See élan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for élan meaning in English (4.1kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "élan",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "French élan",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "élan"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French élan",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French élan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "élans",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "élan (countable and uncountable, plural élans)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1916, Booth Tarkington, Penrod and Sam, page 197",
"text": "Sam, carried away by the élan of the performance, was unable to resist joining them.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1971, Deborah S. Davis, “The Cultural Revolution in Wuhan”, in The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 159",
"text": "The goal of the Cultural Revolution was to radicalize the whole society, to create mass participation at all levels of decision-making, and to restore the revolutionary élan of the 1940s.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times",
"text": "A pocket calculator was the closest that most 1970s consumers came to owning anything with computational power, even if all it could do was basic math. Those tiny gizmos seemed enticing because they offered rare glimpses into the enigmatic world of technology, and the Sinclair Executive also had the élan of being the first one.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Spirit; zeal; ardor."
],
"id": "en-élan-en-noun-0BvoKxQF",
"links": [
[
"Spirit",
"spirit"
],
[
"zeal",
"zeal"
],
[
"ardor",
"ardor"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "élan vital"
},
{
"word": "lance"
},
{
"word": "lancet"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "elan"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "into"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "säpinä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "kiihko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "palo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "élan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Elan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "matangareka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "wana"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "rika"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "whitawhita"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "elã"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "élan"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "elan"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "stil och fart"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "schvung"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "geist"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/eɪˈlɑːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/eɪˈlæn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æn"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-élan.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-%C3%A9lan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-%C3%A9lan.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-%C3%A9lan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-%C3%A9lan.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "élan"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "élan",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "French élan",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "élan"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French élan",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French élan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "élans",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "élan (countable and uncountable, plural élans)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "élan vital"
},
{
"word": "lance"
},
{
"word": "lancet"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms spelled with É",
"English terms spelled with ◌́",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/æn",
"Rhymes:English/æn/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːn",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːn/2 syllables"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1916, Booth Tarkington, Penrod and Sam, page 197",
"text": "Sam, carried away by the élan of the performance, was unable to resist joining them.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1971, Deborah S. Davis, “The Cultural Revolution in Wuhan”, in The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 159",
"text": "The goal of the Cultural Revolution was to radicalize the whole society, to create mass participation at all levels of decision-making, and to restore the revolutionary élan of the 1940s.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times",
"text": "A pocket calculator was the closest that most 1970s consumers came to owning anything with computational power, even if all it could do was basic math. Those tiny gizmos seemed enticing because they offered rare glimpses into the enigmatic world of technology, and the Sinclair Executive also had the élan of being the first one.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Spirit; zeal; ardor."
],
"links": [
[
"Spirit",
"spirit"
],
[
"zeal",
"zeal"
],
[
"ardor",
"ardor"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/eɪˈlɑːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/eɪˈlæn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æn"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-élan.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-%C3%A9lan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-%C3%A9lan.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-%C3%A9lan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-%C3%A9lan.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "elan"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "into"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "säpinä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "kiihko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "palo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "élan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Elan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "matangareka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "wana"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "rika"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "whitawhita"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "elã"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "élan"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "elan"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "stil och fart"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "schvung"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "spirit, zeal",
"word": "geist"
}
],
"word": "élan"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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.