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é⋅lan
[ey-lahn, ey-lan; Fr. ey-lahn] 
–noun
| dash; impetuous ardor: to dance with great élan. |
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| é·lan (ā-läɴ', ā-län') n.
[French, from Old French eslan, rush, from eslancer, to hurl : es-, out (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + lancer, to throw (from Late Latin lanceāre, to throw a lance, from Latin lancea, lance).] |
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elan
1877, from Fr. élan, from élancer "to rush, dart," from O.Fr. elancer, from e- "out" + lancer "to throw a lance," from L.L. lanceare, from L. lancea "lance."
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Language Translation for : elan
Spanish:
vitalidad,
German:
der Schwung,
Japanese:
精力
Elan
["Top-down Programming with Elan", C.H.A. Koster, Ellis Horwood 1987].
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