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

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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

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “elefante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alyfante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “elefante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) elefante

1. vocative singular of elefantus

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Portuguese

Elefante (Loxodonta africana)

Alternative forms

• elephante (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta or aliá, feminine plural elefantas or 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

• 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