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Definition: ELAINE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Elain": [Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Elaine" is a common misspelling or typo for: delaine.

Date "Elaine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1386. (references)

Common Expressions: ELAINE

Expressions Definition
Elaine (legend) Elaine is a name shared by several different characters in Arthurian legend. (references)
Elaine Badnarik Elaine Badnarik is an activist with the United States Libertarian Party. The mother of Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik, Elaine Badnarik gave the nominating speech for her son at the 2004 Libertarian National Convention. She was also the party's 2004 candidate for lieutenant governor of Indiana. (references)
Elaine Benson Gallery Now defunct art gallery in Bridgehampton, New York. Founded by Elaine Benson, it was considered to be one of the most prominent and influential art galleries in the area (an area with a high concentration of galleries) and a center of social activity in the famously tony Hamptons, frequented by such luminaries as Betty Friedan, Kurt Vonnegut, Sheldon Harnick, Elaine Steinbeck, and Willem de Kooning. (references)
Elaine Carbines Elaine Carbines (born February 4, 1957) is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since September 1999, representing Geelong Province. (references)
Elaine Caswell Elaine Caswell is a female singer. She has appeared on several songs by Jim Steinman. (references)
Elaine Cunningham Elaine Cunningham (born August 12, 1957) is an American fantasy and science-fiction author, especially known for her almost poetic literary style and her contributions to the Forgotten Realms campaign world, including the realms of Evermeet, Halruaa, Ruathym and Waterdeep. (references)
Elaine de Kooning Elaine Marie de Kooning (12 March 1918 - 1 February 1989), was an abstract expressionist and semi-realistic painter. She was born as Elaine Marie Fried in Brooklyn, New York, USA. (references)
Elaine Douvas Elaine Douvas has been Co-Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City since 1977. She is also the Woodwind Department Chair at the Juilliard School, also in New York City. Prior to joining the Met, she was Principal Oboe of the Atlanta Symphony. Her primary studies were with John Mack at the Cleveland Institute of Music. (references)
Elaine Dundy Elaine Dundy (born Elaine Brimberg in 1927 in New York City, New York) is an American, actress, journalist, novelist, biographer, and playwright. (references)
Elaine Garzarelli Elaine M. Garzarelli (born in Springfield, Pennsylvania) is an American financial analyst. (references)
Elaine Hendrix Katherine Elaine Hendrix (born December 28, 1970, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee) is an actress. (references)
Elaine MacDonald Elaine MacDonald is a high school teacher and community activist living in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. She was the New Democratic Party candidate in the Eastern Ontario riding of Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry for the 2004 federal election. (references)
Elaine Marley Elaine Marley is one of the primary characters in the Monkey Island series of adventure games developed by LucasArts. She is the granddaughter of Captain Horatio Torquemada Marley, who searched for the legendary treasure of Big Whoop. Elaine is also the governor of the Tri-Island Area. (references)
Elaine Marshall Elaine F. Marshall (born 18 November 1945) is the current North Carolina Secretary of State; she is the first woman to be elected to that office. (references)
Elaine McCoy The Honourable Elaine McCoy (born March 7 1946) is a Canadian senator from Alberta. (references)
Elaine Noble Elaine Noble served in the Massachusetts state House of Representatives for two terms starting in January, 1975. At the time, Noble received international press as the first openly gay person elected to public office in the United States. (references)
Elaine Pagels Elaine Pagels (née Hiesey, born February 13, 1943), is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. She was born in California, graduated from Stanford University (B.A. 1964, M.A. 1965) and, after briefly studying dance at Martha Graham's studio, began studying for her Ph.D. at Harvard University. She married theoretical physicist Heinz Pagels in 1969. (references)
Elaine Race Riot The Elaine Race Riot was a deadly 1919 race riot in the town of Elaine in Phillips County, Arkansas which gained national attention and spurred a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling. (references)
Elaine S. Dalton At the October 2002 conference, a new Young Women general presidency was sustained. Sister Susan W. Tanner was called to serve as general president of the Young Women organization. Sister Julie B. Beck was called as first counselor, and Sister Elaine S. Dalton was called as second counselor. (references)
Elaine S. Edwards Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards (born March 8, 1929) was a member of the United States Senate and the wife of Edwin Edwards. (references)
Elaine Shaffer Elaine Shaffer ( - February 19, 1973) was an American flutist and principal of the Houston Symphony Orchestra between 1948 and 1953. (references)
Elaine Showalter Elaine Showalter was born on January 21, 1941, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Her father was in the wool business and her mother was a housewife. She attended Bryn Mawr, earning a BA, then pursued an MA at Brandeis, and a PhD, in 1970, at the University of California-Davis. Her first academic appointment was at Douglass College, Rutgers. She joined Princeton's faculty in 1984, but took early retirement in 2003 and is now Avalon Foundation Professor Emerita. (references)
Elaine Sturtevant Elaine Sturtevant, an American artist born 1930 in Lakewood, Ohio, has achieved recognition for her works that consist entirely of copies of other artists' works. (references)
Elaine Tanner Elaine Tanner was a Canadian swimmer, born February 22, 1951 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (references)
Elaine Tuttle Hansen Elaine Tuttle Hansen is the president of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, a position she has held since 2002. (references)
Elaine Youngs Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970 in El Toro, California) is an American beach volleyball player. (references)
Elaine Zayak Elaine Zayak (born April 4, 1965) is an American figure skater. She won the United States national title in 1981 and the World title in 1982. (references)
Elaine Ziemba Elaine Ziemba is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. (references)
Janet Elaine Adkins Janet Elaine Adkins (1935? - 1990) was a U.S. Alzheimer's disease victim. She was the first suicide assisted by Jack Kevorkian. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: ELAINE

