éléphant

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See also: elephant, Elephant, and êléphant

French

Etymology

From Middle French elephant, learned borrowing from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντος (eléphas, eléphantos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.le.fɑ̃/
  • audio (un éléphant):(file)

Noun

éléphant m (plural éléphants, feminine éléphante)

  1. elephant

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: elefan
  • Romanian: elefant

Further reading


Norman

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French elephant, itself a learned borrowing from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντος (eléphas, eléphantos).

Noun

éléphant m (plural éléphants)

  1. (Guernsey) elephant