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elefant

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See also: Elefant, elefánt, and elefãnt

Albanian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Noun

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elefant

  1. elephant

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin elephantem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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elefant m (plural elefants, feminine elefanta)

  1. elephant

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Further reading

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Via Latin elephantus from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās); replaced Old Danish fil (elephant), Old Norse fíll (cf. older Danish filsben (ivory)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛləˈfanˀd̥/, [eləˈfænˀd̥], [ell̩ˈfænˀt]

Noun

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elefant c (singular definite elefanten, plural indefinite elefanter)

  1. elephant

Inflection

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Friulian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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elefant m

  1. elephant

Lombard

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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elefant m

  1. elephant

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Elefant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Compare Kashubian élefant

Pronunciation

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Noun

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elefant m anim

  1. elephant
    Synonym: (literary) słon

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “elefant”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

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elefant m (definite singular elefanten, indefinite plural elefanter, definite plural elefantene)

  1. elephant

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Noun

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elefant m (definite singular elefanten, indefinite plural elefantar, definite plural elefantane)

  1. elephant

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Occitan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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elefant m (plural elefants)

  1. elephant

Piedmontese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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elefant m

  1. elephant

Romanian

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Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro
Elefant

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French éléphant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.leˈfant/
  • Audio (female voice):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧fant

Noun

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elefant m (plural elefanți)

  1. elephant (mammal)

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative elefant elefantul elefanți elefanții
genitive-dative elefant elefantului elefanți elefanților
vocative elefantule elefanților

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Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos).

Noun

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elefant m (plural elefants)

  1. elephant

Swedish

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en elefant som sträcker ut snabeln och en elefantunge [an elephant extending its trunk and a baby elephant]

Etymology

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Via Latin elephantus from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās); replaced Old Swedish fīl (elephant), Old Norse fíll.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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elefant c

  1. an elephant
    smidig som en elefant i en porslinsbutik
    as agile as an elephant in a porcelain shop

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