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
ELAINE English European Local Authorities Interactive Network for Ethnic Minorities Policies N/A
Elaine Italian Rete interattiva delle autorità locali europee sulle politiche riguardanti le minoranze etniche Abbreviation
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: ELAINE


Elaine

Elaine may refer to:

Places

  • Elaine, Victoria, a town in Australia
  • Elaine, Arkansas, a US city

Entertainment:

  • The Exploits of Elaine, a 1914 film serial in the genre of The Perils of Pauline
  • Elaine (song) by ABBA, the B-Side of the single The Winner Takes It All and a bonus track on the CD re-issues of Super Trouper

People with the given name Elaine:

  • Elaine (given name)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Elaine". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: ELAINE

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Elaine Paige 82     Candace Elaine 3
Elaine Scott 73     Edward and Elaine Brown 67
Elaine 69     Elaine 69
Edward and Elaine Brown 67     Elaine (given name) 3
Elaine Benes 52     Elaine (legend) 6
Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal 40     Elaine (short story) 8
Elaine Marsden 35     Elaine A. Cannon 5
Elaine Stritch 32     Elaine Alquist 8
Elaine Chao 29     Elaine Anderson 8
Elaine McCoy 24     Elaine Barrie 3
Elaine Belloc 23     Elaine Belloc 23
Elaine Zayak 22     Elaine Bender 7
Elaine Showalter 22     Elaine Benes 52
Elaine Brown 22     Elaine Benson Gallery 3
Elaine Viets 22     Elaine Bernard 10
Elaine Johnson 20     Elaine Boyes 2
Elaine Pagels 18     Elaine Brown 22
Elaine Race Riot 18     Elaine Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry 3
Elaine Marley 17     Elaine C. Smith 5
Elaine Smith 15     Elaine Carbines 13
Elaine Komandorski 15     Elaine Cassidy 14
Elaine Cassidy 14     Elaine Caswell 9
Elaine Dundy 14     Elaine Chao 29
Elaine of Astolat 14     Elaine Coffman 9
Elaine May 13     Elaine Corvidae 5
Elaine Carbines 13     Elaine Cunningham 13
Elaine Lorillard 13     Elaine Davidson 7
Elaine Cunningham 13     Elaine de Kooning 9
Elaine Morgan 13     Elaine Delmar 4
Elaine Goodlad 12     Elaine Devry 5
Elaine Murray 12     Elaine Douvas 3
Elaine Marshall 11     Elaine Dundy 14
Elaine Fuchs 11     Elaine Elliott 3
Elaine Bernard 10     Elaine Equi 9
Elaine Lee 10     Elaine Esposito 3
The Exploits of Elaine 10     Elaine Estrela Moura 6
Elaine Summers 9     Elaine Fantham 6
Elaine Shaffer 9     Elaine Feinstein 9
Elaine Coffman 9     Elaine Fleming 3
Elaine Feinstein 9     Elaine Fuchs 11
Elaine Caswell 9     Elaine Garzarelli 7
Elaine Reynolds 9     Elaine Glover 3
Elaine Morton 9     Elaine Goodlad 12
Elaine Equi 9     Elaine Gottschall 4
Elaine de Kooning 9     Elaine Graham 6
Elaine Parent 8     Elaine Grey 7
Elaine Morgan (writer) 8     Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal 40
Elaine Noble 8     Elaine Hammerstein 7
Elaine Alquist 8     Elaine Hatfield 4
Elaine Paul 8     Elaine Hendrix 5
Elaine Anderson 8     Elaine Irwin Mellencamp 6
Elaine (short story) 8     Elaine Ives-Cameron 3
Elaine Wan Chan 8     Elaine Jensen 2
Elaine Ziemba 7     Elaine Jin 6
