elsa

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Lombardic *hilza, from Proto-Germanic *heltō, *heltą, from Proto-Indo-European *kel-. Cognate with English hilt, Icelandic hjilt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈel.sa/ Rhymes: -elsa Hyphenation: él‧sa === Noun === elsa f (plural else) hilt (of a sword) hilt bars (of a sword) crossguard === Further reading === elsa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === Ales, lesa, sale