elefante

See also: Elefante

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin elephantem, accusative of elephans, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Spanish elefante and Portuguese elefante.

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes)

1. elephant (mammal)

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Basque

Etymology

(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

• IPA^(key): /elefante/, [e̞.le̞.fãn̪.t̪e̞]

• Audio

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Noun

elefante anim

1. elephant

Declension

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

• “elefante” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “elefante” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Noun

elefante

1. elephant.

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• elepante (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Noun

elefante

1. elephant

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Corsican

Un elefante.

Alternative forms

• elefente

Etymology

From Latin elephantem, accusative of elephas, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Italian elefante and Spanish elefante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleˈfãnte/

Noun

elefante m (plural elefanti)

1. elephant

References

• “elefante, elefente” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

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Galician

Alternative forms

• alefante

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From Latin elephās, elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛleˈfante̝/

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes)

1. elephant

References

• “elifante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
• “elefante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
• “alyfante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
• “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.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin elephantem, accusative form of elephās, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀩𐀞 (e-re-pa), from a compound of Berber *eḷu and either Egyptian ꜣbw or Sanskrit इभ (íbha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.leˈfan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧fàn‧te

Noun

elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)

1. elephant

Derived terms

• elefantiaco
• elefantiasi
• elefantino

Descendants

• → Sicilian: lifanti (or inherited from Latin)

Further reading

• elefante on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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Latin

Noun

elefante

1. vocative singular of elefantus

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Portuguese

Elefante (Loxodonta africana)

Alternative forms

• elephante (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese (h)elefante, elifante, from Latin elephās, elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /e.leˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, [e.leˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /i.lɨˈfɐ̃.tɨ/, [i.lɨˈfɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧te
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas, feminine aliá, feminine plural aliás)

1. elephant

Derived terms

• elefantino

Descendants

• Papiamentu: elefante

Related terms

• olifante

See also

• mamute
• marfim
• tromba

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Spanish

Etymology

From various Old Spanish [Term?] forms like elifant, alefant and eleofant, all ultimately from Latin elephās, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleˈfante/, [e.leˈfãn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ante

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)

1. elephant

Derived terms

• elefante africano
• elefante asiático
• elefante blanco
• elefante en la habitación
• elefante marino
• elefantino
• hacer de una pulga un elefante
• tener memoria de elefante

 

Descendants

• → Basque: elefante
• → Chol: elefanti
• → Cebuano: elepante
• → Hiligaynon: elepante
• → Quechua: ilijanti
• → Tagalog: elepante
• → Waray-Waray: elepante

Further reading

• “elefante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014