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* [[Breton]]: [[olifant]] {{m}}, olifanted {{p}}
* [[Breton]]: [[olifant]] {{m}}, olifanted {{p}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|слон|m|tr=slon}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|слон|m|tr=slon}}
* Burmese: [[နာဂ]] (naga) [[ဆင်]] (hcang)
* Burmese: {{t|my|ဆင်|sc=Mymr|tr=hsin}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t+|ca|elefant|m}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t+|ca|elefant|m}}
* Cherokee: {{t-|chr|ᎧᎹᎹ|tr=kamama|sc=Cher|xs=Cherokee}}
* Cherokee: {{t-|chr|ᎧᎹᎹ|tr=kamama|sc=Cher|xs=Cherokee}}

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) ἐλέφας (elephas). The word was respelled to reflect the original Latin spelling, casting aside the spelling modifications made in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French.

Pronunciation

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Noun

elephant (plural elephants)

An African bush elephant.
  1. A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
  2. Template:figuratively Anything huge and ponderous.
  3. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: 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.
  4. Template:British used when counting to add length.
    Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant, two elephant, three elephant...

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Middle French

An African bush elephant.

Noun

elephant m (plural elephans)

  1. elephant (animal)