elev

See also: elév and elev.

Danish

Etymology

From French élève (“pupil, student”), from élever (“raise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleːv/, [eˈleːˀw]

Noun

elev c (singular definite eleven, plural indefinite elever)

1. pupil, student (a person attending school)
2. trainee, apprentice (a person trained for a specific job)

   Synonym: lærling

3. disciple (a person following an artist or thinker)

   Synonym: discipel

Declension

Declension of elev

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	elev	eleven	elever	eleverne
genitive	elevs	elevens	elevers	elevernes

References

• “elev” in Den Danske Ordbog

North Frisian

North Frisian cardinal numbers

<  10	11	12  >
Cardinal : elev     Ordinal : elefst

Alternative forms

• elwen (Föhr-Amrum)
• alwen (Mooring)

Pronunciation

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɐf]

Numeral

elev

1. (Sylt) eleven

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French élève, from élever (“bring up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛleːʋ/
• Rhymes: -eːʋ

Noun

elev m (definite singular eleven, indefinite plural elever, definite plural elevene)

1. (school) pupil
2. apprentice, trainee
3. disciple

Derived terms

• skoleelev

References

• “elev” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French élève, from élever (“bring up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛleːʋ/
• Rhymes: -eːʋ

Noun

elev m (definite singular eleven, indefinite plural elevar, definite plural elevane)

1. (school) pupil
2. apprentice, trainee
3. disciple

Derived terms

• skoleelev, skuleelev

References

• “elev” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

French éleverdeverb.

French élèvebor.

Romanian elev

Borrowed from French élève.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

elev m (plural elevi, feminine equivalent elevă)

1. student, schoolboy

   Synonyms: student m, studentă f

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	elev	elevul	elevi	elevii
genitive-dative	elev	elevului	elevi	elevilor
vocative	elevule		elevilor

References

• “elev”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French élève (“pupil, student”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

elev c

1. a student, a pupil (at school, or more generally)

   elever i grundskolan

   students in elementary / primary school

   Jag är mästarens elev

   I am the master's student

Usage notes

• A student at a college or university is idiomatically a student.

Declension

Declension of elev

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	elev	elevs
	definite	eleven	elevens
plural	indefinite	elever	elevers
	definite	eleverna	elevernas

References

• “elev”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “elev”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• leve