Elaine Bender 7     Elaine Johnson 20
Elaine Grey 7     Elaine Joyce 6
Elaine S. Edwards 7     Elaine Kao 3
Elaine Garzarelli 7     Elaine Kellett-Bowman 4
Elaine Sisman 7     Elaine Komandorski 15
Elaine Davidson 7     Elaine Kowalsky 6
Elaine M. Alphin 7     Elaine L. Jack 6
Elaine Hammerstein 7     Elaine Lawler 4
Elaine Graham 6     Elaine Lee 10
Elaine Taylor 6     Elaine Lee (actor) 5
Villa Elaine 6     Elaine Lordan 4
Elaine Fantham 6     Elaine Lorillard 13
Elaine Estrela Moura 6     Elaine M. Alphin 7
Elaine Joyce 6     Elaine Marley 17
Elaine Jin 6     Elaine Marsden 35
Elaine L. Jack 6     Elaine Marshall 11
Elaine S. Dalton 6     Elaine May 13
Elaine Sciolino 6     Elaine McCoy 24
Elaine Kowalsky 6     Elaine Miles 4
Elaine Nekritz 6     Elaine Morgan 13
Elaine Irwin Mellencamp 6     Elaine Morgan (singer) 2
Elaine (legend) 6     Elaine Morgan (writer) 8
Elaine Riddick Jessie 5     Elaine Morris 3
Elaine A. Cannon 5     Elaine Morton 9
Jill Elaine Hughes 5     Elaine Murphy 2
Elaine Hendrix 5     Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy 5
Elaine Youngs 5     Elaine Murray 12
Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy 5     Elaine Nekritz 6
Elaine Scarry 5     Elaine Ng Yi-Lei 4
Elaine Corvidae 5     Elaine Noble 8
Elaine Storkey 5     Elaine of Astolat 14
Elaine C. Smith 5     Elaine Pagels 18
Elaine Devry 5     Elaine Paige 82
Elaine Lee (actor) 5     Elaine Parent 8
Elaine Stuhr 5     Elaine Paul 8
Elaine Tanner 5     Elaine Race Riot 18
Elaine Stewart 5     Elaine Reynolds 9
Elaine Gottschall 4     Elaine Riddick Jessie 5
Elaine Hatfield 4     Elaine S. Dalton 6
Elaine Lordan 4     Elaine S. Edwards 7
Elaine Walker 4     Elaine Scarry 5
Elaine Miles 4     Elaine Sciolino 6
Elaine Tan 4     Elaine Scott 73
Elaine Tuttle Hansen 4     Elaine Scruggs 2
Elaine Kellett-Bowman 4     Elaine Shaffer 9
Elaine Shore 4     Elaine Shore 4
Elaine Weyuker 4     Elaine Showalter 22
Elaine Lawler 4     Elaine Silver 2
Elaine Ng Yi-Lei 4     Elaine Sisman 7
Elaine Delmar 4     Elaine Smith 15
Elaine Kao 3     Elaine Smith (actress) 3
Elaine Smith (actress) 3     Elaine Stewart 5
Elaine (given name) 3     Elaine Storkey 5
Elaine Thomson 3     Elaine Stritch 32
Elaine Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry 3     Elaine Stuhr 5
Elaine Fleming 3     Elaine Sturtevant 3
Candace Elaine 3     Elaine Summers 9
Elaine Sturtevant 3     Elaine Tan 4
Miss Elaine 3     Elaine Tanner 5
Elaine Morris 3     Elaine Taylor 6
Elaine Benson Gallery 3     Elaine Thomson 3
Joyce Elaine Roop 3     Elaine Tuttle Hansen 4
Elaine Ives-Cameron 3     Elaine Viets 22
Elaine Douvas 3     Elaine Walker 4
Elaine Barrie 3     Elaine Wan Chan 8
Elaine Elliott 3     Elaine Weyuker 4
Elaine Esposito 3     Elaine Youngs 5
Elaine Glover 3     Elaine Zayak 22
Elaine Scruggs 2     Elaine Ziemba 7
Elaine Morgan (singer) 2     Jill Elaine Hughes 5
Elaine Silver 2     Joyce Elaine Roop 3
Elaine Murphy 2     Miss Elaine 3
Elaine Boyes 2     The Exploits of Elaine 10
Elaine Jensen 2     Villa Elaine 6

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"Elaine" is a common misspelling or typo for: delaine.

