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

Declension of elefante (animate) 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

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/, [el̺eˈfän̪t̪e̞]
• 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

• (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, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)

1. elephant

Derived terms

• elefante africano
• elefante asiático
• elefante blanco
• elefante marino
• elefantino
• tener memoria de elefante

 

Descendants

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