elven means originally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf.
elven is pronounced /ˈɛlv(ə)n/.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Middle English elve, elven (“(also attributively) elf or fairy of either sex”) [and other forms], from Old English elfen, ælfen, ielfen (“female elf”), from elf, ælf, ielf (“elf”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *albiz (“elf, fairy”), from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”)) + -en (suffix forming feminine nouns). The English word is cognate with Middle High German elbinne (“fairy, nymph”).
noun
- Originally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf.“When you told Amberle that we must come here tonight, she reminded you that you had informed the Elvens at the High Council that she would be given a day or two to rest. You answered her by saying that what you told them was a necessary deception. What did you mean by that?”
- An elm (a tree of the genus Ulmus, particularly the wych elm or Scots elm (Ulmus glabra))).
adj
- Belonging or relating to, or characteristic of, elves; elfin, elflike.“The rocks echoed then with voices and with song, as they had not done for many a day. There was the sound, too, of elven-harps and of sweet music; and as it echoed up towards them it seemed that the chill of the air was warmed, and they caught faintly the fragrance of woodland flowers blossoming in spring.”