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See also: Elefante
Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephans, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Spanish elefante and Portuguese elefante.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefantes)
- elephant (mammal)
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Spanish or directly from Latin?”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante anim
Declension
[edit]Declension of elefante (animate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | elefante | elefantea | elefanteak |
| ergative | elefantek | elefanteak | elefanteek |
| dative | elefanteri | elefanteari | elefanteei |
| genitive | elefanteren | elefantearen | elefanteen |
| comitative | elefanterekin | elefantearekin | elefanteekin |
| causative | elefanterengatik | elefantearengatik | elefanteengatik |
| benefactive | elefanterentzat | elefantearentzat | elefanteentzat |
| instrumental | elefantez | elefanteaz | elefanteez |
| inessive | elefanterengan | elefantearengan | elefanteengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | elefanterengana | elefantearengana | elefanteengana |
| terminative | elefanterenganaino | elefantearenganaino | elefanteenganaino |
| directive | elefanterenganantz | elefantearenganantz | elefanteenganantz |
| destinative | elefanterenganako | elefantearenganako | elefanteenganako |
| ablative | elefanterengandik | elefantearengandik | elefanteengandik |
| partitive | elefanterik | — | — |
| prolative | elefantetzat | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- “elefante”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “elefante”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish elefante.
Noun
[edit]elefante
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- elepante (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish elefante.
Noun
[edit]elefante
Corsican
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephas, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Italian elefante and Spanish elefante.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefanti)
References
[edit]- “elefante, elefente” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since the 14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], borrowed from Latin elephās, elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefantes)
References
[edit]- “elifante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “elefante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “alyfante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “elefante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “elefante” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “elefante” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin elephantem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Sicilian: lifanti (or inherited from Latin)
References
[edit]- elefante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Further reading
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elefante on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese (h)elefante, elifante, borrowed from Latin elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta or aliá, feminine plural elefantas or aliás)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Papiamentu: elefante
See also
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From various Old Spanish forms like elifant, alefant and eleofant, all ultimately from Latin elephantis, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /eleˈfante/ [e.leˈfãn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: e‧le‧fan‧te
Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Basque: elefante
- → Chol: elefanti
- → Cebuano: elepante
- → Hiligaynon: elepante
- → Quechua: ilijanti
- → Tagalog: elepante
- → Waray-Waray: elepante
Further reading
[edit]- “elefante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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