olifant

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English olifaunt, from Old French oliphaunt, from Latin elephantus. See elephant.

Noun[edit]

olifant (plural olifants)

  1. (obsolete) An elephant.
  2. (historical) An ancient hunting horn, made of ivory.
    • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 35, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 479:
      And he sang them the staves of the Olifant, the magic horn,—how Roland would not sound it in his pride, and sounded it at Turpin’s bidding, but too late[.]

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch olifant, from Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊə̯.liˌfant/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

olifant (plural olifante)

  1. elephant

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.liˌfɑnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: oli‧fant

Noun[edit]

olifant m (plural olifanten, diminutive olifantje n)

  1. elephant

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Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: olifant
  • Papiamentu: olefante, olifant

French[edit]

un olifant

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French olifan (literally elephant).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

olifant m (plural olifants)

  1. olifant (ivory horn)
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 5, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      Saskia ouvre les yeux et embouche son olifant pour sonner l’ouverture de la chasse à la manière médiévale.
      Saskia opens her eyes and raises her olifant to her lips to sound the start of the medieval hunt.

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Middle English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Old French olifan

Noun[edit]

olifant (plural olifants)

  1. elephant
  2. ivory
  3. elephant tusk
  4. musical instrument made of elephant tusks
  5. musical instrument resembling elephant tusks

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifanter, definite plural olifantene)

  1. oliphaunt

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifantar, definite plural olifantane)

  1. oliphaunt

Old French[edit]

Noun[edit]

olifant oblique singularm (oblique plural olifanz or olifantz, nominative singular olifanz or olifantz, nominative plural olifant)

  1. Alternative form of olifan

Vilamovian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

olifant m (plural olifanta)

  1. elephant