elefante

See also: Elefante

Asturian

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes)

1. elephant (mammal)

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Basque

Pronunciation

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Noun

elefante

1. elephant

Declension

(animate noun) declension of elefante 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 allative elefanterengana elefantearengana elefanteengana terminative elefanterenganaino elefantearenganaino elefanteenganaino directive elefanterenganantz elefantearenganantz elefanteenganantz destinative elefanterenganako elefantearenganako elefanteenganako ablative elefanterengandik elefantearengandik elefanteengandik partitive elefanterik - - prolative elefantetzat - -

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Galician

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes)

1. elephant

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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/, [el̺eˈfän̪t̪e̞]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Stress: elefànte
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨ.ˈfɐ̃.tɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.le.ˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧te
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ntʃi

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): /e.leˈfan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes)

1. elephant

Derived terms

• elefantino

Descendants

• → Basque: elefante
• → Chol: elefanti
• → Cebuano: elepante
• → Hiligaynon: elepante
• → Nahuatl: elepantli
• → Quechua: ilijanti
• → Tagalog: elepante