From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Folkloreelfelf /elf/ noun (plural elves /elvz/) [countable]RFan imaginarycreature like a small person with pointedears and magical powers → fairy, pixieExamples from the Corpuself• Twoflower had always wanted to meet an elf.• Now people I've spoken to who used it then never said anything about machineelves of hyperspace.• Or Strauss requesting a chorus of elves?• The aspect of humanity which the elvesrepresent most fully - both for good and ill - is the creative one.• The elves put on the clothes, and then were never seen again.• They saw two elves, hard at work.ELFELF /ˌiː el ˈef/ noun [uncountable](English as a lingua franca) the use of English as a means of communication by people whose first languages are different, and are not EnglishOriginelfOld Englishælf