elefante
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephans, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Spanish elefante and Portuguese elefante.
Noun[edit]
elefante m (plural elefantes)
- elephant (mammal)
Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(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[edit]
Noun[edit]
elefante anim
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- "elefante" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “elefante” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish elefante.
Noun[edit]
elefante
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- elepante (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish elefante.
Noun[edit]
elefante
Corsican[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephas, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Italian elefante and Spanish elefante.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
elefante m (plural elefanti)
References[edit]
- “elefante, elefente” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested since the 14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], borrowed from Latin elephās, elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
elefante m (plural elefantes)
References[edit]
- “elifante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “elefante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “alyfante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “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.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin elephantem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Sicilian: lifanti (or inherited from Latin)
References[edit]
- elefante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Further reading[edit]
elefante on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
elefante
Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese (h)elefante, elifante, borrowed from Latin elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta or aliá, feminine plural elefantas or aliás)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Papiamentu: elefante
See also[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From various Old Spanish forms like elifant, alefant and eleofant, all ultimately from Latin elephantis, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Basque: elefante
- → Chol: elefanti
- → Cebuano: elepante
- → Hiligaynon: elepante
- → Quechua: ilijanti
- → Tagalog: elepante
- → Waray-Waray: elepante
Further reading[edit]
- “elefante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- eu:Elephants
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- nch:Mammals
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- Rhymes:Italian/ante
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- it:Elephants
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃tɨ
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ante
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- es:Elephants