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elan

elan is the uncommon spelling of élan.

Meaning of élan

Noun

élan (countable and uncountable, plural élans)

  1. Spirit; zeal; ardor.
    • Sam, carried away by the élan of the performance, was unable to resist joining them.1916, Booth Tarkington, Penrod and Sam, page 197
  2. Grace; style (especially apparently effortless).
    • Mary Ellen had never seen any woman, with the exception of Abigail, take such an active role in the company of men, though Abigail did it with élan and never directly or conspicuously.2001 10, Daniel Alef, Pale Truth, Titans of Fortune Publishing, →ISBN, page 189

Noun capitalized: ELAN

ELAN (plural ELANs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of enormous Lyman-alpha nebula.

Proper noun capitalized: Elan

Elan (plural Elans)

  1. A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elon.

Forms of elan

Noun
pluralelans
pluralELANs
alternative formELyαN
alternative formELαN
Proper noun
pluralElans

Questions about elan

What does elan mean?
Elan means a male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elon.
What is elan the uncommon spelling of?
Elan is the uncommon spelling of élan.
What part of speech is elan?
Elan can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of elan?
The plural of elan is elans.

Words near elan in the dictionary

  1. Elamitic
  2. Elamitish
  3. Elamo-
  4. Elamo-Dravidian
  5. elamping
  6. elan
  7. elance
  8. elanced
  9. elances
  10. elancing
  11. eland

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Adapted from Wiktionary: elan (page history and authors); ELAN (page history and authors); Elan (page history and authors); élan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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