Synonyms: Elaine
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

glycerin, Adelaide, Agatha, Amelia, Athena, Charlotte, Daphne, Edwina, Eileen, Eleanor, Eloise, Elsie, Henrietta, Janet, Josephine, Sybil.
Consider also: Judith, Melissa, carl, nymph, shrub, glycerine, glycerol, apathy, laurel, city, dessert, metropolis, sibyl, enchantress, pythoness.

Other

olein, elain, stearin.
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Computed Synonyms: Elaine

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.4095   Elaine     Lorraine     Lothringen, Roleine, Caroline, Josephine, jessamine   
 2   1.3095   Elaine     jessamine     jasmine, syringa, common jasmine, hobble, hopple   
 3   1.3095   Elaine     jasmine     jessamine, Jasmin, common jasmine, syringa, white jasmine   
 4   1.3094   Elaine     Josephine     jasmine, jessamine, Lorraine, Caroline, clementine   
 5   1.3094   Elaine     Caroline     Carolyn, Charlotte, nanny, Athena, iris   
 6   1.3093   Elaine     clementine     tangerine, Mandarin, Caroline, jasmine, Lorraine   
 7   1.2096   Elaine     Jane     dame, skirt, wife, woman, broad   
 8   1.2095   Elaine     Irene     Eileen, Mabel, Rachel, Athene, Jane   
 9   1.2095   Elaine     Athene     Athena, Irene, fine art, Jane, jasmine   
 10   1.1297   Elaine     Elsie     Jessie, Sadie, Bertie, nannie, Lizzie   
 11   1.1297   Elaine     Eloise     Elise, Denise, rose, Elsie, Eunice   
 12   1.1297   Elaine     Elise     Eloise, Denise, rose, Elsie, eve   
 13   1.1196   Elaine     Eunice     Dulce, grace, prudence, Constance, Eloise   
 14   1.1195   Elaine     eve     evening, night, vigil, dusk, Vesper   
 15   1.1094   Elaine     Dulce     dulse, delisk, Eunice, grace, prudence   
--------------------     105 synonyms ranked from 16 to 120 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: Elaine

Context Synonyms within Context

Oil

Elaine, aceite, adipocere, amole, animal oil, Barbados tar, blubber, butter, cerement, colza oil, cottonseed oil, cream, dripping exunge, fat, fusel oil, glycerin, grain oil, grease, hydrate, lard, liniment, linseed oil, mineral, mineral crystal, mineral oil, mineral rock, neat's foot oil, nut oil, oil, ointment, oleagine, olive oil, paraffin, petroleum, rape oil, salad oil, seneca oil, soap, soft soap, soybean oil, spermaceti, stearin, suet, tallow, train oil, unguent, vegetable oil, wax.

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Translations: ELAINE

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 伊莱恩 (elaine). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Elaine. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 伊蓮恩 (elaine). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Elaine. (volunteer & more translations)
Français Reine Élaine (Elaine). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Elaine. (volunteer & more translations)
French Reine Élaine (Elaine). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Elaine. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 여자 이름 (bobby, Charlotte, Athene, Judy, Eleanor). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Elaine. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 여자 이름 (bobby, Charlotte, Athene, Judy, Eleanor). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Elaine. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese エレイン (Elaine), イレーン・チャオ (Elaine Chao). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Elaine. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 여자 이름 (bobby, Charlotte, Athene, Judy, Eleanor). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Elaine. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: ELAINE

Language Translations for “Elaine” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Athagelathagaine (Elaine). Additional references: Athag, Elaine. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Agelagaine (Elaine). Additional references: Double Dutch, Elaine. (volunteer)
Leet 314¦[\]3 (Elaine). Additional references: Leet, Elaine. (volunteer)
Oppish Opelopaine (Elaine). Additional references: Oppish, Elaine. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Elaineway (Elaine). Additional references: Pig Latin, Elaine. (volunteer)
Terran B Reine (Elaine). Additional references: Terran B, Elaine. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Ubelubaine (Elaine). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Elaine. (volunteer)
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