"ELF" meaning in All languages combined

See ELF on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ɛlf/
Rhymes: -ɛlf Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} ELF
  1. Initialism of Earth Liberation Front (a radical environmentalism group) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Earth Liberation Front (extra: a radical environmentalism group)
    Sense id: en-ELF-en-name-T7S3W6Ud
  2. Initialism of Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (an organization that studies the invented languages of J. R. R. Tolkien) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (extra: an organization that studies the invented languages of J. R. R. Tolkien)
    Sense id: en-ELF-en-name-EPAjq8gv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 15 23 13 27 22
  3. Initialism of Endangered Language Fund (a non-profit organization) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Endangered Language Fund (extra: a non-profit organization) Categories (topical): Organizations
    Sense id: en-ELF-en-name-pMwTt6gw Disambiguation of Organizations: 1 25 35 12 14 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 15 23 13 27 22

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛlf/
Rhymes: -ɛlf Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ELF (uncountable)
  1. (file format) Acronym of Executable and Linking Format (a common object file format for Unix) Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: Executable and Linking Format (extra: a common object file format for Unix) Categories (topical): File formats
    Sense id: en-ELF-en-noun-NoaVGK6y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 15 23 13 27 22
  2. (electronics) Initialism of extremely low frequency. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: extremely low frequency Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-ELF-en-noun-Bwq55i0x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 15 23 13 27 22 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (linguistics) Acronym of English as a Lingua Franca (English used by non-native speakers) Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: English as a Lingua Franca (extra: English used by non-native speakers) Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-ELF-en-noun-C~Owc4RC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 15 23 13 27 22 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: DWARF [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], LW [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], MW [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], RF [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], SW [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering]

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.