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* [[Breton]]: [[olifant]] {{m}}, olifanted {{p}} |
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|слон|m|tr=slon}} |
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|слон|m|tr=slon}} |
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* Burmese: {{t|my|ဆင်|sc=Mymr|tr=hsin}} |
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* [[Catalan]]: {{t+|ca|elefant|m}} |
* [[Catalan]]: {{t+|ca|elefant|m}} |
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* Cherokee: {{t-|chr|ᎧᎹᎹ|tr=kamama|sc=Cher|xs=Cherokee}} |
* Cherokee: {{t-|chr|ᎧᎹᎹ|tr=kamama|sc=Cher|xs=Cherokee}} |
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Revision as of 22:18, 26 August 2011
See also: éléphant
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) oliphaunt, (deprecated template usage) olifaunt < (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) olifant < (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) elephantus < (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS.. The word was respelled to reflect the original Latin spelling, casting aside the spelling modifications made in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈelɪfənt/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "En-us-elephant.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Noun
elephant (plural elephants)
- A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
- Template:figuratively Anything huge and ponderous.
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "paper" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. A printing-paper size measuring 30 inches x 22 inches.
- Template:British used when counting to add length.
- Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant, two elephant, three elephant...
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun elephant
- African bush elephant
- African elephant
- African forest elephant
- Asian elephant
- Asiatic elephant
- Borneo elephant, Borneo pygmy elephant
- double elephant, double elephant paper
- dwarf elephant
- elephant apple
- elephant bed
- elephant beetle
- elephant bird, elephantbird
- elephant chess
- elephant-color, elephant-colour
- elephant cord
- elephant creeper
- elephant ear, elephant ears
- elephant fish
- elephant flipping
- elephant folio
- Elephant Gambit
- elephant garlic
- elephant grass
- elephant-gravel
- elephant-gray, elephant-grey
- elephant gun
- Elephant Hall
- elephant hawk moth
- elephanticide
- elephantide
- elephant in Cairo
- elephant in the corner, elephant in the kitchen, elephant in the living room, elephant in the room
- Elephant Island
- elephantitis
- elephant joke
- elephant juice
- elephant leg
- Elephant Man
- elephant man's disease
- elephant man's syndrome
- elephant on the dinner table
- elephant paper
- elephant-path
- elephant pearl
- elephant polo
- elephant-rain
- elephantry
- elephant's breath
- elephant seal
- elephant's ear, elephant's ears
- elephant's foot
- elephant's foot umbrella stand
- elephant's-grass
- elephants' graveyard
- elephantship
- elephant shrew
- elephant's teeth
- elephant's trunk, elephant trunk
- Elephant's Trunk Nebula
- elephant's trunk plant
- elephant's trunk snake
- elephant's tusk
- elephant's-tusks
- elephant's-vine
- elephant test
- elephant trank
- elephant tranquilizer, elephant tranquilliser, elephant tranquillizer
- Elephant Trap
- elephant tree
- elephant-trumpet
- elephant-trunk fish
- Elephant Trunk nebula
- elephant-tusk
- elephant yam
- Flying Elephant
- forest elephant
- get a look at the elephant
- imperial elephant
- Indian elephant
- Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
- Order of the Elephant
- pad elephant
- pink elephant
- pink elephants
- pseudelephant
- pygmy elephant
- retail elephant
- rogue elephant
- savanna elephant, savannah elephant
- sea elephant
- see the elephant
- show the elephant
- Sri Lankan elephant
- straight-tusked elephant
- Sumatran elephant
- temple elephant
- war elephant
- water elephant
- white elephant
Related terms
Related terms
Translations
mammal
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anything huge and ponderous
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External links
elephant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Elephant (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Middle French
Noun
elephant m (plural elephans)
- elephant (animal)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Elephants
- Paper sizes
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French masculine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- frm:Animals