olifant
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English olifaunt, from Old French oliphaunt, from Latin elephantus. See elephant.
Noun[edit]
olifant (plural olifants)
- (obsolete) An elephant.
- (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[.]
Translations[edit]
References[edit]
- oliphant (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “olifant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams[edit]
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]
Noun[edit]
olifant (plural olifante)
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
olifant m (plural olifanten, diminutive olifantje n)
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Descendants[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French olifan (literally “elephant”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
olifant m (plural olifants)
- 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.
Further reading[edit]
- “olifant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
olifant (plural olifants)
- elephant
- ivory
- elephant tusk
- musical instrument made of elephant tusks
- musical instrument resembling elephant tusks
Descendants[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifanter, definite plural olifantene)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifantar, definite plural olifantane)
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
olifant oblique singular, m (oblique plural olifanz or olifantz, nominative singular olifanz or olifantz, nominative plural olifant)
- Alternative form of olifan
Vilamovian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
olifant m (plural olifanta)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
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- English lemmas
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- en:Elephants
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
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- af:Elephants
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
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- nl:Elephants
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- enm:Elephants
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- wym:Elephants