonyms and antonyms of elfhood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «elfhood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELFHOOD

Find out the translation of elfhood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elfhood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elfhood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

elfhood
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

elfhood
570 millions of speakers

English

elfhood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

elfhood
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

elfhood
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

elfhood
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

elfhood
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

elfhood
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

elfhood
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Elfhood
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

elfhood
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

elfhood
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

elfhood
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Elfhood
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

elfhood
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

elfhood
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वृद्धत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

elfhood
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elfhood
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

elfhood
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

elfhood
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

elfhood
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

elfhood
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

elfhood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

elfhood
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

elfhood
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elfhood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELFHOOD»

The term «elfhood» is barely ever used and occupies the 208.964 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELFHOOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «elfhood» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «elfhood» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elfhood

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELFHOOD»

Discover the use of elfhood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elfhood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Handbook of Categorization in Cognitive Science
True, enough, there are no elves; but, he claims, there might have been — there is the (uninstantiated) property of elfhood. And, for Fodor, it is enough that there is a law that tokens of “elf '” would be caused by elfhood counterfactually for the ...
Henri Cohen, Claire Lefebvre, 2005
2
The Attributes of God Volume 2: Deeper into the Father's Heart
ELFHOOD. God is selfexistent selfhood. Novation, the church father, said, “God has no origin.” Justthose four words, “God hasno origin,” would beaneducation tothe average person. Origin,you see, is a creature word. Everything came from ...
A. W. Tozer, 2007
3
Frege in Perspective
Frege says repeatedly that there is nothing wrong with the scientific employment of concepts under which no object falls.5 It does not follow from the permissibility of scientific use of the concepts of elfhood and fairyhood that there are elves and  ...
Joan Weiner, 2009
4
Saint or Sinner? Father Christmas - The Chicago Years (An ...
For one elf, Comper Mop, this was his first season in the factory, having just reached senior elfhood. He remembers “the buzz” within the factory during this frenetic year. The atmosphere in the factory that year was unbelievable. Electric.
Stefan Allsebrook
5
An Alphabetical List of English Words Occurring in the ...
D Elfhood, sb. Carl Elfin, adj. VV Elicit, v. a. B Eligibility, sb. fitness for election B Eligible, adj. advantageous, Traheme, B ELI Eliminative, ad'. Sat Rev Elision, sb. Addison Elixir, sb. Traheriie Elk, sb. Irving Elm, sb. T Elmen-trees, Hobbes Elmy ...
‎1861
6
Style Book: A Compilation of Rules Governing Executive, ...
... room. elderberry, hood, man, woman, wort. electro-analysis, -engrave, - engraving, -etching; the rest one word, except electro galvanized. elephant's-ear, -foot, -head (plants). eleuthero (preflx); all one word. elfhood, kin, land, lock, - shoot (v.) ...
United States. Government Printing Office, 1913
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Eugenics
... 225' 332 elfhood the Gentmi Thought of Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 232 Eugenics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - -- 324 “nrrlage in the Melting-Pot - - - - .- 322 The Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 215 Marriage-Law Reform . . . . . . .. . 261 "ester-day'  ...
8
On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries: Being the ...
D Elfhood, sb. Carl Elfin, adj. W Elicit, v. a. B Eligibility, sb. fitness for elect1on, B Eligible, adj. advantageous, Traherne, B Eliminative, ad'. Sat Rev Elision, sb. Ad ison Elixir, sb. Traherne Elk, sb. Irving Elm, sb. T Elmen-trees, Hobbes El.my ...
Richard Chenevix Trench, 1857
9
The French Revolution
Little elf, or imp; though young, already withered ; with its withered air of premature vice, of knowingness, of completed elfhood ; useful in various emergencies. The name jokei (jockey) comes from the English ; as the thing also fancies that it ...
Thomas Carlyle, 1893
10
The French Revolution a History by Thomas Carlyle: The bastille
Little elf, or imp; though young, already withered; with its withered air of premature vice, of knowingness, of completed elfhood: useful in various emergencies. The name jokei (jockey) comes from the English; as the thing also fancies that it ...
Thomas Carlyle, Marianna De_Marinis, 1851

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELFHOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elfhood is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Personalizing Race in 'Dragon Age: Inquisition'
When my character essentializes her “elfhood,” Sera understandably disapproves, not wanting to be defined by her race. She too lives in the ... «PopMatters, Dec 14»
2
Evangeline Lilly Talks 'The Desolation Of Smaug,' Playing Tauriel …
... his book—I thought they gave them a flawless perfection of elfhood—but also that has come to be accepted as the standard for a Tolkien elf. «Indie Wire, Dec 13»
3
Mark Goldweber, Leading Dancer With Joffrey, Dies at 53
“He's in the growing-pains stage of elfhood, but his phrasing is already compelling,” Arlene Croce, writing in The New Yorker, said of his debut ... «New York Times, Dec 11»
4
Elfin thoughts lose to long wait
Here was my one opportunity to reach the bewildering heights elfhood. The only appearance criteria for the casting was that elf applicants ... «Taranaki Daily News, Feb 11»
5
Filipino Boxers and Hosts in Japan: The Feminization of Male Labor …
“Ritual Passage and the Reconstruction of Selfhood in Internationals Labour Migration.” Sojourn 14:98-139. Allison, Anne, 1994. Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure ... «Japan Focus, Apr 07»

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